New England Transit Association

The New England Transit Association (formerly Rhode Island Public Transit Authority) is a Roblox group owned by Ill91, the founder of WRTA Roblox.

As of February 2022, the group has a total reach of close to 500 members across all platforms. Founded on Thanksgiving of 2021, NE Transit holds two divisions, one of them being Worcester RTA's Main South Division.

NE Transit is affiliated with Sauga Transit, the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, and Fairview Transit.

Background Info
NE Transit has an upcoming division based in Rhode Island. For this RIPTA division, the main bus terminal hub: Kennedy Plaza, is located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. Service is mainly buses that provides local, rapid, express, and special routes to serve the following areas:

Providence (Kennedy Plaza), Newport (Gateway Center), Pawtucket (Pawtucket Transit Center), Woonsocket (Woonsocket Depot Square), and Warwick Mall as transfer locations.

Other destinations include as Glocester, Burrillville, Scituate, Richmond, West Greenwich and Tiverton with limited services. Some routes also run to Jamestown and South Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Base fare of one trip is $2, and one transfer for $1. Seniors and disabled fare is also $2 peak time and $1 off peak time. RIPTA also offers 1 day pass ($6), 7 day pass ($23), and Monthly Pass ($70). Other passes include the e-RIPtickets (10 trips for $20), and 15 ride pass ($26).

History
Ill91 created NE Transit on November 25th, a month after selling his first transit group, the Worcester Regional Transit Authority. Development began almost immediately, as a staff pool of around 10 members was curated. Ill91 relied on former and current WRTA members to start NE Transit.

Divisions
NE Transit owns the following divisions:


 * Main South (Worcester RTA) - Open
 * Providence / Kennedy Plaza - In Development (2022)
 * MBTA Blue Line - Planned / Proposed

Fleet
NE Transit uses Gillig Advantages, Gillig BRTs, and Proterra buses.

Currently, only 2008 models of the Gillig Advantages are available for use in the group. Further additions have not been announced, but teased as of yet.

WRTA / RIPTA / MaDOT Incident
Tensions that had begun mounting since November between Ill91's former and current group took a dangerous turn in late December. Tens to hundreds of members at WRTA Roblox became increasingly concerned of the new owner (EdDude107) and his qualifications/ability as owner. Ill91 claimed to have not conducted proper background checks before handing over the WRTA group to EdDude107.

On December 28th, all WRTA staff members (except 2, whom were absent) came into a meeting with EdDude107. Several passengers and former staff joined in. The people of WRTA urged EdDude107 to refund the group, otherwise personal assets from the developers and Ill91 could no longer be used under WRTA Roblox. Screenshots from Ill91 have proven that EdDude107 only recieved ownership of the WRTA Roblox Group and Discord. EdDude107 declined, leading to WRTA's only division, Main South, unable to be distributed under the WRTA Roblox group. NE Transit took ownership of the division almost immediately, since it had the approval of Ill91 and all Main South developers.

A day later, MaDOT (a coalition between the Worcester Regional Transit Authority and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, along with Brockton Area Transit) announced a sanction against RIPTA Roblox for "blackmailing EdDude107". The sanction had limited effects on all groups involved. Former MBTA Developer, CallMeMedy, recieved full ownership of his previously worked on 'MBTA Blue Line' division. It is also in NE Transit ownership.

Links
Main South Division

NE Transit Group

NE Transit Discord

NE Transit Twitter