By Antonia Noori Farzan — RIPTA plans to eliminate those express beach bus routes, citing low ridership and staffing issues — Update: On Wednesday afternoon, following the publication of this story, Gov. Dan McKee said that he would RIPTA to run express beach buses this summer

By GoLocalProv — Community members -- and Providence mayoral candidates — are decrying the move by RIPTA to cancel this year’s express beach runs from the state’s urban core to south county