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Get personalized transportation for your individual needs
RATS is committed to providing transportation to anyone in need. Although many of our passengers are elderly or have a disability, absolutely anybody can use RATS services. We provide transportation to medical centers in Rockbridge County as well as surrounding areas. We offer transportation for health care appointments, work, shopping, and civic and social activities, private events, and summer day camps, as well as services for VMI, Washington & Lee, Southern Virginia University, and Mountain Gateway Community College.
Please contact us at least 48 hours in advance to help guarantee a spot in our transportation schedule
Note that we are only able to pick up and drop off at the door. This means, we are unable to enter places of residence, including residences such as nursing homes.
RATS has provided transportation throughout the community to a number of destinations:
- Medical appointments
- Shopping
- Work
- Regional airports
- Private & family events
- Reunions
- School events
- Vineyard tours
- River kayak starting points
- Civic & social activities
Client Stories
"Before my mother passed away in 2009, I learned firsthand the value of RATS. Mary Frances was a diabetic and she became wheelchair bound the last couple years of her life. Medical appointments became a real burden. Getting my mother out of her wheelchair and into my car had become nearly impossible, and it was physically and mentally taking its toll on both my mother and me. The staff at Kendal suggested I use RATS to transport her. Before that time, I actually knew nothing about RATS. I quickly became one of their biggest fans. I even asked RATS if they would take my mother to my child's high school graduation ceremony and then to my home for a gathering of family and friends on a Saturday to which they obliged. For this, I was most grateful."
- Family member of a former Rockbridge Area Transportation rider