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One week of biking (and ferrying) to work
By Dave Forster The Virginian-Pilot © May 12, 2013 Biking to work is impractical for many, necessary for a few and optional by degrees for a large swath in the middle. I fall in that last group, which means like most others with the choice, I always choose to drive. Until two weeks ago, when
HRT Revising GoPass Program with New Rates
By Dave Forster The Virginian-Pilot © April 26, 2013 NORFOLK Hampton Roads Transit is beginning to strike deals to keep its GoPass365 ridership program running at colleges and major employers under scaled-back arrangements that will charge much more per pass. Norfolk State University officials have agreed to buy 600 passes at $250 each for the
The Value of The Tide
The Virginian-Pilot © April 24, 2013 No road pays for itself. No school. No police department or fire department. No mass transit system. Indeed, those institutions are the reasons municipalities exist. Governments provide for the common good, creating necessary institutions beyond the means of individuals acting alone. Yet a few seem to think light rail
Va. Beach Might Receive More Plans to Extend Light Rail
By Gabriella Souza The Virginian-Pilot © April 17, 2013 VIRGINIA BEACH – The city might receive at least two more proposals to extend The Tide from Norfolk, City Council discussions revealed Tuesday. The companies involved in the proposals were not named, though Councilman Jim Wood said he was aware of “national organizations” that were looking
Study Begins to Extend Rail Service to Norfolk Naval Station
By Dave Forster The Virginian-Pilot © April 11, 2013 NORFOLK A $1.8 million study of extending light rail to Norfolk Naval Station has begun. Hampton Roads Transit announced Wednesday that it had told HDR Engineering Inc. to begin identifying potential routes for getting The Tide or another form of high-capacity mass transit to the base,