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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Two Public Input Sessions on Local Bus Service Planned for
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Leesburg, VA (August 14, 2013) – The Town of Leesburg will host two public input sessions
regarding the local bus service on Wednesday, August 21, 2013. Part of a transit management
analysis being conducted by Kimley-Horn and Associates for Loudoun County, the public input
sessions are intended to gather feedback on the current operations of the four Leesburg bus
routes, currently operated by Virginia Regional Transit. Those four routes include the
Battlefield/Ida Lee route, the Leesburg Sycolin Road route, the Leesburg Trolley and the Safe-T-
Ride. For details about the routes, including current bus stop locations and schedules, please
see Virginia Regional Transit’s website at www.vatransit.org.
The first session, which will begin at 8:30am, is aimed at local businesses, organizations and
agencies whose clients, customers and employees may rely upon the bus service to get to their
locations or facilities. The second session, which will begin at 3:00pm, is aimed at current riders
of the local bus service. Both public input sessions will be held in the lower level of the Leesburg
Town Hall (25 West Market Street, Leesburg).
In late 2012, the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) informed
Loudoun County and the Town of Leesburg that the local bus routes in eastern Loudoun County
and the Town of Leesburg were no longer eligible for funding under the federal Rural Transit
Program, based on 2010 U.S. Census data regarding population densities. The current federal
funding for the local bus service expires on September 30, 2013. In order to assist Loudoun
County and the Town of Leesburg with the transition away from funding under the Rural Transit
Program, DRPT agreed to fund the transit management analysis, which is currently under way
by Kimley-Horn and Associates.
Contact:
Betsy Fields
Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2734
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