Union workers at OmniRide have been on strike for a week.
Negotiations are ongoing, we're told. As we reported, the strike surprised officials at OmniRide, who agreed to hike the payout to the union by 17% in the upcoming budget.
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A strike at OmniRide continued on Friday and will last into the weekend, marking one week of no or limited bus service for riders who rely on the system to get to and from work or around town.
OmniRide says:
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Union drivers at OmniRide are now on day three of a strike that took the tranist agency by surpirse.
The strike comes at a time when numbers are rebounding, and officials hiked the annual budget for contracted bus services to Keolis, the firm contracted to operate OmniRide buses, by more than 17% in the upcoming budget. OmniRide officials said the strike caught them "by surprise."
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Commuter and local busses in Prince William County and commuter buses in Stafford County stopped rolling today when drivers went on strike.
OmniRide passengers were left without a lift to work and play, prompting the agency to cancel multiple routes.
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OmniRide, which provides an on-demand transportation service similar to Uber or Lyft, will hold a public hearing to discuss bringing the service to eastern Prince William County.
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OmniRide's Service Change will take effect on Monday, January 30.
Schedules for Express, Metro Express, and Local routes will change on that date. OmniRide Connect micro transit pilot program is now operating in Manassas Park. It replaces the OmniRide Local Manassas Park route. Some routes operate from the new Balls Ford Road Commuter Lot in Manassas.
- Dale City - Navy Yard (D-300)
- Dale City - Mark Center (D-400)
- Lake Ridge - Washington (L-100)
- Pentagon stop added to later morning trips
- Lake Ridge-Pentagon / Crystal City (L-200)
- Eliminated last morning trip due to low ridership
- Montclair (MC-100) -- now a separate schedule from MC-200
- NEW routing -- starts and ends at Dale City lot. NEW AM routing at L'Enfant Plaza
- Montclair to Pentagon (MC-200) -- now a separate schedule from MC-100
- NEW routing -- starts and end on Benita Fitzgerald at Brahams Drive
- South Route 1 - Pentagon / L'Enfant Plaza / Washington DC (RS)
- NEW routing -- stats and ends at Benita Fitzgerald and Brahams Drive. AM rerouting at L'Enfant Plaza changed.
- Tysons Corner (T)
- Stafford-Washington (543)
- Timetable adjustments
- Pentagon added to first and last trip in both AM/PM
- Stafford-Pentagon (942)
- AM trip discontinued and PM trip added
- Manassas-Washington (601) -- DISCONTINUED. Alternate Gainesville/Manassas-Washington/State Department (611).
- Manassas-Pentagon (602)
- NEW routing -- starts and ends at Balls Ford lot
- Timetable adjustments
- Manassas-Dulles Corridor/Reston/Herndon (608) -- NEW Route
- Service from new Balls Ford Commuter Lot to USGS Geographic Science Center in Reston
- Connections to Metro Silverline (to Dulles Airport) and other regional buses
- Gainesville/Manassas-Washington/State Department (611)
- NEW routing -- now serves Balls Ford lot
- Gainesville-Pentagon / L'Enfant Plaza / Navy Yard (612)
- Haymarket-Rosslyn / Ballston (622)
- NEW routing -- starts and ends at Heathcote lot. University lot added to route.
- Western Express Connector (62) -- NEW Route
- Provides timed connections to Route 60 at Balls Ford Lot
- Limestone to Balls Ford to University in morning
- Balls Ford to University to Linton Hall in evening
- All day service to/from Tysons Metro
- First 3 am trips start on Centreville Rd @ Shoppers Square
- Last 3 evening trips end on Centreville Rd @ Leland
- Balls Ford Lot added to routing
- Direct Access to Manassas Mall
- Direct Access to Portsmouth Commuter Lot
- New Routing from Hub-PWC Courthouse to Manassas Mall
- Irongate Way routing eliminated
- Operates between the Western Hub and the Balls Ford Lot
- Direct access to Manassas Mall
- Timed transfers at Western Hub to Route 96
- Service hours extended to match 65N
- New routing along Portner / Breeden / Mathis
- Euclid routing discontinued
- First three morning trips start at Chinn Center
- Provides early options for residents on Prince William Pkwy to connect to Express routes
- Loops A & B routing altered around Tackett's Mill
- No longer serves stops on Harbor Dr & Tackett's Mill Dr
- Serves stop at Tackett's Mill Commuter Lot
- New timepoint is Lake Ridge Commuter Lot
- East - West Express (96)
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Most OmniRide passengers headed to Washington D.C. must use the Metro to complete their trips this week.
During the week of December 19, OmniRide Express buses that generally serve Washington D.C. will drop passengers off at the Pentagon. The service reductions come as the transit agency continues to experience a driver shortage.
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OmniRide Connect Microtransit service will begin operation on Monday, December 12.
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This week, OmniRide buses from Prince William and Stafford counties and Manassas will serve the Pentagon only.
Once there, riders may transfer to Metro to continue to their destinations. The change is temporary, lasts only through Wednesday, and comes during Thanksgiving week.
