Alternative Transportation

Alternative Transportation promotes and encourages the use of alternative modes of transportation (e.g. bicycling, walking, vanpooling, carpooling, riding transit) to get to, from, and around campus instead of a single occupancy vehicle.

Discounted Smart Way bus passes now available to faculty, staff and students

Transportation and Campus Services (formerly the Office of Transportation), in collaboration with Valley Metro, offers Virginia Tech faculty, staff and students monthly Smart Way bus passes for the reduced rate of $75. Learn more.

Transportation Survey Results

The results from the May 2008 Transportation Survey (6,184 kb PDF) are now available.

Programs

• Commuter Alternatives Program (CAP)

  CAP has two parking permit programs to fit your commuting needs.

  • Carpool Programs

    Carpooling saves you money on parking and gas, and it's the closest thing you can get to RESERVED PARKING on campus. Learn more about the carpool programs for students and faculty/staff.

  • Bike, Bus, & Walk (BB&W)

    BB&W is available to Virginia Tech faculty, staff, and students who use alternative transportation methods as their primary means of commuting to campus. Examples include riding the Blacksburg Transit or SmartWay buses, bicycling, and walking. Read more.

  Bicycle Registration

  All Bicycles on Virginia Tech Campus must be registered with Parking Services. A New Bicycle Registration Form is available for easy registration.

• Ridesharing with GoLoco

  Virginia Tech is one of the first universities to partner with GoLoco, a service that helps people quickly arrange ride sharing between friends, neighbors, and colleagues. GoLoco also handles online payments from passengers to drivers for their share of the trip costs.

  • Share costs with everyone traveling in the car
  • See friends and make more friends
  • Save the planet by cutting the per person CO₂ emissions in half or more, for each and every trip.

  Want to know more? Visit GoLoco.

• Ridesharing with RIDE Solutions

  RIDE Solutions makes finding carpool partners easy. We maintain a database of people who are interested in carpooling, as well as information on their origin and destination points, their work schedule, and preference for driving, riding, or alternating. Visit RIDE Solutions or call 1-866-424-3334.

• Vanpooling

  The VT Vanpool Program is a one year pilot program available for full-time, permanent employees for commuting purposes. If you're interested in sharing the ride with other full-time employees, learn more about the program or contact Debby Freed at dfreed@vt.edu or 231-0248.

Questions? Comments?

Contact us at dfreed@vt.edu or 231-0248.