Home Ride is a private bus service connecting James Madison University, Radford University, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech to the metropolitan areas of Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads, and Richmond. Radford University (RU is a medium-size public state-funded University in the City of Radford, in Southwestern Virginia, founded in 1910 The University of Virginia (also called UVa, UVA, Mr Jefferson's University, or The University) is a highly selective public research Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, better known as Virginia Tech, is a public land grant polytechnic University in Northern Virginia (colloquially referred to as "NOVA" or "NoVA" consists of several Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water and the region of land areas which surround it in southeastern Virginia in the USA. See also Richmond Virginia Richmond-Petersburg (also known as the Greater Richmond Region) is a region located in a central part of the state Home Ride runs outbound service from the universities on Friday afternoons and return service Sunday afternoons, allowing students from Virginia's major metropolitan areas to return home for a weekend without needing a car on campus; it also runs similar service around the schools' holiday breaks.
The company operating the service is called Home Ride of Virginia, Inc. and is based in Blacksburg, Virginia. WELCOME TO WIKIPEDIA **** Please read before you edit or add info about the shootings The company does not own its own vehicles, but instead contracts for charter service each weekend. This allows it to vary the level of service; for example, on a low-demand weekend, a single bus might start at Radford, then stop at Virginia Tech and JMU on its way to Northern Virginia, while on a busier weekend each route might receive its own vehicle and get direct service to its destination.