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New Kent officials outline expanded Bay Transit services, microtransit pilot and paratransit options
Summary
Transportation director Amy Inman briefed the Board on three Bay Transit services now serving New Kent: countywide rural transit, a new microtransit pilot (BT4U app, $1 per trip in the pilot zone) and Freedom Mobility Management for seniors and those with disabilities, plus regional Virginia Breeze bus service stops at Colonial Downs.
Amy Inman, New Kent’s transportation development director, told the Board of Supervisors on April 28 that the county now has three Bay Transit services: rural transit, a Freedom Mobility Management paratransit service for seniors and people with disabilities, and a new microtransit pilot that uses an app called BT4U.
Inman said the rural transit service will continue to operate across the county and, beginning July 1, the county expects to have two vehicles dedicated to New Kent rather than sharing three vehicles with Charles City. Rural trips within the county cost $2, and some weekday medical runs into the Laburnum/Richmond area have been offered at $3 per trip.
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