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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation is an intermodal transportation agency charged with planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining Rhode Island's transportation facilities including highways, marine, and freight rail.

The Rhode Island State Planning Council is the statewide metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for Rhode Island. Established by state legislation and designated by the Governor as the MPO, the RISPC is responsible for developing the State's transportation plan and Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). In addition to its transportation duties, the SPC guides State planning in human services, economic development, energy, recreation, water supply, solid waste disposal, and historic preservation, among other duties.

The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is a statewide bus transit system serving 36 of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns. RIPTA also maintains an expanding paratransit network to serve the needs of the disabled and mobility impaired.

The Rhode Island LTAP Training Center has over 150 on-demand trainings and live webinars geared toward the transportation industry. Before you can register for trainings, sign-up for an account at the following link https://rilearningcenter.myabsorb.com?KeyName=RhodeIslandLTAP. Once the account is setup, use your credentials to access The Rhode Island LTAP Training Center.

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Engineering Links

• The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority.
• Information on highway research and technology from FHWA's Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center and the Transportation Research Board.
• Information on Intelligent Transportation Systems from Access ITS America.

Finance Links

• Information on Innovative Finance programs at FHWA.
• Learn more about how Federal-aid highway financing works with the Highway Trust Fund Primer (in PDF format, 134KB).
• New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) "IIJA"

Planning Links

• FHWA's Office of Highway Policy Information has data and statistics on highway conditions and performance.
• Rhode Island's National Highway System map (PDF format).
• A list of Regional Councils of Governments and MPOs on line.
• The Rhode Island Chapter of the American Planning Association.
• The MPO in neighboring Massachusetts is the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District.
• Information on how Rhode Island is cleaning up the air with the Emissions and Safety Inspection program.

Safety Links

• Rhode Island DOT is responsible for highway safety programs.
• U.S. DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Environment Links

• The details on how FHWA does environmental analysis can be found in the FHWA Environmental Guidebook.
• The New England Region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
• The New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for information on Federal wetland permits.
• Based in Boston, the First Coast Guard District.
• The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation administers the "Section 106" process which analyzes the impacts of Federal actions on historic and archeological resources.
• The National Park Service maintains the National Register of Historic Places and has information on eligibility and register properties.
• The State Historic Preservation Officer is the Rhode Island Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission
• Information on the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.

Motor Carrier Links

• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Homepage.
• Download the form MCS-150, Application for DOT Number (Adobe Acrobat PDF format).

Local Information

• An excellent guide to State government can be found on the Secretary of State's On-Line Office.
• For everything you want to know about Providence try the city's home page.
• Local news from the Providence Journal-Bulletin.
• Tourism information from Visit Rhode Island.
• Relive the Gilded Age in Newport.
• If you're going to the beach, or want to buy your lobsters off the dock, then visit RI's South County.
• One of "last great places in the Western Hemisphere" is Block Island.

Other Federal agencies in Rhode Island

• U.S. Navy's Naval Station Newport.
• There are several Social Security Administration offices in Rhode Island.
• The Small Business Administration in Providence.
• There are three National Park Service sites in Rhode Island.