Harrisonburg Transit is the municipally-owned public transportation system for the City of Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

 in the Shenandoah Valley

Shenandoah Valley

The Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River...

 region of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. The system is operated by the Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation (HDPT). Funding for the bus service is provided by the Virginia Department of Transportation

Virginia Department of Transportation

The Virginia Department of Transportation is the agency of state government responsible for transportation in the state of Virginia in the United States. Headquartered in Downtown Richmond, VDOT is responsible for building, maintaining, and operating the roads, bridges and tunnels in the...

, U.S. Department of Transportation, James Madison University

James Madison University

James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...

, and the City of Harrisonburg.

Services

Much of the scheduled bus service is focused around JMU with another main transfer point for city routes being on East Market Street at Cloverleaf Shopping Center. HDPT also provides regular daily school transportation, using a fleet of approximately 40 school buses, as well as for field trips and sporting events. Paratransit

Paratransit

Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers....

 service is offered for persons who have disabilities as prescribed under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Year round bus routes

• Route 1- East Bruce to South Main
• Route 2- Bluestone to Godwin
• Route 3- Bluestone to Garbers Church
• Route 4- East Market to South Mason
• Route 5- VMRC to Virginia Ave

Routes operating only when JMU is in session

• Route 6- JMU to Hunters Ridge/University Fields
• Route 7- JMU to South View/Fox Hill/Squire Hill
• Route 8- JMU to Sunchase
• Route 9- JMU to Stone Gate
• Route 10- JMU to Pheasant Run/The Mill
• Route 12- JMU to Hunters Ridge/University Fields/Miller Hall
• Route 13- JMU to South View/Fox Hill/Squire Hill/Miller Hall
• Route 14- JMU to Port Republic to Memorial Hall
• Route 15- JMU to Charleston Townes/Copper Beech/Campus View
• Route 16- JMU to North 38
• Route 31- JMU to Pheasant Run/Downtown Harrisonburg/North 38/Walmart
• Route 32- JMU to Walmart/Sunchase/Charleston Townes/Valley Mall/Copper Beech
• Route 33- JMU to Port Republic

External links

• Harrisonburg Department of Public Transportation
• The Schumin Web Transit Center: Harrisonburg Transit