RIDE Solutions

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💬Use your voice to help shape transportation in our region's rural areas!

Residents, businesses, and community stakeholders are encouraged to participate in the Rural Roanoke Valley Transportation Plan.

✅Share your feedback at https://engage.rvarc.org/rlrtp

This plan will guide transportation priorities through 2050 for Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, Roanoke, and Franklin Counties, the City of Covington, and the Towns of Clifton Forge, Fincastle, New Castle, and Rocky Mount.

Your feedback is crucial for identifying transportation needs, such as road conditions, safety, and connectivity. Public input will help develop strategies to enhance safety, maintain infrastructure, and improve access to jobs, schools, and healthcare.

Whether you drive, walk, bike, ride transit, or rely on community transportation, your perspective is important! 🚗🚚🚌🚴‍♀️🚶🏼‍♂️

🚍 The best way to learn how to navigate the bus system is to Try Transit Together! ✨

We had a wonderful Try Transit outing with the staff from the Roanoke Department of Social Services Self-Sufficiency program. We traveled on Valley Metro - Roanoke routes 21/22, starting from their location on Williamson Rd to the Third St Transit Center and back.

🙌🏽Gaining hands-on experience in planning routes and riding the bus equips staff members with the knowledge and confidence they need to assist clients seeking transportation. The Self-Sufficiency program offers vital services such as job readiness and placement assistance, work experience opportunities, and job skills training.

Empowering individuals through education is a crucial first step in helping people reach their destinations— whether for work, school, or essential errands. RIDE Solutions takes pride in delivering valuable education on transportation options through community partnerships.

Whether you represent an employee group or an organization that supports individuals needing transportation, RIDE Solutions can create a customized bus trip tailored to your needs.

Contact us to arrange your Try Transit group outing!
📩[email protected]
📲540-343-4417

Your Bike Month impact was incredible! 🚲

🙌Together in the Roanoke Valley-Alleghany region, Bike Month Challenge participants logged:

🚲 1,215 rides
🗺️ 14,037 miles
🚗 562 gallons of gas saved
💲$2,282 saved on gas

Want your trips to keep making a difference? Sign up for ConnectingVA.gov — a free tool to track your commute trips, measure your impact, and support the RIDE Solutions program.

Plus, users can qualify for monthly prize drawings for $25, $50, and $100 gift cards.

☑Start today: https://connectingva.org

📣Announcing the 2026 Bike Award Winners! 🚴‍♂️

This annual recognition program hosted by RIDE Solutions celebrates individuals who are doing an outstanding job in making the Roanoke Region a place where bicycling is safe, inclusive and fun for everyone.

Special thank you to Lift Arc Studios LLC for creating these unique awards - mini bike racks made from laser cut stainless steel!

🏆2026 Bike Hero Award: Tom Carr 🚴‍♂️
Super Volunteer, Grant Writer, Board Member

Tom Carr is a bike hero because he works creatively and enthusiastically to make Roanoke a better place to bike for people of all ages. Tom has been instrumental to PedalSafe ROA securing grants from AARP and the Virginia Walkability Action Institute. He has served on the regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee, coached youth as part of the Star City Cycling team and was a founding Board member of PedalSafe ROA. In all of his roles, Tom has been a champion of bicycling improvements, bicycling skills, and bicycle safety.

🏆2026 Extraordinary Bike Professional: Ian Coffey 🚴‍♂️
Traffic Engineer, City of Roanoke, Virginia - Government

Ian Coffey has demonstrated exceptional leadership in advancing bicycle infrastructure through his management of two transformative ARPA-funded construction projects: the Gainsboro Streetscape and the 9th Street Belmont-Fallon Streetscape. Both projects deliver protected bicycle facilities along critical corridors while meaningfully integrating community input and multimodal safety improvements.

Through these projects, Ian has not only expanded Roanoke's protected bicycle network but has also elevated the standard for how bicycle infrastructure projects integrate community engagement, safety improvements, and equitable access. His work exemplifies the collaborative, systems-thinking approach that advances bicycling as a safe, attractive transportation choice for people of all ages and abilities.

🚴‍♀️Let’s roll into the final week of Bike Month, with a fun challenge: Bike Month Bingo by the League of American Bicyclists!

Take a look at the bingo card and see how many activities you’ve already checked off this month. Then tag us and comment with the activities you’ve completed for your chance to finish the month with a Bingo win.

Whether you rode to work, biked to dinner, supported a local bike shop, or tried somewhere new — it all counts toward the fun.

Let’s make this last week of Bike Month count: commute, ride, love it, and repeat!

It’s Bike Month! And Bike to the Bus Month! 🚴🚍

Just pedal to your bus stop, use the special rack to take your bike with you on the bus, then bike around the park, to the office, or wherever. 🚆You can take your bike on local trains, too. Or lock your bike up safely at a Park and Ride!

📱Log your bike and transit trips in ConnectingVA to track your impact and earn rewards! Visit connectingva.org to get started.

It's Bike Month, and if you ride PART in Martinsville/Henry County, your bike can ride with you! Don't forget to log your trip in the ConnectingVA app to have a chance at winning a gift card valued up to $500! Download the app today at connectingva.org!

It's Bike Month! If you bike to work or to another destination (store, doctor, etc.) and you log your trip this month in the ConnectingVA app, you'll be in the running for a gift card valued up to $500! Download the app today at connecingva.org!

It’s Bike Month! 🚲 If you haven’t ridden for a while, start small, and bike somewhere you usually walk to. Then, once you’re ready, head onto bigger adventures. You can even take your bike on the bus or train with you to ride around new places. May is the month to try it!

🙌Log your bike trips on the ConnectingVA app for chances to win gift cards for shopping, dining, entertainment and more!