by host | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) is developing the Statewide Rail Plan (SRP) projects, policies, and initiatives that will guide future growth and development in Virginia. Learn more about the SRP and view the statewide DRPT rail...
by host | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) recently approved the FY 2022-2027 Six-Year Improvement Program (SYIP), which allocates $24 billion to highway, rail and public transportation over the next six years. The board also approved the FY 2022 budgets for the...
by host | Jun 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Every year, the HRMPO sets the region’s transportation safety and performance targets to meet state and national Transportation Performance Management (TPM) safety goals. The targets, which include goals for reducing vehicular and pedestrian fatalies, are in...
by host | Jun 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation is Seeking Input for a Multimodal Transit Center Feasibility Study: Survey Available Online and at Key Locations (Harrisonburg, Va., June 16, 2021) – The Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation (HDPT) is...
by host | Jan 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Beginning January 1, 2021, it is now illegal to hold a handheld personal communications device (e.g., a smart phone) while driving a moving motor vehicle. The “hands-free” law allows police to pull a driver over for having a phone in their hand. The first...
by host | Oct 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
RICHMOND — This week, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation received the Commonwealth Connectors Award at the annual American Planning Association Virginia conference. The award recognizes DRPT’s successful planning and implementation of the Virginia Breeze...
