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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visits Raleigh to celebrate new railroad service to Virginia
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will be in Raleigh Monday to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new railroad service.Last December, Buttigieg and Governor Roy Cooper announced a $1 billion investment to build the rail service between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia.Buttigieg will be joined again by Cooper Monday afternoon for the celebration.The plans include designing and building passenger rail routes between Raleigh and Richmond, connecting the state with Virginia, Washington, D.C. and the Northeast Corridor."It's a generational undertaking. It won't get done overnight but it will be done swiftly and with this funding, North Carolina will be able to bring...
GRTC rolling out bus service expansions
Richmond-area transit users will have expanded service options as the Greater Richmond Transit Company rolls out a set of route changes. One of the biggest alterations is the expansion of GRTC’s LINK microtransit service to eastern Henrico County. Starting Monday, riders in the Sandston and Elko areas — one of the zones identified in a 2021 study — will be able to use the Transit on the Go app to request curb-to-curb transportation that operates like a ride-share service.
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