Fredericksburg Regional Transit Awarded 2 Hospital Grants

FREDERICKSBURG, VA – Fredericksburg Regional Transit has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Joe and Mary Wilson Community Benefit Fund of Mary Washington Hospital Foundation and $20,000 from the Stafford Hospital Community Benefit Fund.

The grant awards will allow the transit service to continue to provide access to health care in the Fredericksburg region.

In 2023, nearly 3,000 passengers boarded transit at the two hospital bus stops and another 7,660 boarded at other medical stops on Fredericksburg Regional Transit routes. The ridership goal for 2024 is 2,500 passengers at hospital stops and 3,500 passengers at other medical stops.

The transit system said it has seen a notable increase in ridership due to fare-free service that began in February 2022. Many of those trips were to medical facilities and for medical services.

Fredericksburg Regional Transit has specific program objectives within the grant period of 2024, including strengthening its safety and security programs; reducing accidents and incidents by three percent year-over-year; increasing the number of riders who board at Mary Washington Hospital and Stafford Hospital; and evaluating routes to determine how to best serve new and existing medical facilities.

Fredericksburg Regional Transit provides public transit service in the Fredericksburg region, which includes the City of Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania and Stafford.