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Track Virginia’s Transportation Safety and Performance Targets through New Dashboard
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 response...
Multimodal Transit Center and Park and Ride Survey
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...
Hands-Free Law Makes Holding a Cell Phone Illegal While Driving
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 offense...
‘Danville to D.C.’ bus honored with Virginia Commonwealth Connectors Award
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...
Improve I-81 website launches
As part of Virginia’s $2 billion Interstate 81 Corridor Improvement Program, the Virginia Department of Transportation has launched a new website detailing projects that are underway and planned. As most jurisdictions in the Commonwealth have entered Phase Three of...
SMART SCALE Round 4 HRMPO Project Updates
SMART SCALE is a program that distributes transportation funds based on a transparent and objective evaluation of projects that will determine how effectively they achieve statewide transportation needs outlined in VTrans 2045. For projects eligible under both the...
RideShare Launches New-Look Website to Assist Commuters
RideShare, a regional service providing free carpool matching, vanpool coordination, and the "Guaranteed Ride Home" program that provides free rides home in an emergency, released an updated website to assist with navigating transportation options in the region....
Virginia Breeze Intercity Bus Service Resumes July 24
(RICHMOND) – On Friday, July 24, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) relaunched its Virginia Breeze Intercity Bus service. The popular service, connecting underserved, rural areas of Virginia along the I-81 and I-66 corridors to the...
VDOT, DRPT seek input to gauge COVID-19 impacts on commuting
By: Vernon Freeman Jr. RICHMOND, Va. -- The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), has launched a survey to gauge COVID-19 impacts on commuting across the state. Anyone who works or lives in Virginia...
HRMPO Meetings to be Held Via Video Conference
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Metropolitan Planning Organization (HRMPO) Policy Board and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) public meetings will be conducted by video conference call until further notice. The public is welcome to join the...