Events

This page will update students, faculty and staff on a weekly basis about events going on both on campus and around the city. It will be a blog format. The Calendar will provide highlights of events such as Football Game or Monet exhibit begins at Virginia Fine Arts Museum.

TRANSPORTATION
Here are some easy ways to get around the Richmond area.

Greater Richmond Transit Company

The bus! If you haven’t heard, Route 16, which serves downtown, the fan an UR might be going away if more students don’t start riding it. That would put a lot of our valued staff at D-hall and all over campus at a disadvantage. So, do your part to help out and start riding it! Its fast, cheap and easy. The bus costs $1.25 each way, but bring exact change. The bus stops running at 10 p.m., so make alternate plans for getting back if you are staying out late. Download the schedule here. Route 16 Schedule.

Downtown Express Shuttle

The Downtown Express Shuttle runs on Fridays and Saturdays and makes stops in Carytown and Shockoe Slip. Carytown has dozens of quality clothing shops, great bars and fantastic restaurants. Find used books at Chop Suey, eat delicious authentic Thai cuisine at Mom’s Siam, and catch a $1.99 movie at the Byrd Theater, all while visiting this diverse and fun neighborhood. Shockoe slip is the entertainment center of Richmond with fine dining, thousands of types of beers and great nightclubs within walking distance of where the Downtown Express Shuttle drops you off. Check out the schedule and locations below.

The Downtown Express shuttle runs until midnight.

Taxi Cabs

Yellow Cab
(804) 222-7300

Richmond Taxi (Call at least 2 or 3 hours ahead to make a short-term reservation)
(804) 439-0009

Richmond Traveler Cab (Make a reservation ahead of time)
(804) 909-7777

Kwick Cab
(804) 878-5604

Tuckahoe Taxi (Make a reservation)
(804) 938-0041

Allied Central Cab
(804) 266-4008

Dave’s Hint: Cabs in Shockoe Slip at 2 a.m. are like North American Loggerhead Turtles: scarce. An easy way around this issue is to call 45 minutes to an hour before you want to leave.

Spider Shuttle

The Spider Shuttle runs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and leaves from outside the first floor of the Commons on the Richmond College side. It stops at the Village Shopping Center (Ukrops, CVS, ABC Store), Short Pump Town Center and Stony Point Fashion Park, Wal-Mart and many other great locations! Check out the schedule below.

Thursday/Friday

Going to: Village Shopping Center (Ukrops, CVS, ABC Store)

Departure:
3 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m.
Pickup: (in Ukrop’s Parking Lot)
3:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:45 pm, 8:45p.m.

Going to: Short Pump (Target, Wal-Mart, Short Pump Town Center)

Departure:
1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Pickup: (In front of Target, Wal-Mart, and Baker’s Crust next to Dick’s Sporting Goods)
4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Going to: Stony Point (Regency Square, Wal-Mart, Stony Point Fashion Park)

Departure:
4 p.m.
Pickup: (In front of Subway and Restoration Hardware)
7:15 p.m. at Regency and 7:30 at Stony Point

Saturday

Going to: Village Shopping Center (Ukrop’s, CVS, ABC Store)

Departure:
1 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m.
Pickup: (In Ukrop’s parking lot)
1:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 4:45 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:45 p.m.

Going to: Carytown

Departure:
12 p.m.
Pickup: (In front of Kroger)
3:15pm

Going to: Shortpump (Target, Wal-Mart, Short Pump)

Departure:
1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Pickup: (In front of Target, Wal-Mart, and Baker’s Crust next to Dick’s Sporting Goods)
4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Going to: Stony Point (Regency Square, Wal-Mart, Stony Point)

Departure:
2 p.m.
Pickup: (In front of Subway and Restoration Hardware)
6:15 p.m. at Regency and 6:30 p.m. at Stony Point