[[Image:VOTC9218.jpg|275px|right|thumb|''A Volvo articulated bus in contract service for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Virginia Overland Transportation in 2003'']] Virginia Overland Transportation was a organization in Virginia in the United States which operated several urban-suburban bus lines in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. (Under Virginia law, an urban-suburban bus line is a bus service the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance no more than forty miles, measured one way, on the same day, between their residences and their places of employment, stores, or schools). The parent company, formed in 1973, acquired all or control portions of a number of older bus transportation organizations and operations with roots back to interurban streetcars operations in the early 1920s. In innovative and versatile provider of privatization services, Virginia Overland Transportation contracted school bus transportation, commuter transportation, paratransit services, university inter-campus transportation, and shuttle bus services for federal, state, and local government agencies as well as non-profit organizations, businesses and companies. The company also operated several bus dealerships, notably a franchise for Wayne Corporation which delivered over 2,000 new school and commercial buses between 1976 and 1990. Virginia Overland Transportation was led and largely staffed by former government employees with public service expertise. Its wide range of services and bus equipment combined to attract bus enthusiasts as employees. At its peak in 1984, the company had over 200 employees. At one time or another, the company operated local services in Northern Virginia, the Richmond-Petersburg region, and in the Hampton Roads areas. Following a long labor union campaign in the Central Virginia region and NLRB hearings in 1986 and 1987, the employees voted to remain non-union. However, shortly later, large portions of its services were assumed by self-operations of many of its customers, including Petersburg, Virginia in 1989, and Hopewell, Virginia in 1996. Public employee unions of school bus employees are generally not recognized by local and state government in Virginia. After over 30 years in business, in June, 2004, Greater Richmond Transit of Richmond, Virginia (GRTC), the local public transport agency in Richmond, Virginia assumed 80% of Virginia Overland's contract services using Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funded equipment, and the non-subsidized private bus company went out of business. A former Virginia Overland subsidiary operation under different non-public ownership in the Norfolk, Virginia area continued operations as of 2005. ==Listing of Virginia Overland predecessor companies and dates formed== *Petersburg and Appomattox Railway (1915) *Hopewell and City Point Railway (1915) *Petersburg, Hopewell, and City Point Railway (1916) *Richmond Ashland Railway (1918) *Petersburg, Hopewell, and City Point Transportation Co. (1928) *Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines (1939) *Bon Air Transit Company (1946) *Tri-City Coaches, Inc. (1958) *Hopewell Bus Company (1965) *VRH Corporation (1973) *Virginia Overland Transportation Co. (1975) *Virginia Overland Charter Service (1976) *Virginia Overland Tri-City Coaches, Inc. (1981) *Dominion Coach Company (1983) *Virginia Overland Bus Lines (1983) *Mechanicsville Bus Line (1988) *Virginia Overland Transportation Services, Inc. (VOTS) (1990) *Laidlaw Transit VA (Norfolk) 1991 *Overland Bus Sales (1990) *Virginia Public Service Transportation (1992) ==See also== *Wayne Corporation *Laidlaw *urban-suburban bus line Defunct companies Richmond, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia
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[[Image:VOTC9218.jpg|275px|right|thumb|''A Volvo articulated bus in contract service for Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Virginia Overland Transportation in 2003'']] Virginia Overland Transportation was a organization in Virginia in the United States which operated several urban-suburban bus lines in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. (Under Virginia law, an urban-suburban bus line is a bus service the majority of whose passengers use the buses for traveling a distance no more than forty miles, measured one way, on the same day, between their residences and their places of employment, stores, or schools). The parent company, formed in 1973, acquired all or control portions of a number of older bus transportation organizations and operations with roots back to interurban streetcars operations in the early 1920s. In innovative and versatile provider of privatization services, Virginia Overland Transportation contracted school bus transportation, commuter transportation, paratransit services, university inter-campus transportation, and shuttle bus services for federal, state, and local government agencies as well as non-profit organizations, businesses and companies. The company also operated several bus dealerships, notably a franchise for Wayne Corporation which delivered over 2,000 new school and commercial buses between 1976 and 1990. Virginia Overland Transportation was led and largely staffed by former government employees with public service expertise. Its wide range of services and bus equipment combined to attract bus enthusiasts as employees. At its peak in 1984, the company had over 200 employees. At one time or another, the company operated local services in Northern Virginia, the Richmond-Petersburg region, and in the Hampton Roads areas. Following a long labor union campaign in the Central Virginia region and NLRB hearings in 1986 and 1987, the employees voted to remain non-union. However, shortly later, large portions of its services were assumed by self-operations of many of its customers, including Petersburg, Virginia in 1989, and Hopewell, Virginia in 1996. Public employee unions of school bus employees are generally not recognized by local and state government in Virginia. After over 30 years in business, in June, 2004, Greater Richmond Transit of Richmond, Virginia (GRTC), the local public transport agency in Richmond, Virginia assumed 80% of Virginia Overland's contract services using Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funded equipment, and the non-subsidized private bus company went out of business. A former Virginia Overland subsidiary operation under different non-public ownership in the Norfolk, Virginia area continued operations as of 2005. ==Listing of Virginia Overland predecessor companies and dates formed== *Petersburg and Appomattox Railway (1915) *Hopewell and City Point Railway (1915) *Petersburg, Hopewell, and City Point Railway (1916) *Richmond Ashland Railway (1918) *Petersburg, Hopewell, and City Point Transportation Co. (1928) *Petersburg-Hopewell Bus Lines (1939) *Bon Air Transit Company (1946) *Tri-City Coaches, Inc. (1958) *Hopewell Bus Company (1965) *VRH Corporation (1973) *Virginia Overland Transportation Co. (1975) *Virginia Overland Charter Service (1976) *Virginia Overland Tri-City Coaches, Inc. (1981) *Dominion Coach Company (1983) *Virginia Overland Bus Lines (1983) *Mechanicsville Bus Line (1988) *Virginia Overland Transportation Services, Inc. (VOTS) (1990) *Laidlaw Transit VA (Norfolk) 1991 *Overland Bus Sales (1990) *Virginia Public Service Transportation (1992) ==See also== *Wayne Corporation *Laidlaw *urban-suburban bus line Defunct companies Richmond, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia
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