Fredericksburg.com: "A program allowing free rides on FXBGO! buses resulted in a big spike in riders in the past year. Ridership on the buses increased by 81% during the first quarter this year, according to a recent report to the Fredericksburg City Council."
"The bus service, which runs 30 buses on 16 routes in Fredericksburg and the counties of Stafford and Spotsylvania, recorded 71,100 rider trips during the first quarter of 2023. In the first quarter of 2022, the bus service recorded a total of 39,103 rider trips. This first quarter also topped the 68,126 rider trips in the fourth quarter of 2022."
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Fredericksburg officials celebrated the rebranding of the city's regional bus system.
FredTransit is now FXBGo! A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 18, at the city's Lawrence E. Davies Transit Center on Route 1, where the newly re-branded buses shone in the parking lot.
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Fredericksburg Regional Transit's Rebranding Event for FXBGO! will be held on Tuesday, April 18, at 11:30 a.m.
The buses have been known as "FRED Transit." A rebranding event will be held at Central Station, 1400 Emancipation Highway, Fredericksburg (Route 1).
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Fredericksburg Regional Transit, also known as FXBGO!, received two $20,000 grants from the Joe and Mary Wilson Community Benefit Fund of Mary Washington Hospital Foundation and the Stafford Hospital Community Benefit Fund.
These grants will allow the agency to continue to provide transit service in the Fredericksburg region that will facilitate access to healthcare through public transportation and act as a mechanism to address health issues through the benefits and connections transit service provides, a press release states.