Rhode Island has a new road map for its transportation priorities after the State Planning Council approved Thursday the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) 2026-2035. If a project isn’t included in the document, it can’t receive part of an estimated $10 billion in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Rhode Island Division of Statewide Planning, the Department of Transportation, and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority all drafted the document with input from public comments and hearings. “Highways remain the primary mode of travel in Rhode Island,” according to the report. Scott Wolf, executive director of the anti-sprawl organization Grow Smart Rhode Island and a member of the State Planning Council, voiced his own concerns about the lack of public transportation funding at the Thursday meeting.