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July 16, 2007

RIPTA to exchange old RIPTIKs today

PROVIDENCE – Today marks the beginning of a two-week exchange period for public transit users with old-style RIPTIKs.

As the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority works to install new, electronic “smart” fare boxes on its fixed-route buses, trolleys and “flex” vehicles, the agency is offering riders a chance to exchange their old RIPTIKs for new electronic RIPTIKs.

People can go to the RIPTIK Exchange Window in Kennedy Plaza from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays this week and next. RIPTA had earlier said this week’s exchange period had to be canceled, but the vendor has since managed to get enough of the electronic RIPTIKs to allow the agency to hold the exchange this week, spokeswoman Karen Mensel said this morning.

Read more about the exchange program.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 9:38 AM | Permalink

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