Archives: GRTC

Get down to the RVA Street Art Festival Pre-party!

The pre-party for the RVA Street Art Festival is underway now at the old GRTC trolley barns on Cary Street until 7:30 with live painting, beer, food trucks, and a booming system.

Proposed changes to GRTC Route #4 connect Carytown and VCU

At last night’s 5th District meeting, Councilman Parker Agelasto included a presentation on proposed changes to GRTC’s bus route #4.

GRTC bus catches fire

If you heard a large boom last night around 11:45 – 11:50 PM you weren’t alone. It turns out that a bus caught on fire on the corner of Westover Hill Boulevard and Forest Hill Avenue.

At the speed of light: the bright future of Light Tape

A state of the art company that has its product in just about every country you can think of (and then some) is based right here in town. What is Light Tape, what do they make, and why don’t more people know how amazing they are?

The abandoned GRTC bus depot: past, present, and future

For over two years, the GRTC bus depot has been an abandoned eyesore to residents and visitors of the Fan and Carytown. Many have speculated about how the area could be redone to spur economic development, so why does the GRTC have no interest in selling it…at least not until 2016?  

PHOTOS: the GRTC bus depot

For the last several years, the old GRTC bus depot has stood, for the most part, undisturbed. Blocked off from most of the public since 2009, here are photos of the historic site, which dates back to 1902.

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