• Founded by Joan Manley in 1995.

• Rats is the only wheelchair and non-wheelchair transportation service in the Rockbridge area.

• A private non-profit corporation, which provides an essential transportation service to the elderly and people with disabilities in the Rockbridge County area.

• RATS transports passengers to medical and therapeutic appointments, to drugstores, workplaces, shopping and social activities.

• RATS provides door-to-door wheelchair and non-wheelchair service on demand.

• Rides are available to regional medical centers.

• In the 2003-2004 fiscal year RATS provided 11,667 rides with a total operating cost of $207,967.08.

• Those numbers have increased every year since RATS was established.

Information Provided by Rockbridge Area Transportation System Inc.

Produced by Washington and Lee journalism students.

Lead supervisor:      Prof. Claudette Artwick

Reporting supervisors:

Prof. Doug Cumming

Prof. Phylissa Mitchell

Prof. Brian Richardson

Technical supervisor:  Michael Todd