Blacksburg Transit

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Blacksburg Transit, or simply the BT is a local government-owned urban-suburban bus line based in Blacksburg, Virginia. The system originated in 1983 with six buses, but has since expanded its operation to 33 buses and 11 vans in making 2.4 million trips per year.^[1] Its ridership is dominated by Virginia Tech students who account for 90 percent of all riders, with the remaining 10 percent being split evenly between from Tech faculty and staff, and other Blacksburg citizens.^[1] Blacksburg Transit serves the towns of Blacksburg, Christiansburg and limited unincorporated portions of Montgomery County.

A new service offered to its riders in the mid 2000's is WiFi internet access. Initially offered only on select buses, efforts to expand this service are underway.

Commuter bus service from Blacksburg to Roanoke is operated by Valley Metro as the Smart Way Bus.

1 Employees
2 BT ACCESS
3 Routes
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Employees

A majority of BT's drivers are part-time employees, making BT a popular employer with Virginia Tech students as well as retirees. A majority of the service's full-time staff consists of administrative and supervisory positions.

[edit] BT ACCESS

BT ACCESS is Blacksburg Transit's ADA-compliant paratransit service. Riders must first qualify to use this service by filling out an application with the BT ACCESS office. Once approved, riders can schedule one time or recurring trips with door-through-door service to any destination within Blacksburg and areas outside Blacksburg serviced by BT's main-line fixed route bus service. (The Two Town Trolley is considered an Express route, riders wishing to go to Christiansburg can schedule a trip to meet the Blacksburg Two Town Trolley at it's Burruss Hall timecheck