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The Tide
about 10 months ago - No comments
HRT is testing the light rail this week. I got this picture at Harbor Park station.
Building To Be Demo’d for LRT
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
So the city of Norfolk is purchasing 749 York St. because of apparent concerns for pedestrian safety. This sets a dangerous precedent. If they start spending money on pedestrian safety, they might have to start maintaining crosswalks and crossing signals at major intersections. They might have to build sidewalks along major roadways. This care might [...]
Farewell Ms. Williams
about 1 year ago - No comments
Finally. Norfolk’s City Manager Regina V. K. Williams has announced her retirement. She may have done wonderful things in the past, but she had overstayed her usefulness. January 14, 2011 will mark a new era in Norfolk. Hopefully, it will be an era with a younger Manager full of fresh, new ideas.
Economist Says LRT Cost Not Justifiable?
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
As part of the State of the Region report released by ODU yesterday, Economist James Koch made the statement that the cost of Norfolk’s Light rail is not “justifiable.” He claimed that the continual costs would have to be subsidized at a rate so high that it wold not be worth it. Of course, I [...]
Regina V.K. Williams: Why is she still here?
about 1 year ago - No comments
The city called for the removal of former HRT CEO Michael Townes after it became known that he had not directly informed the City Council about missing fare box money and cost overruns on the light rail project. So far, we have found out about a number of situations in which people being paid by [...]
VDOT has $5 million extra?
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
VDOT has $5 million to spend on yet another study? If they had spent half as much on roads as on studies, we might have a world class transportation network here in Hampton Roads. As a region, we need to focus on building a well-planned “third crossing.” Expanding the HRBT will absolutely reduce congestion on [...]
VA Requiring Light Rail for VB?
about 1 year ago - No comments
According to a VP article today, the Virginia Department of Transportation may require Virginia Beach to use the Norfolk Southern corridor for light rail in exchange for the $20 million dollar contribution for its purchase. This should not be new. That was the stated purpose when the state approved the grant to assist in the [...]
Downtown’s Multi-Modal Transportation Center
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
Norfolk is moving forward with planning and financing a new multi-modal transportation center Downtown. Excellent idea. The plan is to have it ready to open once Amtrak rolls in in three years. It is very exciting. Combining the news of Virginia Beach’s move toward urbanism and I get the idea that our area is actually [...]
An Urban Virginia Beach?
about 1 year ago - No comments
I know I have mentioned Virginia Beach’s Strategic Growth Areas before but I wanted to touch on them again since the Virginian Pilot had an article about SGAs in Saturday’s paper. The Pilot’s Aaron Applegate reported that, in order to make up for the fact that the city has run out of large tracts of [...]
HRT: Increase Fare or Efficiency
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
I, more than anyone, want HRT to be as efficient as possible. However, when I read the news that HRT’s temporary President and CEO, Philip Schucet, wanted to postpone raising the fare so that he could hire a consultant to look for savings, I was concerned. A consultant will probably cost HRT between $100,000 and [...]
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about 2 years ago
i just realized where are they gonna store it?
about 2 years ago
The VSMF (Vehicle Storage Maintainence Facility?) is adjacent to 264 by Norfolk State.. That’s there home.
about 2 years ago
that’s not finished yet
about 2 years ago
right now its just getting shrink wrapped on the rack until the building is complete enough to store it