The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is going back to the drawing board, after its Board of Directors postponed a vote on proposed service cuts. The RIPTA Board was scheduled to vote this morning on a proposal to eliminate 16 bus routes and reduce service to dozens of others as part of an effort to close a $10million budget gap. But the board decided not to take action after Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee sent the Board a letter urging members to craft a new plan. RIPTA released an efficiency study last week, which indicated service cuts are inevitable given the lack of other immediate cost-savings measures. The eventual date for a RIPTA Board vote on potential service cuts has yet to be finalized.