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Charlottesville Area Transit (formerly Charlottesville Transit Service) [1] is the provider of mass transportation in Charlottesville, Virginia.The organization was formed in 1975 when the city bought out Yellow Transit Company, which held a private monopoly on city busing.
Pages in category "Transportation in Charlottesville, Virginia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many current routes operate under former streetcar routes. The streetcars provided the main transportation in the Northern Virginia area from the 1800s to the 1940s. [3] The Alexandria, Barcroft and Washington Transit Company (AB&W) and the Washington Virginia & Maryland Coach Company (WV&M) operated some of the routes prior to 1973.
The first train service to Charlottesville began in the early 1850s by the Louisa Railroad Company, which became the Virginia Central Railroad before becoming the C&O. The Southern Railway started service to Charlottesville around the mid-1860s with a north–south route crossing the C&O east-west tracks.
More than half of bus commuters use only five lines (the 1, 2, 5, 6, and 89 buses), according to authority data; its 17 poorest performing routes collectively service only 10% of riders.
Instead, in 2007 Charlottesville completed the Downtown Transit Center one mile across town. [9] However, the station does serve as an intermodal transportation nexus, with connecting Amtrak Thruway motorcoach service to Richmond Staples Mill Road station for some trains there, a 200-plus-space parking lot, and a Greyhound Lines bus stop. [10]
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation is proposing adding the first east-west line to the service in 2025. The new route is planned tk run from Virginia Beach to Harrisonburg. The 235-mile trip will take about six-and-a-half hours one way, with stops in places like Charlottesville, Richmond, and Williamsburg, among others ...
Formerly Charlotte Transit route 1 (Randolph). [1] 16 South Tryon 17 Commonwealth Avenue September 5, 1988 Formerly Charlotte Transit route 2 Independence Boulevard. [1] 18 Paw Creek/Rosa Parks Crosstown October 1, 2018 Formerly part of routes 1 and 34. [2] 19 Park Road September 5, 1988 Formerly Charlotte Transit route 4. [1] 20 Sharon Road