{"id":246,"date":"2019-05-21T15:19:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T19:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bayaging.net\/?p=246"},"modified":"2019-05-21T15:19:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T19:19:15","slug":"ribbon-cutting-ceremony-will-celebrate-new-bay-transit-bus-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flagonsworkshop.net\/?p=246","title":{"rendered":"Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Will Celebrate New Bay Transit Bus Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bay Transit and regional partners continue adding new shelters across service area<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Warsaw, VA) \u2013 Bay Transit, a division of Bay Aging, and Riverside Tappahannock Hospital will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at Riverside Tappahannock Hospital\u2019s parking lot on Wednesday, June 5th, at 11 AM to celebrate the installation of a new Bay Transit bus shelter at the hospital. The media and public are welcome to attend and enjoy remarks from Liz Martin, Vice President and Administrator of Riverside Health System, Michael Lombardo, Essex County Administrator, and Kathy Vesley-Massey, Bay Aging\u2019s President\/CEO.<\/p>\n

In addition to protection from the elements, Bay Transit\u2019s new bus shelters provide bench seating and solar powered lighting that automatically illuminate at dusk and turn off at dawn. The new bus shelter is the fifth in Bay Transit\u2019s ten county service area and the third in Essex County. New bus shelters will also be installed in Callao in Northumberland County and Urbanna in Middlesex County. <\/p>\n

Since 1996, Bay Transit has been providing public transportation services throughout the Middle Peninsula, Northern Neck and New Kent and Charles City Counties. Bay Transit provided over 140,000 safe, reliable and affordable rides last year. While four in ten Bay Transit riders are commuting to work, riders also depend on Bay Transit to access health care services, education, shopping and dining, recreation and more. At only $2.00 per ride, Bay Transit provides a safe, economical way for people to address their transportation needs.<\/p>\n

Liz Martin, Vice President and Administrator of Riverside Tappahannock Hospital welcomes the new bus shelter as a valuable service for both Riverside patients and employees. \u201cWe are excited to have this new shelter in place so that patients, visitors, and staff waiting on the bus are protected from the elements. We appreciate all the work that is happening in our region to improve public transportation access points because they provide a valuable service to so many of our residents.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ken Pollock, the Director of Bay Transit, is excited about the new bus shelters at Riverside Tappahannock Hospital. \u201cWe are thankful to Riverside Health System for the generous support they provided covering the installation costs of the shelter. We also want to thank Essex County and the Town of Tappahannock for their on-going support of public transportation for all people,\u201d Pollock observed. \u201cThere is so much happening in Tappahannock right now. The Rivah Ride, our fixed-route service across Tappahannock, and the bus shelters we have in town make using Bay Transit an increasingly convenient and inexpensive way to travel across town or throughout the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

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About Bay Aging:<\/strong><\/p>\n

For over 40 years, Bay Aging has been caring for older adults and people with disabilities in the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula with meals, home and personal care, public transportation, home repairs and living options. Our goal is to help people live independently in their own homes and communities surrounded by their own things and, wherever possible, their families and friends. Our top priority is to keep independence, home and community at the hub of life in the rural counties we serve.<\/p>\n

Last year Bay Aging\u2019s services affected over 26,000 lives! Every year, we:<\/p>\n