The Local Government Council, in partnership with the Central Virginia MPO, RIDE Solutions, and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (VDRPT), will begin a study to assess opportunities, and to provide strategic guidance, to establish a vanpooling program as a complement to RIDE Solutions’ transportation demand management services. The vanpool program is designed to reduce transportation barriers for area job seekers, especially within the area’s rural communities.
A key factor of this study will be coordination with the Region 2000 Workforce Board and the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company to examine opportunities to coordinate job training and employment partnership programs with transportation needs.
The vanpool study will guide tan anticipated submittal of a VanStart application to VDRPT in 2019.
