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OmniRide, the regional commuter bus provider, hinted at expanding service in Stafford County and offering service in Spotsylvania County for the first time. ....
Stafford wants to keep OmniRide bus service despite declining ridership Stafford leaders want to keep OmniRide Express bus service. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors recently approved an application to continue commuter bus service running from a commuter lot at the intersection of Staffordboro Boulevard and Route 610 in north Stafford. An import from Prince William County in 2019, OmniRide Express buses ferry commuters to and from Pentagon and Washington D.C. If regional officials agree to continue funding the bus service, it would mean a fresh injection of funds for the two bus routes that serve the commuter lot. It costs about $900,000 per year to operate the buses, OmniRide states. ....
Updated: OmniRide runs regular service today, cancels emergency plans Updated at December 23, 2020 - Uriah Kiser Updated OmniRide told us today just before 2 p.m. that the transit agency was able to operate regular service and did not active its emergency service plan, as it had planned to do on Friday, December 11, 2020. “OmniRide ran regular service today because we determined early this morning that we had a sufficient number of bus operators to run regular service,” said OmniRide spokeswoman Christine Rodrigo. The emergency service plan was a precaution after OmniRide had witnessed other regional transit agencies experience a high volume of drivers call out sick, including the Greater Richmond Transit Company in Richmond. ....