Warwick: Transportation

Approaching the City

T.F. Green State Airport handles more than a million passengers yearly, making it the busiest airfield in Rhode Island. The airport is served by major airlines such as American, Continental, Delta, and United in addition to regional charters. The city of Warwick is in the process of developing plans to build an Amtrak station near the airport. Amtrak currently passes through Warwick and provides passenger rail service. Boston's Logan International Airport is approximately two hours from Newport and provides access to all points across the country and the globe. In 2003, the airport saw 22,778,495 passengers move through its portals. Travelers coming to Warwick by car primarily access the city via Interstates 95 and 295. Regional bus service is coordinated through the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, and Greyhound Bus Company caters to the national traveler.

Traveling in the City

Warwick was built on a section of land that projects out into Narragansett Bay, and its street grid reflects this with a slight bent to the northeast. Warwick Neck Avenue and Tidewater Drive are two primary north-south arterials within the city center, and state highway 117, Sandy Lane, and Rocky Point Avenue run east-west. Bus service within Warwick is coordinated by the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority, while the City of Warwick operates the Transwick program, providing rides to residents 55 years of age or older who have a disability or who lack access to other means of transportation. Taxi service is readily available through a menu of providers, and efforts are being made to improve existing bike paths that run along the Washington Secondary rail line from West Warwick, through Warwick, to Cranston. The vision of bike path advocates is to join the Washington Secondary trail with the Blackstone River Bikeway that runs through Providence. The Warwick-East Greenwich Bicycle Network links the north end of Warwick with the southeast village via a system of bike paths.