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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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, 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....