Roanoke
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Roanoke, Virginia, is a smallish city in Southwest Virginia
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There is no train passenger service to Roanoke, but there is Greyhound service. There is an airport with service to Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Pittsburgh and other eastern seaboard cities. The airport is about 10 minutes from downtown and right next to the major city mall - Valley View Mall.
Roanoke is at exit 146 on I-81, about 40 minutes north-east of Blacksburg, 40 minutes south of Lexington. It is about 4 hours drive from Washington and 3 hours from Richmond
Get around
The city layout of Roanoke does not lend itself well to effective mass transit, and in fact most locals never use mass transit at all. The city does operate a fairly extensive bus system, Valley Metro, that serves most commonly-visited points in the valley. Valley Metro began operating a new bus service in 2004 called The Smart Way, which connects Blacksburg and the New River Valley with Roanoke.
The town of Blacksburg - a small college town not far from Roanoke - operates a far more effective mass transit system, Blacksburg Transit. Many students at Virginia Tech do not own a vehicle of their own and rely on the "BT" for their daily commute.
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