The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is hosting the “Discover Transit” campaign through the end of October this year to invite Virginians to “try or return” to transit, particularly following the Covid pandemic. RIDE Solutions is partnering with DRPT on this initiative, and in so doing, is […]
Piedmont Area Regional Transit (PART), operated by Roanoke Area Dial-A-Ride (RADAR), has contracted with the City of Martinsville and Henry County to provide public transit service to those communities since 2009. While the system began with two routes, a third route, known as the “Southern Route,” had been added in […]
September is Discover Transit Month, which is a campaign to promote transit use across the Commonwealth of Virginia and make Virginians aware that their local transit systems can be great alternatives to driving! In this blog, I will discuss benefits of using transit, share some great prizes available for you […]
As one of RIDE Solutions’ Regional Coordinators in southern and southwest Virginia, I often write blogs about interesting or relevant trends in transportation, demographics, and the like. Given the record-high fuel prices and inflation our nation is currently experiencing, I intend for this blog to focus on how RIDE Solutions […]
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is seeking the public’s input on a corridor study in the City of Danville, via a MetroQuest survey. The study area comprises the Piedmont Drive corridor between Park Avenue and Boxwood Court, which is the primary roadway serving both the Danville Mall and Coleman […]
As part of a campaign that began last year, Danville Transit continues to promote Black History Month with a full wrap advertisement on one of its buses. Actually, the advertisement was never taken down since it was placed on the bus last year, and it will remain in place for […]
Most of the blogs I have written have been directed to the general population of the West Piedmont Region and have focused on carpooling and transit, though the COVID-19 pandemic has (at least temporarily) shifted focus a bit more toward socially-distant modes of travel such as telecommuting, walking, and bicycling. […]
Beginning in 2019, RIDE Solutions achieved a revolutionary milestone when the TDM (Transportation Demand Management) organization launched its new app, powered by Agile Mile. In addition to enabling users to earn points toward rewards whenever a green trip was logged either by biking, walking, vanpooling, using transit, or teleworking, the […]
On Thursday, March 5th, staffs of the Danville and Lynchburg MPOs, transit agency directors, regional mobility managers, VDOT and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) staffs, municipal staff, representatives of a local health collaborative, and staff of EPR planning consultants, took part in a technical assistance workshop facilitated by the FHWA which […]
As technology improves, many aspects of our lives do as well, and Danville Transit is no exception to such trends. The transit agency now features a Bus Locator System on its website, which shows the location of buses on each of its routes in real time. With this new tool, […]