Posts tagged Norfolk
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Breakfast links: New homes and homeless
Housing vs plaza; Maker space and more; Homeless in Georgetown; Metro passes for students; Click for paratransit?; Purple Line details; Rail not welcome; Where Williams works; Crime down; Raiding the wrong house. Keep reading…
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How to tell the difference between streetcars and light rail
There is much confusion over what separates streetcars from light rail. That’s because there’s no single easy way to tell, and many systems are hybrids. To tell the difference, one has to simultaneously look at the tracks, train vehicles, and stations. It’s hard to tell the difference because streetcars and light rail are really the same technology,… Keep reading…
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Norfolk’s light rail choice: Embrace the city, or follow the highway?
As Norfolk plans the next expansion of its burgeoning light rail system, a classic transit dilemma faces the community: Will the northern extension to Naval Station Norfolk run through rider-rich urban neighborhoods or take the path of least resistance along wide suburban highways? Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Vote early
Vote now; Parking makes way for sidewalks; Region prepares for mini-Olympics; Doctrine of self-preservation; How to get everyone biking; Building from a position of strength; UN investigates access to water; And…. Keep reading…
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A $1.50 fare isn’t holding back the Tide
Norfolk’s Tide Light Rail opened in 2011, and has exceeded its initial ridership projections. But the Virginian-Pilot newspaper recently called for Hampton Roads Transit to slash Tide fares to increase ridership. Are fares holding back ridership, or are other factors at play here? Local media jumped on the news trying to figure out whether the arguments in Norfolk… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Push back
Councilmembers hate taxi colors; Juvenile arguments on policy; What’s endangered; Amtrak returns to Norfolk; Walter Reed intersection keeps expanding; Fine camera operators for errors?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the sidewalk’s too small
Popular food truck spots in peril; Voters call for light rail in Virginia Beach; Will aging boomers bring down car usage?; DC area turns towards transit use; Puerto Rico, DC statehood link?; “Mega” recreation centers?; Charges in cyclist assault. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Getting there
Metro raises SmarTrip minimum; Passenger trains come back to Norfolk; Gray and employment; Flooding problems; Reflecting Pool reopens; Bypasses go out of favor; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the arts are
Rush is now Plus; Corcoran could struggle in the suburbs; Shakespeare sues to keep its space; DC is great and getting greater; Shuttle goes to fresh food; Climate change threatens Norfolk; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not enough
Give peak a chance; ICC too empty?; The Tide rolls on; Poplar going to auction; Peds, bikes now count; Tourism without a car; Biking in the future; Transit Score gets low quality score; And…. Keep reading…