Andy Nosal
@2feet2bucks.com
Here to spread word there's no better place than Rhode Island to explore historic cities and seaside New England by walking, rolling and transit!
If you have a striped beach rock on display, please prove your Ocean State #RhodeIsland bona fides by posting a picture of it in present situ. Cat optional. #rocks
November 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you have a striped beach rock on display, please prove your Ocean State #RhodeIsland bona fides by posting a picture of it in present situ. Cat optional. #rocks
Simple solution: Price all parking spaces available to visitors in downtown dynamically to ensure there is always an open space or two on every block. The only cheap parking is near the bridge ramps and includes a bus pass or discounted bike share.
Did you catch the Newport Daily News article about tourism-related traffic congestion? bit.ly/4ozuM1r
Is tourism a boon or a hassle for Newport? Depends on who you ask
Among the concerns are tourism’s impact on traffic, and that it made it difficult to access Newport for residents and guests alike.
bit.ly
October 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Simple solution: Price all parking spaces available to visitors in downtown dynamically to ensure there is always an open space or two on every block. The only cheap parking is near the bridge ramps and includes a bus pass or discounted bike share.
Never has so much damage been inflicted to save so little money.
. @ripta.com is a critical piece of our infrastructure. We should stop underfunding it. We should use some of the state’s revenue which we didn’t count on this year to fund the shortfall immediately and rescind the cuts.
My day on RIPTA thanks to
@govdanmckee.bsky.social
-finding the 71's frequency has been cut almost in half
-waiting 19 min for the R-line at 9:30am
-packing onto an extremely overcrowded 22 because its frequency is slashed
-barely missing the 75, so I took the 72 which is 3x farther from home.
@govdanmckee.bsky.social
-finding the 71's frequency has been cut almost in half
-waiting 19 min for the R-line at 9:30am
-packing onto an extremely overcrowded 22 because its frequency is slashed
-barely missing the 75, so I took the 72 which is 3x farther from home.
October 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Never has so much damage been inflicted to save so little money.
This author, on a previous visit to Providence, was big inspiration for my 2 feet 2 bucks project: To find, map and promote the most charming transit accessible places to walk in #RhodeIsland
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This author, on a previous visit to Providence, was big inspiration for my 2 feet 2 bucks project: To find, map and promote the most charming transit accessible places to walk in #RhodeIsland
nonstarter?? Maybe start this way:
Dear state employee, please choose one of the following:
1. "Free" parking
2. direct + opportunity costs of maintaining 250 square feet of asphalt on highly valuable downtown land added to your paycheck from now on.
Dear state employee, please choose one of the following:
1. "Free" parking
2. direct + opportunity costs of maintaining 250 square feet of asphalt on highly valuable downtown land added to your paycheck from now on.
“However, building on that site would mean losing 126 parking spaces from the carapace of asphalt lots covering the capitol complex, a nonstarter in Rhode Island state government.” www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...
New, slimmed down state archives building proposed to hold RI's state treasures
The secretary of state wants $60 million for the archives, including work at URI, down from more than $100 million in 2024
www.providencejournal.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
nonstarter?? Maybe start this way:
Dear state employee, please choose one of the following:
1. "Free" parking
2. direct + opportunity costs of maintaining 250 square feet of asphalt on highly valuable downtown land added to your paycheck from now on.
Dear state employee, please choose one of the following:
1. "Free" parking
2. direct + opportunity costs of maintaining 250 square feet of asphalt on highly valuable downtown land added to your paycheck from now on.
Debts racked up to pay for transit must be serviced out of hotly contested transit budgets. Far bigger debts racked up to pay for highways just get repaid.
“Why does transit seem to be in an endless emergency? Why is it so easy to assume that transit’s financial situation is hopeless? Because we have constructed our transportation funding streams to make transit’s costs visible, while the costs of car dependence are mostly concealed.”
I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Debts racked up to pay for transit must be serviced out of hotly contested transit budgets. Far bigger debts racked up to pay for highways just get repaid.
2feet2bucks will be selling postcards and posters at the funeral for benefit of @pvdstreets.bsky.social
Mail them as condolences and to politicians who need to be reminded to have some respect for the deceased.
Mail them as condolences and to politicians who need to be reminded to have some respect for the deceased.
September 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
2feet2bucks will be selling postcards and posters at the funeral for benefit of @pvdstreets.bsky.social
Mail them as condolences and to politicians who need to be reminded to have some respect for the deceased.
Mail them as condolences and to politicians who need to be reminded to have some respect for the deceased.
Postcard maps for footloose wanderers now available at Fenwick & Oliver gift shop right across from the harbor where the bike path ends in Bristol #RhodeIsland !
September 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Postcard maps for footloose wanderers now available at Fenwick & Oliver gift shop right across from the harbor where the bike path ends in Bristol #RhodeIsland !
"$55,000 will be used to promote transit to out-of-state visitors and increase ridership."
2feet 2bucks dream coming true: The concept of visitors to #rhodeIsland using transit at has gone from "That is not a thing" to "This makes us look with-it!"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...
2feet 2bucks dream coming true: The concept of visitors to #rhodeIsland using transit at has gone from "That is not a thing" to "This makes us look with-it!"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...
RIPTA to get more than $500,000 to increase ridership, help meet state’s climate goals - The Boston Globe
The funding will be used to expand on-demand service, pilot a vanpool subsidy program, and promote public transit to tourists, officials said.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"$55,000 will be used to promote transit to out-of-state visitors and increase ridership."
2feet 2bucks dream coming true: The concept of visitors to #rhodeIsland using transit at has gone from "That is not a thing" to "This makes us look with-it!"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...
2feet 2bucks dream coming true: The concept of visitors to #rhodeIsland using transit at has gone from "That is not a thing" to "This makes us look with-it!"
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...
Challenge: Post a picture taken from a bus stop more scenic than this! @ripta.com #60, Union St on Hope in Bristol #RhodeIsland.🚌🚶🚲 Coming home from Porchfest.
What other US transit system that can take you almost everyplace worth visiting in a state? A sad failure not to take advantage of this.
What other US transit system that can take you almost everyplace worth visiting in a state? A sad failure not to take advantage of this.
September 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Challenge: Post a picture taken from a bus stop more scenic than this! @ripta.com #60, Union St on Hope in Bristol #RhodeIsland.🚌🚶🚲 Coming home from Porchfest.
What other US transit system that can take you almost everyplace worth visiting in a state? A sad failure not to take advantage of this.
What other US transit system that can take you almost everyplace worth visiting in a state? A sad failure not to take advantage of this.
#Walkable can mean merely possible to walk so we need a more precise word for places that actually motivate you to get out and walk around. I don't have the word but I draw maps of those places hoping everyone follows them and enjoys. 🚶🏾🚍 1/2
September 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#Walkable can mean merely possible to walk so we need a more precise word for places that actually motivate you to get out and walk around. I don't have the word but I draw maps of those places hoping everyone follows them and enjoys. 🚶🏾🚍 1/2
You and I paid for a lovely underpass shortcut from downtown #Providence to Waterplace park and the train station but a restaurant wants everyone to think it's their exclusive patio. This is hostile anti- #urbanism 🚶🚍
September 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
You and I paid for a lovely underpass shortcut from downtown #Providence to Waterplace park and the train station but a restaurant wants everyone to think it's their exclusive patio. This is hostile anti- #urbanism 🚶🚍
Nice article- except no mention of the airport to Galilee bus. Wouldn't you rather spend car rental/parking $$ on an extra night on Block Island and more seafood? Oh wait, @ripta.com is being forced to eliminate weekend service here. @govdanmckee.bsky.social 🚶🚌 🚲 #RhodeIsland
Hidden Between Narragansett And Charlestown Is The Coastal Rhode Island Village With The Freshest Seafood
Hidden Between Narragansett And Charlestown Is The Coastal Rhode Island Village With The Freshest Seafood
This isn't just a sleepy little beach town where you make a pit stop to fill your stomach - it's a destination that hums with the rhythm of seaside life.
www.islands.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nice article- except no mention of the airport to Galilee bus. Wouldn't you rather spend car rental/parking $$ on an extra night on Block Island and more seafood? Oh wait, @ripta.com is being forced to eliminate weekend service here. @govdanmckee.bsky.social 🚶🚌 🚲 #RhodeIsland
Bristol Rhode Island, pretty as a town gets, is the latest 2 feet 2 bucks postcard map of destinations served by @ripta.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Bristol Rhode Island, pretty as a town gets, is the latest 2 feet 2 bucks postcard map of destinations served by @ripta.com
The story is always this: Your state unquestioningly spends more $ to enable the next person who wants to go anywhere to drive and park a car there than it would cost to provide a bus ride.
The Washington Bridge Breakdown - Target 12 is investigating how much all those police details are costing taxpayers. Monday on 12 News at 5.
September 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The story is always this: Your state unquestioningly spends more $ to enable the next person who wants to go anywhere to drive and park a car there than it would cost to provide a bus ride.
Reposted by Andy Nosal
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
Why Walking Helps Us Think
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Since at least the time of Greek philosophers, many writers have discovered a deep, intuitive connection between walking, thinking, and writing.
My governor and some legislators think YOU don't exist if your idea of a great vacation is exploring a beautiful #walkable place with great food, variety and events. You don't exist if you favor a car-free vacation at least now and then. So please...
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My governor and some legislators think YOU don't exist if your idea of a great vacation is exploring a beautiful #walkable place with great food, variety and events. You don't exist if you favor a car-free vacation at least now and then. So please...
Encouraging, thoughtful mainstream media article about Providence's walkability even hints at the irony that people who can't afford cars can't afford to live in the more walkable neighborhoods either.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Providence ranks as one of the USA's most walkable cities. But is it really?
National lists tout the city's pedestrian friendliness, but many neighborhoods are like islands cut off by high-traffic roadways, advocates say.
www.providencejournal.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Encouraging, thoughtful mainstream media article about Providence's walkability even hints at the irony that people who can't afford cars can't afford to live in the more walkable neighborhoods either.
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
Here's an idea: Raise tolls to pay for all automotive infrastructure where vehicles travel faster than 25 mph. Only complete streets should be built with taxes people pay whether they own a car or not. @strongtowns.org @govdanmckee.bsky.social @samuelwbell.bsky.social @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Here's an idea: Raise tolls to pay for all automotive infrastructure where vehicles travel faster than 25 mph. Only complete streets should be built with taxes people pay whether they own a car or not. @strongtowns.org @govdanmckee.bsky.social @samuelwbell.bsky.social @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social
Where but Rhode Island can a bus ride and minutes of walking bring you to a spot like this? Being able to do this is worth more in public enjoyment and tourist attention than RIPTA's deficit $. Welcome to 2feet2bucks land.
August 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Where but Rhode Island can a bus ride and minutes of walking bring you to a spot like this? Being able to do this is worth more in public enjoyment and tourist attention than RIPTA's deficit $. Welcome to 2feet2bucks land.
The zone scheme that would make more buses more useful to more people (what transit is for!) and not cost more to implement than it would collect would be a "Short" zone: Free fare on the last inbound mile of routes to KP.
Governor McKee calls for last minute RIPTA plan that includes fare increases
"...including a fare increase aligned with inflation and a shift toward zone-based pricing..."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/governor-m...
"...including a fare increase aligned with inflation and a shift toward zone-based pricing..."
steveahlquist.substack.com/p/governor-m...
Governor McKee calls for last minute RIPTA plan that includes fare increases
"...including a fare increase aligned with inflation and a shift toward zone-based pricing..."
steveahlquist.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The zone scheme that would make more buses more useful to more people (what transit is for!) and not cost more to implement than it would collect would be a "Short" zone: Free fare on the last inbound mile of routes to KP.
RIPTA proves government CAN provide a valuable service efficiently. It may not be the best bus system but damn, it's the best bus system anyone could have for what we spend. Politicians should be boasting about that. Cutting it is the real waste.
I've watched every minute of the recorded oral comments & read the hundreds of written submissions to
@ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.
@ripta.com in response to the painful service reductions and segment and outright eliminations on the table. This 🧵 is strictly my own and is not an official RIPTA statement.
August 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
RIPTA proves government CAN provide a valuable service efficiently. It may not be the best bus system but damn, it's the best bus system anyone could have for what we spend. Politicians should be boasting about that. Cutting it is the real waste.
Keenly feeling what a cheapass blunder it was not to build a pedestrian underpass here
July 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Keenly feeling what a cheapass blunder it was not to build a pedestrian underpass here
Sign up and attend the Save RIPTA Summer Social & Fundraiser at Trinity Brewing: Get a 2feet2bucks postcard and chance to win a copy of the new miniposter, "A Hiker's Chart of Walkable Space Providence" tomorrow Monday 5:30-7:30 at Trinity Brewhouse
www.eventbrite.com/e/save-ripta...
www.eventbrite.com/e/save-ripta...
Save RIPTA Summer Social & Fundraiser
Join us for a fun summer social and fundraiser to support and celebrate our beloved RIPTA - let's save our public transportation together!
www.eventbrite.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sign up and attend the Save RIPTA Summer Social & Fundraiser at Trinity Brewing: Get a 2feet2bucks postcard and chance to win a copy of the new miniposter, "A Hiker's Chart of Walkable Space Providence" tomorrow Monday 5:30-7:30 at Trinity Brewhouse
www.eventbrite.com/e/save-ripta...
www.eventbrite.com/e/save-ripta...
Tired: Transit is a substitute for trips that would otherwise be made by car because everybody has a car anyway - oh yeah and charity for carless unfortunates.
www.ripta.com/ripta-to-hol...
www.ripta.com/ripta-to-hol...
RIPTA to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Statewide Service Cuts and Fare Increase Due to Budget Deficit
Hearings Scheduled for July 28 to August 6 in Barrington, Providence, West Warwick, Warwick, Woonsocket, Pawtucket, Newport, Wakefield and Kingston
The Rhode
www.ripta.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Tired: Transit is a substitute for trips that would otherwise be made by car because everybody has a car anyway - oh yeah and charity for carless unfortunates.
www.ripta.com/ripta-to-hol...
www.ripta.com/ripta-to-hol...