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Dylan Giles
@dylancgiles.bsky.social
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“Stop Requested” 🚌🚏 Bus Enthusiast. Bike Enjoyer.

PVD Streets Operations Manager 🏳️‍🌈
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Amtrak Acela set caught fire
Tweet from PVD Fire Chief Silva with photos of an Amtrak Acela train showing fire damage and fire retardant residue. Derek Silva @dsilvaPFD X.com Incident Update: Just before 9:30 a.m., @PVDFireDept was called to three occupied passenger train cars at Providence Amtrak Station with fire emanating from underneath. Working with crew on site, the cars were moved to Harris Ave. and fully extinguished with no injuries. 11:14 AM • 11/30/25 • 994 Views 8
November 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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I really hope they both had a good time 🥰
Screenshot of train tracker showing Rhode Island with trains 66 and 99 at the same location in Providence, with other trains tracking to the north and south.
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Took the new bike path to the 99 year old Babas New York System (tragically closing tomorrow) 🚲🌭 @dariaphoebe.com
Selfie of Dylan wearing a bike helmet and black and white striped raincoat with Daria on a bike behind wearing a blue dress boots and a jacket and a helmet topped with an octopus. They are on a freshly paved separated urban trail lined with trees in autumn colors. Plates on a table with a line of hot wieners and fries on the side. Daria and Tyson at the table smiling for the camera. The lunch counter of Babas New York Systems in the background with news articles about the iconic establishment on the walls.
October 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Stephen sent me pics after joining our retreat and telling us about it (and the many other dope tactics).
A box full of puffy pretzels covered in salt resembling the outline of a bus or train Bus shaped pretzel and Philadelphia shaped Eagles pretzel on a plate next to a poster with colorful lettering and illustrations of people boarding a transit and a PCC streetcar in in its SEPTA paint scheme. SAVE SEPTA SAVE OUR FUTURE TAKE ACTiON!
October 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Lockwood terminal lake appreciation post. 💙
Street flooding at an intersection of two streets on a gray fall day.
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Massive turnout to today’s #nokings in Providence 🤩
Large crowd of people gathered at the foot of a large plaza at the foot of the Rhode Island Stare House. The large marble building’s columns and striking dome topped with the gold independent man finial illuminated under the afternoon sun under a bright blue sky.
October 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Big ideas are happening in the gc

@dariaphoebe.com is never not ColumBUSSIN
Daria sends a picture of a historic transit bus with 79 COLUMBUS on the Headsign. “Anyway, my bus is here” Dylan says “Why is COTA not called ColumBUS”
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Much like RIPTA itself, a crack is forming in my WAVE card indicating the decline of both this transit pass and the agency itself as the pass is an indicator species.
WAVE card with blue branding and the RIPTA logo with a small crack in one corner of the plastic pass
October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Bringing your friends back transit passes to trade when you return from your journey is normal right? @dariaphoebe.com
Dylan’s and Daria smiling for a selfie each holding their respective transit cards, a Clipper card for Dylan and two Dirigos for Daria. They sit under a tree on a porch decorated with street art.
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I am once again asking if the giant WAVE card can be hired for private events (asking for @dariaphoebe.com this time)
Central Falls mayor Maria Rivera smiling holding a comically oversized WAVE transit pass with blue branding and the RIPTA logo. She stands in front of a RIPTA transit bus.
September 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Happy to join @epi-ri.bsky.social on this the first day of #weekwithoutdriving (which is every week).

Had to leave early because the 22 frequency to Warwick is in the trash thanks to @govdanmckee.bsky.social’s utter hatred of bus riders.
POV shot of a person’s hand holding Literature from a conference titled “We the People, the Rhode Forward” with a notepad and a RIPTA WAVE card. A RIPTA bus approaches in the background on a large four lane “stroad” RIPTA bus sign on a wooden utility pole with a worn patch beneath it and a tree stump. A large multi-lane “stroad” in the background. Presentation screen showing a slide with the title “The Rhode Forward to Tax Justice (and nice things)” showing multiple images including an electric Xcelsior RIPTA bus, the Rhode Island flag, small children playing, a yoga class, and an affordable housing development. A group of women standing in a line on a stage singing. They are all wearing various shades of purple.
September 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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The CIC is being haunted by a die-off of spotted lanternflies??
Spotted lanternfly bodies clustered on the sidewalk near the entrance to an office building Spotted lanternfly bodies clustered on the sidewalk near the entrance to an office building Spotted lanternfly bodies clustered on the sidewalk near the entrance to an office building
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Anyways I do as I’m told 🚌🚌
POV of a persons hand holding two transit passes with the DIRIGO branding and a brochure, in front of a building with stylized lettering METRO hanging from the facade.
September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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“Get me a couple Dirigos” is normal request right? Right?? @dariaphoebe.com
Daria says “Get me a couple Dirigos. I can PayPal you or Venmo or whatever”
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Plus scored some swag 🤩
Tote bag with Acela branding and blue and red triangles scattered hanging from a persons hand standing on a platform with the Avelia Liberty trainset sitting in the Providence Amtrak station in the background. Close up of ceremonial pin in a cellophane package. The circular enamel pin depicts the new Acela Avelia Liberty trainset atop the Amtrak logo, with NEXGEN ACELA LAUNCH lettering curving above the train. Blue hat with the Acela logo.
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Caught the ceremonial launch of the new NextGen @amtrak.com Acela trainsets stopping in Providence, entering revenue service tomorrow morning! 🤩🚊
Avelia Liberty power car with striking pointed head end and vibrant blue and red accents and the Acela logo emblazoned prominently on the side emerges from under the Providence Amtrak under a bright blue late afternoon sky with sunlight flaring on the lens. People are gathered on the train platform behind the train. View of the Avelia Liberty trainset waiting in providence train station under the overhead gantry supporting the catenary wires with bright blue afternoon skies with some clouds visible. Behind a row of trees rising in the distance the dome of the Rhode Island State House is visible.
August 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Need you to see this express ass six stop Acela 👀
Tracking screen showing Amtrak 880 making only six stops from Washington to Boston • Amtrak 880 (27) NextGen Acela Washington » Boston WAS Washington, DC 10:05A • On time PHL Philadelphia 11:42A • On time NYP New York 2:00P • 15 min early NHV New Haven Union Station Data not available PVD Providence Data not available BOS Boston South Station Data not available
August 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Gatekeeping this perfect spot no one seems to know about.
Warm golden and earth toned floors, stone columns and elegant ceiling and arches of an elaborate staircase and sitting area within a historic building. Daylight streams in illuminating the space as trees and other buildings can be seen in the distance.
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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In the Trader Joe’s elevator AMA 🛗
Wood paneled walls frame an illuminated parking garage entrance to Trader Joe’s with an elevator in the background and a welcome mural painted on one side. Two bicycles in the foreground are parked on a wheel insert type bike rack. Silver walls and ceiling inside a generic new elevator.
July 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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This is a proven strategy.
July 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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POV @transit.app has presented you with a riddle like a bridge troll and you are looking for your bus’s reflection to answer it. 👀
Selfie of Dylan wearing a hat looking through the window of a transit bus. Screenshot of transit app showing live tracking and a popup dialog with two option buttons presented in red text. Which line are you on? We want to make sure we're sharing the right information with fellow riders. 1 • Shaw's (Warwick) 1 • TF Green Airport via Warwick Ave I don't know
July 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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The video in question lol 💅
July 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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I bet doing a full roundabout feels good for the bus. 🚌
Screenshot showing a deviation of the 14 onto a shopping center ending with a full roundabout to reverse direction. Screenshot showing a deviation of the 14 onto a shopping center ending with a full roundabout to reverse direction.
July 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Back on the monster 14 AMA
Transit App screenshot showing journey underway from Providence to North Kingstown aboard the 14, which snakes south across a majority of Rhode Island ending in Newport. “Get off in 111 Stops” is visible at the center of the trip tracker.
July 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Devastated to report that my Big Dumb Cup ™️ matches nicely with the vibes of the @pvdstreets.bsky.social farmers market table.
Close up of items arranged on a table under speckled sunlight. Promotional materials like postcards, teal pins and t shirts, canvas tote bags, and yellow sticker “REAL CITIES HAVE BIKE LANES” and at the center a tall colorful beverage container with a salmon pink body, teal lid, and yellow handle and straw.
July 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM