GLTC increases profit margin in 2017 from transit partnership with Liberty The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) recently released its budget for fiscal year 2017, renewing its partnership with Liberty university and increasing its budget by 12 percent. In GLTC’s released board packet, it states that the fiscal budget allocated to Liberty grew from $1.2 million to just below $2.3 […]
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Buses 90 and 91 are given new routes in order to appease traffic concerns This semester, Liberty University Transit has made a few changes to two of the bus routes. Route 90, which is the Cornerstone bus route, and Route 91, which is the apartments bus route, have both been changed. Greg Mimbs, a senior at Liberty who lives at […]
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Company officials expect the new Bradley Drive transfer center to be completed by the beginning of May In an effort to improve and increase the safety of its bussing facilities, the Greater Lynchburg Transportation Company (GLTC) is relocating one of its major transfer centers and its main headquarters within the coming year, according to GLTC General Manager Karen Walton. She […]
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The possibility of severing ties with GLTC has Liberty University considering increasing the amount of service that it self-operates. According to Director of Auxiliary Services Lee Beaumont, Liberty is still looking to purchase roughly 20,000 hours of service from GLTC next fall. However, the majority of bus transportation provided to students will either be from a self-operated busing system by […]
Read moreIt would take a rare occasion for ABC’s “Good Morning America” to find its way to Lynchburg, Va. But when a Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) employee found a missing $50,000 dollars online, the popular morning show took notice and filmed the celebration that later aired on Feb. 17. For 21 months, Debbie Evans and the 39 members of GLTC’s […]
Read moreCompany cuts budget and services to save $320 thousand, clientele affected by inconvenience After the Lynchburg City Council turned down a $100,000 funding request from the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) in September, the bus company was forced to make major cuts that could be inconvenient for Lynchburg bus riders starting next year. According to a letter presented in the […]
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GLTC asked to prove $100,000 funding request After the Greater Lynchburg Transit Company (GLTC) expressed its need for financial help, City Council met Sept. 27 to review its request of $100,000. By the end of the meeting, GLTC did not leave with money, but with a huge assignment. Before the City Council could make a decision on whether or not […]
Read moreCompany struggles to avoid changes The earthquake was not the only thing to shake things up in Lynchburg recently. The Greater Lynchburg Transit Company announced significant budget slashes to its operation, which caused an outcry from Lynchburg bus riders at the public meetings held Aug. 18 and 19. “No changes have been made as of this date but there will […]
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