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In addition, the agency is replacing all 3,500 bus stop signs. The new signs, for the first time, will provide route and schedule information.
Read More →HRT estimates about 40 percent of trips, mostly at night and on weekends, will be moved to cabs, beginning in December.
Read More →Shucet was brought in by HRT to complete construction on its light rail system, The Tide, which opened in August.
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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.
Read More →Environmentally-friendly features include motion-sensor controlled lighting and a 50,000-gallon rainwater harvesting tank for bus wash operations. Agency used $14 million of a $24.5 million Recovery Act grant in building the $57 million facility.
Read More →Feds are looking into Norfolk Light Rail records. Agency President and CEO declined to comment on the other documents received.
Read More →Transportation District Commission renews agreement to keep Philip Shucet on board, but reduces monthly salary from $40,000 to $28,000.
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The 7.4-mile starter line opening has been pushed back due to delivery of electrical and safety components.
Read More →Jayne Whitney, senior vice president for development and a key player in Norfolk's light rail project, will leave the agency at the end of January. She was among HRT officials mentioned in a recent state audit which claimed the agency hid the true costs of the project from government authorities.
Read More →Transit officials knew that The Tide project would cost more than the $232 million figure they gave to the government back in 2007.
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