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HRT Announces Public Involvement Program for VBTES
Post Date: Jul 15
Virginia Beach Transit Extension Study
Video here: http://www.wavy.com/dpp/mobile/local_wavy_virginiabeach_oceanfrontrapidtransit_20091307
Virginia Beach rapid transit study
Updated: Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009, 6:41 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009, 6:18 PM EDT
Eric Harryman
Virginia Beach, VA – Hampton Roads Transit officials kicked off a public involvement program in Virginia Beach Tuesday.
Transit officials want to know if residents want to bring rapid transit [...]
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NET Bus System in Norfolk May Grow
Post Date: Jul 15
Published on HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com (http://hamptonroads.com)
With light rail coming, role of Norfolk’s NET could change
NORFOLK
With light rail set to run through the city late next year, Norfolk and transit leaders are evaluating what role the free NET shuttle service will play in moving people around town.
The NET bus is a downtown circulator that now runs [...]
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Taking the train
Post Date: Jul 09
DailyPress.com
7/9/09
If you want to see what a dreamer looks like, find someone who’s working on passenger rail service.
Because you have to dream big, and about a world different from today’s, to think it’s going to work. And we have to look — and plan — long-term if it is going to have a chance of [...]
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Demolition of Norfolk’s Kirn Library opens a new chapter
Post Date: Jul 07
By Debbie Messina
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 7, 2009
NORFOLK
With a loud, crunching bite of a giant construction claw, Kirn Memorial Library started to tumble Monday.
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Kirn Memorial Library to be demolished
Post Date: Jul 06
Published : Monday, 06 Jul 2009,
By: Derrick Rose
NORFOLK, Va. – The Tide is rapidly approaching downtown Norfolk.The first indication that construction will begin soon in the downtown area will become clear on Monday, July 6 at 11:00 a.m. when construction crews begin the process of demolishing the Kirn Memorial Library.
The 47 year-old library is being [...]