The Williamsburg Area Transit Authority is hosting two public forums to discuss route changes, including one that would affect Virginia Peninsula Community College students, faculty and staff at the Historic Triangle Campus.
The town halls are scheduled for Tuesday, May 12, at 12 p.m. and Thursday, May 14, at 5:30 p.m. Both will be at the James City County Library in Williamsburg (7770 Croaker Rd.).
The proposed change that would impact those at the College occurs on Route 4, Stop 1318 at Centerville Road at Opportunity Way.
Currently, access to the HT Campus by bus is limited to the stop in the shopping center across the street from the College or a stop on Centerville Road on the same side as the College but across Opportunity Way and west of the campus.
Under the proposal, a stop would be added at the existing unused shelter on Opportunity Way adjacent to the HT Campus building. The route will turn right onto Opportunity Way from Centerville Road and left to enter the campus parking lot. It will then exit right, back onto Opportunity Way to serve the shelter stop. After that stop, it will cross Centerville Road into the Harris Teeter parking lot to serve the existing shelter stop and continue across Richmond Road onto Lightfoot Road.
In addition to the town halls, the organization will be taking public feedback for most of May. The earliest changes could be made is September.
VPCC’s Tracey Wright, director of Campus and Community Initiatives for the Historic Triangle Campus, and Erika Moore first met in January with WATA’s executive director and Iyanla Xo to discuss better ways to serve students.
“That conversation just grew and now we’ve kind of turned it into, ‘Let’s try to get the bus stop,’” Moore said.
She joined the College in September 2025 as the Pathway Student Success Coach and has made this a priority.
“Because of other comments we have gotten over time about getting a bus stop here, getting a bus stop there, we’re trying to also make those changes,” said Xo, WATA’s marketing and administrative specialist. “This stop happened to be one of them. Everybody is really excited about the possibility of being able to service that stop.”
During the town halls, WATA staff will present the reasons behind the proposed route changes, detailed information about the proposed changes, the implementation timeline, potential future service improvements and more.
Community members are encouraged to review the proposed changes and submit feedback online at: www.gowata.org/200/Service-Changes. For those unable to attend the town halls in person, they will be streamed on WATA’s Facebook account.
