Wave on Demand vs RVA Ride

Welcome to Wave on Demand, your dedicated companion for seamless and enhanced public transportation experiences! Our purpose-built app is here to simplify your transit needs, offering a hassle-free booking service that takes you wherever you desire today, tomorrow, and in the future.

When's the next bus? RVA Ride answers in one glance. Open the app and your line is already there: your stop, the next bus in minutes, the time it arrives, and the buses after it. No menus, no maps to dig through. Just the answer, on one calm screen. LIVE ARRIVALS • Next bus in minutes, plus the exact arrival time ("5 min · Arrives 4:02 PM") • Up to four later buses, marked live or scheduled • Clear notice when there are no more buses tonight, or when the next one is scheduled • Stale times are flagged, with a one-tap retry YOUR STOPS • Star the stops you use most and open them straight from search • Find any line or stop by number • Use your location to jump to the nearest stop on your line • Choose the line the app opens to EVERY ROUTE • Pulse and every local and express route, both directions • A simple line view of the stops around you, with live bus positions • Stop details with schedules and a map SERVICE ALERTS • Detours and closures shown right on the route, kept short so your next bus stays in view • A red dot on any route with an active alert BUILT FOR EVERYONE • Full English and Spanish • VoiceOver labels throughout • Light and dark mode • No account, no ads RVA Ride uses public real-time transit data. Arrival times are estimates and can change with traffic and service conditions. RVA Ride is an independent Richmond app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by GRTC.