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OmniRide will hold a series of public hearings to discuss new bus service additions to the Reston area, along the newly-expanded Metro Silver line, and the elimination of one route.
The public meetings will be held on August 15, 16, and 17.
- Monday, August 15, 2022, at 5:30 pm
at Manassas Mall Community Room
8300 Sudley Road, Manassas, VA 20109
(use mall entrance near IHOP and turn right for Community Room) - Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at 6:00 pm
at the OmniRide Transit Center
14700 Potomac Mills Road, Woodbridge, VA 22192 - Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at 5:30 pm
at the Georgetown South Community Center
9444 Taney Road, #100, Manassas, VA 20110 - Comments will be accepted at the public hearings by email or mail no later than August 24, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. or by [email protected]
OmniRide aims to provide a new bus service to the Reston area. Here are the details:
Route 608-Manassas-Reston: This new commuter service is proposed to operate in the peak direction on weekdays between the Balls Ford Road commuter lot and the Reston area. Areas to be served include the Silver Line Innovation Station, multiple employment sites, and the United States Geological Survey. This route would allow for connections with numerous Fairfax Connector routes to travel into other areas of Fairfax County. Morning service would run every 30 minutes from the Balls Ford Lot between 5:20 am and 8:30 am. Afternoon service would run every 30 minutes from the United States Geological Survey from 3:35 pm until 6:05 pm.
The commuter bus system wants to eliminate bus 601 between the Portsmouth Commuter lot near Manassas and the State and Agriculture departments in Washington, D.C.
Route 601-Manassas-Washington, D.C. Express: This route is proposed to be eliminated. Riders instead would use the Route 611 which would serve the Cushing Road commuter lot and Balls Ford Road commuter lot, utilizing the direct access ramp to the new I-66 express lanes. Additional trips would be added to Route 611 buses to accommodate Route 601 riders.
More trips would be added to the 611 bus to accommodate additional riders.
Route 611-Gainesville-Washington. D.C.: Additional trips are proposed to accommodate Route 601 riders. Route 611 would serve both the Cushing Road and Balls Ford Road commuter lots as the last stops to take advantage of the new I-66 express lanes. Buses would run every 20 minutes between 4:45 am and 8:25 pm. In the afternoon, the first trip would leave DC at 12:10 pm and the last trip would depart at 6:30 pm.
OmniRide proposes changes to bus 602, between Manassas and the Pentagon, to remove the stop at Portsmouth Commuter Lot.
Route 602-Manassas-Pentagon: Route is proposed to no longer serve the Portsmouth commuter lot. Instead, service would operate between the Balls Ford Road commuter lot and the Pentagon using the I-66 express lanes. Additional trips would be added utilizing time savings from the new express lanes. Route 602 buses would run every 30 minutes from the Balls Ford Lot between 4:40 am and 8:10 am. In the afternoon, buses would depart from the Pentagon between 12:45 pm and 7:20 pm.
OmniRide also proposes changes to the local and Metro Express buses that serve the Manassas area:
OmniRide Metro Express Routes
Metro Express Route 60: The proposal is to increase service, so buses operate all-day bi-directionally between Manassas and the Tysons Metrorail Station. Direct service to Manassas Mall would be restored. The route also would serve the new Balls Ford Road commuter lot for direct access to the I-66 express lanes. Service would be restored to Route 28 between I-66 and downtown Manassas. The first trip would depart the Hub at 4:08 am to Tysons Corner. The last trip would depart Tysons Corner at 8:18 pm. During peak travel, trips would run every 30 minutes.
Metro Express Route 61: Service is proposed to be restructured to operate as a commuter shuttle connecting the University, Limestone, and Cushing commuter lots. Existing bus stops along Linton Hall Road and Devlin Road would be served. The bus also would serve the new Balls Ford Road commuter lot. Buses would run every 45 minutes from the Limestone Lot between 4:15 am and 8:00 am. In the afternoon, buses would start at the Balls Ford Lot at 1:30 pm, with the last trip departing at 8:45 pm.
OmniRide Local Routes
Route 65 – Manassas North: Core service frequency is proposed to increase so buses run every 45 minutes instead of every 90 minutes. Service would operate in two branches:
Route 65N would operate between the western Hub and NOVA-Manassas. Direct access to Manassas Mall would be restored. The Portsmouth commuter lot would be served. Service along Irongate Way would be eliminated.
Route 65B would operate between the western Hub and the new Balls Ford Road commuter lot. Buses would serve Manassas Mall and residential communities along Coverstone Drive west of Ashton Avenue.
Route 67 – Manassas South/Manassas Park: Service hours are extended to match Route 65N. Euclid Drive would no longer be served by Route 67. Instead, buses would operate along Liberia Avenue to Portner Avenue to Breeden Avenue to Mathis Avenue to Manassas Drive. Route 67 would follow regular routing once on Manassas Drive.
OmniRide also proposes several changes in eastern Prince William County on routes in Dale City. You can click this link to see the proposed changes.
OmniRide provides commuter and local bus services to Prince Wiliam and Stafford counites, and Manassas and Manassas Park cities.
A first for the area, OmniRide will implement a new local bus service on Sundays.
Buses will travel along the Woodbridge/Lake Ridge, Dale City, Dumfries, Route 1 routes, and Prince William Metro Express between Woodbridge and the Franconia-Springfield Metro station.
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Four people were taken to a hospital after a crash involving an OmniRide Local Bus.
Two passengers, the bus driver and the driver of the car, were injured at about 12:30 p.m. today on Potomac Mills Road near Gideon Drive in Woodbridge.
According to an OmniRide spokeswoman, a Dale City Local bus had just left the OmniRide Transit Center at 14700 Potomac Mills Road and was traveling northeast on Potomac Mills Road, just before the street becomes Town Center Road.
A vehicle exiting a hotel on the street, a Comfort Suites, struck the bus on the driver’s side. The bus driver tried to avoid the accident and hit a restaurant sign.
Because the sign is near a gas line, the Prince William County Fire Department responded to turn off gas in the area before moving the bus, a spokeswoman said.
Video of the incident has been downloaded from cameras on the bus and shared with Prince William County Police Department. OmniRide and its contractor, Keolis, are fully cooperating with the investigation, she adds.
Commuters will get an earful on the future of OmniRide, the transportation agency that provides bus service in Prince William and Stafford counties and the cities of Manassas Park.
Residents may tune into a virtual town hall meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, where OmniRide Director Dr. Bob Schnieder will lay out his vision for the transit service that's been ferrying commuters since the late 1980s.
The meeting comes a month after OmniRide put six new buses on the roads, part of some 40 new buses the agency has put into service over the past two years, replacing older buses in its fleet.
