Sixty-two percent of Virginia Beach voters supported a referendum for the city to expand light rail out to the beach. A similar measure was defeated in 1999.
Of the 471 Virginia Beach respondents, 68% support a referendum that would extend Hampton Roads Transit’s The Tide light rail to the beach.
Much higher than predicted average daily ridership has helped propel The Tide to this benchmark sooner than expected.
Shucet was brought in by HRT to complete construction on its light rail system, The Tide, which opened in August.
Opened to the public to long lines of excited patrons who arrived at stations one-half hour before the 6 a.m. start of service.
The Tide opened to the public on Friday to long lines of excited patrons who arrived at stations one-half hour before the 6 a.m. start of service. Long lines at many stations persisted throughout the day as customers waited for a chance to ride Virginia’s first light rail line.
The rally of support for the new light rail system holds significant value for INIT staff due to the use of INIT's Automatic Passenger Counting technology onboard the new Siemens S70 vehicles.
Feds are looking into Norfolk Light Rail records. Agency President and CEO declined to comment on the other documents received.
Light rail vehicle was under its own power from NSU station through city hall plaza and plume street to the MacArthur Station Wednesday night. Source: The Virginian-Pilot. Author: Brian Clark.
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