Coaches provided by James River Transportation
and Sponsored by Visit Richmond
Coaches will be provided Tuesday afternoon through Saturday afternoon between the Greater Richmond Convention Center (GRCC) and the four other downtown conference hotels. The Shuttle will depart from the GRCC on Marshall Street.
- Omni Hotel, 100 South 12th Street, Richmond, VA, phone: 804-344-7000
- Crowne Plaza, 555 East Canal St., Richmond, VA, phone: 804-788-0900
- DoubleTree Hotel, 301 West Franklin St., Richmond, VA, phone: 804-644-9871
- Holiday Inn Express, 201 East Cary St., Richmond, VA phone: 804-788-1600
The 47 passenger coaches are sponsored by Visit Richmond, the Richmond area visitors and convention bureau and will run continuously during the scheduled hours. The shuttle schedule is based upon the days and hours when full conference events are underway.
If you need transportation to another location downtown or at a time not scheduled, you will need to make arrangements with the hotel shuttle where you are staying or take a taxi.
Monday, 5 May 2014
No coaches will be running on Monday, 5 May, 2014, so if you have signed up for one of the Richmond Discoveries' Tours which leave from the Marriott Hotel, you will need to make arrangements with your hotel shuttle to take you to the Marriott Hotel on Monday.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Likewise if you have registered for the BCG Education Fund, Putting Skills to Work, which will take place at the Marriott Hotel on Tuesday, 6 May 2014 starting at 8:30 a.m., or if you are scheduled for Librarians' Day at the Library of Virginia, beginning at 8:30 a.m., you will need to make arrangements with your hotel shuttle.
The Conference Shuttle will begin at noon on Tuesday, 6 May 2014, so that conference attendees can check-in at the Greater Richmond Convention Center and become acquainted with the convention center and Marriott Hotel facilities before the conference officially begins. We will have two coaches running on Tuesday afternoon. One coach will stop at the Omni and Crowne Hotels and the second coach will stop at the DoubleTree and Holiday Inn Express. There will be no bus service on Tuesday evening. You will need to make arrangements with your hotel shuttle service.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday three coaches will be running each day: Coach A-1 to and from the Omni; Coach A-2 to and from the Crowne; and Coach B to and from the DoubleTree and Holiday Inn Express in a continuous loop. We anticipate three coaches per hour depending upon traffic and how long it takes to load and unload passengers.
The coaches will leave from the GRCC on Marshall Street until 6:15 p.m. Because of the later activities on Wednesday and Thursday, the coaches will be leaving from the Library of Virginia and the Marriott Hotel in the evening. Check the schedule for the specific times which vary depending upon each event. The evening shuttles will stop at each of the above four hotels.
On Friday evening the shuttle will be available after the NGS Banquet at the Marriott to return banquet attendees back to the four hotels.
Saturday, 10 May 2014
On Saturday we will return to two coaches since a number of attendees are checking out of their hotels on Saturday.
Saturday is graduation day for Virginia Commonwealth University at the nearby Coliseum and there will be lots of traffic downtown. So we encourage you to leave your car at your hotel parking lot and take the shuttle to the Convention Center. The last shuttle will depart from the GRCC on Saturday at 5:45 p.m. and from the Marriott Hotel at 7:00 p.m. following the NGS Annual Meeting.
If you are taking a taxi to the airport Saturday afternoon, allow more time due to heavy graduation traffic.
Conference Shuttle Transportation Schedule
