transit company founded 1974 headquarters lynchburg virginia locale lynchburg virginia service area lynchburg virginia & liberty university service type local & campus shuttle bus service fleet 39 2008 1 operator first transit website http www.gltconline.com the greater lynchburg transit company is the non profit publicly owned company responsible for providing bus service for lynchburg virginia since its creation in 1974 . 2 the gltc board of directors sets and is responsible for both the general policies as well as the selection of the management company responsible for operation the service . the board is composed of nine members that are appointed by the lynchburg city council . 2 as of 2015 first transit is responsible for the operation of the network and their subsidiary central virginia transit management company is oversees the actual employment of the gltc s bus drivers mechanics and other staff . 2 gltc serves a population of 80 846 in an area covering 72 square miles 186.5 km2 and in 2006 totaled 1 117 971 unlinked passenger trips . 3 contents 1 bus fleet 2 routes 3 liberty university shuttle service 4 see also 5 references 6 external links bus fleet edit 3 gillig diesel electric hybrid 40 feet 12 m low floor buses 1 14 gillig diesel electric hybrid 35 feet 11 m low floor buses 1 7 gillig diesel electric hybrid 29 feet 8.8 m low floor buses 1 10 gillig diesel 35 feet 11 m low floor buses 1 12 ford supreme e 450 22 feet 6.7 m in operation for paratransit 1 1 chance vs 24 replica trolley 1 routes edit typical gltc bus stop signage 1a cabell street via grace street 4 1b bedford avenue via lynchburg general hospital 4 2 greenfield dr via campbell avenue 4 3c ves road via main street 4 3d boonsboro shopping center via 8th street 4 4e target plaza via river ridge mall 4 4f liberty university via river ridge mall 4 5g river james shopping center madison heights via 7th street 5h amelon shopping center madison heights via 7th street 6 leesville road via wards ferry road 4 7 wyndhurst via old graves mill road 4 8 lakeside drive via old forest road 4 9 odd fellows road via stadium 4 10 downtown lynchburg via 5th street 4 11 birchwood via tate springs road 4 32 old forest road via lakeside drive liberty university shuttle service edit on november 10 2006 the gltc entered an agreement with liberty university to operate the shuttle bus service on its campus . 5 service would commence on january 15 2007 with six buses serving the campus . 6 the service operates from 7 a.m. to midnight monday through thursday ; from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. friday and saturday ; and from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. saturday and sunday . serving liberty s main north and east campuses the system originally consisted of eight stops . 6 costing 1 000 000 annually for the service liberty students and employees can utilize the shuttle service without paying a fare each time . 5 by november 2007 the service saw its 1 000 000th passenger which doubled the average annual ridership for the gltc as a whole . 7 with ridership for the service growing from 3 900 passengers per day in spring 2007 to 7 400 in fall 2007 university officials are working in conjunction with the gltc to expand the service to include areas off campus in the area around the university . 7 see also edit transportation in virginia references edit a b c d e f g greater lynchburg transit company . greater lynchburg transit company fleet facilities . retrieved 2008 02 23 . a b c greater lynchburg transit company . greater lynchburg transit company home . retrieved 2008 02 23 . federal transit administration . national transit database greater lynchburg transit company pdf . retrieved 2008 02 23 . a b c d e f g h i j k l m greater lynchburg transit company . greater lynchburg transit company routes system map . retrieved 2008 02 23 . a b brown ron ; conor reilly november 10 2006 . gltc lu ink deal on buses . the lynchburg news & advance . a b brown ron december 9 2006 . lu gltc make deal . the lynchburg news & advance . a b desrets christa november 1 2007 . gltc looking to expand service to more areas . the lynchburg news & advance . external links edit greater lynchburg transit company official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greater lynchburg transit company & oldid 734884629 categories bus transportation in virginiauniversity and college bus systemstransportation in lynchburg virginia1974 establishments in virginia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 august 2016 at 08 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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