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. […]
The highly successful Virginia Breeze intercity bus service, which has operated between Blacksburg and Washington, D.C. since 2017, has expanded to the West Piedmont Planning District. Specifically, the new service, which began Friday, August 7th, serves the cities of Martinsville and Danville in our region.
Prior to about mid-March, we at RIDE Solutions had no doubt that our urban centers would continue to grow as important regional employment centers offering a high quality of life. We also had no reason to believe that more collective forms of transportation such as carpooling, vanpooling, transit, and bike […]
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 […]
On Wednesday, March 12th, the West Piedmont Planning District Commission (WPPDC), which administers the RIDE Solutions program here in the West Piedmont Planning District, released for public review the Draft 2045 West Piedmont Rural Long Range Transportation Plan. This plan, once adopted, will replace the current West Piedmont 2035 Rural […]
This year, RIDE Solutions will partner with the Rooster Walk Music & Arts Festival to promote alternative transportation to and from the event. This year, the event will include several days of live music featuring bands such as Big Daddy Love, Yarn, Holly Bowling, the Vegabonds, and many more. Various […]
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) has recently announced that it will be expanding its intercity bus service into other areas of the Commonwealth, and this expansion will include new service in the West Piedmont Planning District. This new service could be considered an expansion across the […]
Summer is the season in which outdoor activities are in full-swing, and these activities often continue well into the fall. Bicycling is one of many outdoor endeavors enjoyed this time of year, whether it’s mountain biking; road biking; or simply cruising the Dick & Willie, the Danville Riverwalk, or the […]
Since July, the West Piedmont Planning District Commission has been coordinating the RIDE Solutions program here in the West Piedmont Planning District. Since that time, we have been promoting the program through various means such as ads in magazines, and a job fair and trade show, with more events to […]
In late 2017, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) established an intercity bus route in Virginia, known as the Virginia Breeze, which travels along the I-81 and I-64 corridors between Blacksburg and Washington, D.C. The intercity bus operates once daily northbound and southbound, serving Christiansburg, Lexington, Staunton, […]