Transit advocates attending the meeting shouted "shame" as the board adjourned.

The service cuts, projected to save $4.4 million this fiscal year, do not impact RIPTA's RIde Anywhere program for riders with disabilities and they avoid driver layoffs.

The funding deal earlier this week will allow RIPTA to use $3.05 million in federal climate funding to cover operating expenses this year.

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority buses will come a little less often starting Sept. 27 after the authority's board approved a series of service cuts to balance a persistent budget deficit.

The cuts were part of a budget deal struck earlier this week between RIPTA CEO Christopher Durand and Gov. Dan McKee that will allow the state bus system to use $3 million in federal transportation funding for

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