Gas prices alter student travel plans
March 17, 2011
A recent hike in gas prices is forcing students and faculty to look at other means of transportation.
Transportation
Walking, biking, driving and taking the Blacksburg Transit bus service are the main transportation options for students and residents to get around Blacksburg.
Major transportation issues in Blacksburg include delays, ongoing construction, parking shortages, parking tickets and new bike laws.
U Car Share was also introduced to the Virginia Tech campus in September 2009. The service allows students ages 18-21 to rent a car for a short period of time as needed.
Content on Transportation:
New bus to connect Roanoke, Lynchburg
February 1, 2011
A new service, the Bus to Rail Smart Way Inter-City Connector, may soon link Roanoke to the Lynchburg train station daily and Blacksburg to Lynchburg on weekends, providing a new way to get to Northern Virginia.
New rail, bus combo serving Blacksburg would simplify travel
January 24, 2011
On Jan. 18, Roanoke City made the electrifying announcement that it would seek a state grant in February for a bus from the high-performing Amtrak Lynchburg — DC — Boston Train to Roanoke (daily) and Blacksburg (weekends), a grant Virginia Tech also endorses.
Bus lines compete for student travelers
December 7, 2010
Students traveling home to Washington, D.C., for winter break now have a new transportation option.
November 29, 2010
Many Virginia Tech students have begun to notice the overcrowding of certain Blacksburg Transit buses.
He said, she said: Transportation choices
November 11, 2010
Cognitive dissonance is my favorite phrase to bring up when people make jokes about my communication major.
Distracted driving needs reprimand
November 5, 2010
Say hello to the new wave of distracted driving, the latest member of a dangerous family of road hazards: driving while texting.
Rail line would benefit region
October 21, 2010
On Oct. 1, 2009, Amtrak launched its first Northeast Regional Train to Lynchburg and first area intercity rail service in 30 years.
Labeling hinders environmental empathy
October 5, 2010
While walking to McBryde last week, I noticed what some would describe as a "groovy" Blacksburg Transit bus in front of Burruss Hall, complete with flower power designs and wavy block letters. Something straight out of the '70s.
Bus tracker to assist Blacksburg Transit riders
August 23, 2010
Today's launch of VT Bus Tracker, a tracking application for Blacksburg Transit buses, aims to reduce the formerly erratic art of catching a bus to a precise science.