ROUTE 34| EAST PROVIDENCE - ripta

Downtown Providence and Wampanoag Plaza (transfers from other routes) to the Citizens Bank Operations
Center.
The neighborhood along Warren Avenue in East Providence to Wampanoag Plaza.
Each of these markets is relatively small, and even combined, produce relatively low levels of ridership
and productivity.
In addition, the route provides infrequent service. On weekdays, service generally operates every 40
minutes, but evening trips operates 69 minutes apart. On weekends, service generally operates every 70
minutes on Saturdays and 66 minute on Sundays. Especially on weekends, service is too infrequent to
attract significant numbers of riders with other options.
SERVICE OPTIONS
There are a number of changes that could improve service and productivity:
• Reconfigure Inner Ends of Route 34 and Route 32 West Barrington: Routes 32 and 34
are both weak routes. One way to improve the directness of both and to continue service to higher
ridership areas would be to (see also Figure 8):
Operate Route 32 West Barrington via Broadway, Warren Avenue, and I-195 (with an
increase in Route 32 service levels to maintain a similar level of service along Warren
Avenue).
Operate Route 34 via Six Corners and Providence’s East Side.
FIGURE 8: POTENTIAL ROUTE 32 AND 34 INNER END RE-ROUTES
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