Monthly Archives: August 2009
HRT to spend $1.2M to improve bus scheduling
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot © August 28, 2009 NORFOLK Hampton Roads Transit’s board has approved a $1.2 million contract to upgrade bus-scheduling computer software. The upgrade, approved Thursday, will increase the agency’s efficiency in scheduling and dispatching buses and will handle scheduling for light-rail trains when they come on line next year. The contract
HRT to buy seven new buses with stimulus money
By Patrick Wilson The Virginian-Pilot © August 20, 2009 NORFOLK Hampton Roads Transit will be getting $24.1 million for new buses and construction of a maintenance facility, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The money will come from $24.7 million of federal economic stimulus money to be used for transportation projects in Virginia, a
Power to the Trains
Hundreds of poles that will carry electricity for Norfolk’s light rail trains are going up along the 7.4-mile alignment, marking a construction milestone for The Tide, Virginia’s first light rail system. A small group of poles were bolted into place last month along a section of track near Norfolk State University, and a larger group
HRT now on FaceBook and Twitter
Hampton Roads Transit has launched its own FaceBook and Twitter pages, a more interactive way to share information with its customers. FaceBook is a free service that allows HRT to share comments, messages, photos and videos with interested individuals, known as “fans.” Twitter, also a free service, allows HRT to exchange 140-character messages, called “tweets,”
HRT racks up six Telly Awards
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) is proud to announce that it is the recipient of four Silver and two Bronze Telly awards in the 30th Annual Telly Awards competition. The agency was honored with two Silver Tellys in the categories of Videography and Cinematography for each of its two “MAX Oasis” commercials, which introduced HRT’s new