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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.
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.
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]
View east along US 250 Bus. and north along SR 20 in Charlottesville. US Route 250 Business (US 250 Business) is a business route of US 250 in Albemarle County and the city of Charlottesville. The highway runs 4.55 miles (7.32 km) from US 250 and US 29 west of Charlottesville to US 250 and SR 20 in the eastern part of Charlottesville.
The Starlight Express was an express bus service operating between New York City and the Central Virginia city of Charlottesville. It made three weekly runs in each direction. Like Amtrak, it typically required about six and a half hours to make the trip.
1–89 – local routes in various areas of the city; 40X–88X – express routes (specifically designated with an X) from uptown to various park and ride lots; 90–99 – Circulator routes in North Mecklenburg (and formerly Matthews/Mint Hill) that will deviate for pick ups up to 3/4 of a mile from the route with advanced notice.
Charlottesville is served by Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport, the Charlottesville Amtrak Station, and a Greyhound Lines intercity bus terminal. Direct bus service to New York City is also provided by the Starlight Express. Charlottesville Area Transit provides area bus service, augmented by JAUNT, a regional paratransit van service.
US 29 Bus: Alleghany [3] 0.49 0.79 SR 721: Big Cedar Drive SR 718 (Edgehill Road) Augusta [4] 0.70 1.13 SR 608 (Cold Springs Road) Fauver Mine Lane Dead End Bedford [5] 1.00 1.61 SR 668 (Goode Road) Prophet Road Dead End Botetourt [6] 2.70 4.35 SR 622 (Prices Bluff Road) Hayden Loop SR 622 (Prices Bluff Road) Campbell [7] 0.40 0.64 Dead End ...