Tag: Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
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Group delivers a down payment on a county bus service plan
More than 100 members of Valley Interfaith Action (VIA) presented the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors with a surprise $200,000 check Wednesday in an effort to secure funding for a countywide door-to-door public transportation service.
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The Virginia Breeze looks past pandemic doldrums
It’s a quiet January Tuesday at the public transit hub outside of James Madison University’s Godwin Hall, where in more normal times, students would be waiting with bags loaded for the Virginia Breeze to take them back home. These are not normal times, though; no one is waiting for the bus, and the only breeze around is the bitter winter sort.
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A year in, the Virginia Breeze bus line has blown past expectations
On a sunny Friday, JMU junior Ahmad Hassane waits patiently beneath the looming brick and concrete mass of Godwin Hall. He’s anticipating the arrival of the Virginia Breeze – the year-old bus line with soaring ridership that runs from Blacksburg to Washington, D.C., with Harrisonburg one of several stops along the way.
