Monthly Archives: July 2010
Norfolk Senior Transportation Program Manager Talks Light Rail Safety
Thursday, July 29, 2010 WTKR Transportation officials in Norfolk, Va., are working to make sure people are safe when the Light Rail starts running, local media report. Preventing a crash between a Light Rail train and a vehicle is what the city of Norfolk and HRT wants to work to prevent before the trains roll
Light Rail safety in Norfolk
WTKR-TV3 5:19 PM EDT, July 27, 2010 Transportation officials in Norfolk are working to make sure people are safe when the Light Rail starts running. Preventing a crash between a Light Rail train and a vehicle is what the city of Norfolk and HRT wants to work to prevent before the trains roll across the
Norfolk doctor concerned about light rail and children
By Patrick Terpstra 13NEWS / WVEC.com Posted on July 27, 2010 at 1:36 PM NORFOLK — A Norfolk doctor sounded the alarm to HRT and city leaders about the proximity of light rail tracks to her office. There is a ramp right in front of Dr. Susan Garvey’s York Street office leading directly to tracks with nothing to prevent the
Making a case for light rail
The Virginian-Pilot © July 27, 2010 In 1999, when Virginia Beach voters were deciding whether to pursue light rail, the concept had no champion at the Beach. The City Council didn’t campaign for it as a transportation strategy and land-use planning tool. Tourism officials didn’t make the case for easing resort area traffic and parking
Light-rail trains will be in motion, but it’s too early to hop aboard
By Debbie Messina The Virginian-Pilot © July 25, 2010 NORFOLK After sitting idle for nearly nine months, trains will start moving along light-rail tracks in the next few weeks. But they’ll be empty. The service won’t launch until May. The activity is part of an exhaustive vehicle testing schedule in preparation for carrying passengers. Everything on