about 10 months ago - No comments
HRT is testing the light rail this week. I got this picture at Harbor Park station.
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
about 1 year ago - No comments
The Virginian-Pilot reported the other day that Wally Erb, the man behind the the most recent drive for a light rail referendum, was able to gather only 1,083 signatures. Unfortunately for Mr. Erb, he needed 25,000 signatures. 25,000 signatures represent less than six percent of Virginia Beach’s population. 1,083 signatures represent less than .25% of [...]
about 2 years ago
the 15 st. facility is where the old one was right?
about 2 years ago
yeah. they are keeping their same properties. 18th street is the current garage and 15th is the current office/admin.