Find more of the following information on the Research topic:

1. Problem (including economics)
   1. Americans rely heavily on automobiles
      1. Use of automobiles has externalities the environmental impact of travel by private automobiles
      2. Although public resources are devoted to auto travel, car ownership is unaffordable for some
      3. Challenges for public transportation, in general?
   2. Rhode Island - data
2. Policy: Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA)
   1. You've got a lot of the information that you need, but a lot of it looks copied directly from RIPTA. Take what you have and create clear outlines of sections for:
      1. history - bullets with highlights
      2. structure/administration - bullets with important parts
         1. include employment
      3. funding or financing - how is RIPTA funded? (This can go after services if that seems better)
      4. services provided
         1. Bus service
            1. Seven days a week
            2. 36 of 37 towns
            3. number of trips? miles?
         2. ADA Paratransit Services - define briefly
         3. Flex Servie in 10 communities - define briefly
         4. Park n Ride at 32 sites - define
3. Evaluation (What you've got here looks like you simply typed in some information - I just skimmed it - you may have good stuff)
   1. What are the challenges for RIPTA ?
      1. need ridership to get economies of scale and keep per ride costs down
      2. Rhode Islanders do not rely on public transportation
         1. Pandemic
   2. What are the problems/criticism about RIPTA? Do some digging to get these - google, etc.
      1. service?
      2. funding?
      3. anything else? (Crazy situation with State employee data on employee's hard drive that got hacked! How is the place run/managed?)