Omniride Express News Today

In support of national Take Your Child to Work Day, children aged 17 and younger can ride any OmniRide bus for free on Thursday, April 25.

(Woodbridge)- Fredericksburg area commuters have three more options for the I-95 trip with three new OmniRide Express buses to the Pentagon, Arlington, and the State Department in D.C. It's the first time since OmniRide's founding in 1986 that it has provided service to Spotsylvania County and southern Stafford County, bolstering the agency's status as a regional bus operator. For the next month, riders may use the new bus lines for free. After January 12, there will be a $9 one-w...

Fredericksburg area commuters have three more options for the trip up Interstate 95, including launching three new OmniRide Express buses to the Pentagon, Arlington, and the State Department in Washington, D.C.

OmniRide’s Service Change will take effect on Monday, December 11. The organization will add three new routes from Fredericksburg to North Stafford using the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes extension.

On Thursday evening, November 30, the annual Christmas Tree Lighting event will occur in Washington, D.C. The planned road closures and increased pedestrian traffic are expected to cause congestion and delays within the D.C. service area.

OmniRide is hoping that higher fares and a larger local subsidy from its constituent localities will help make up for dwindling pandemic relief funding.

A bus driver strike at OmniRide, the regional transportation commission, is four weeks old, but there are signs of limited restored service.

OmniRide will operate on a limited schedule as union workers are a week and a half into a strike that has left some commuters hamstrung. 

OmniRide bus and paratransit operators went on strike Monday, forcing the system to suspend service on all commuter routes and disrupting some local and Metro express lines.

Most OmniRide passengers headed to Washington D.C. must use the Metro to complete their trips this week.