TRANSIT VISION FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION (draft)

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TRANSIT VISION FOR THE HAMPTON ROADS REGION
Hampton Roads is to be served by an efficient, sustainable, and integrated transit network of local buses, express buses, bus rapid transit, light rail transit, and commuter rail. Local buses serve neighborhoods and link riders to higher capacity transit corridors. The light rail system, the streetcars, and the bus rapid transit lines provide fast and reliable regional transit connections. Commuter rail carries workers across the longer distances from semi-rural residential areas to employment and activity centers in the region. As a result of its transit investments, the region continues to attract employers, residents, and visitors, and it continues to grow and foster economic development. However, this growth is compact – primarily targeted to mixed-use activity centers and high-capacity transit corridors – and better protects the region’s precious natural resources and environmentally sensitive areas. Ultimately, the region’s pattern of growth increases mobility, accessibility, and quality of life — allowing a parent to walk a child to school, step into a café for breakfast, then walk to the transit station for the morning’s commute.

Download the complete plan draft HERE.

Authored by the consultant team of HNTB Corporation, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., RLS and Associates Inc., and Travesky & Associates Ltd. with cooperation from staff from the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization, funding from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation, and sponsorship by the Hampton Roads Partnership.

The process to develop this integrated Transit Vision Plan was initiated by the Hampton Roads Partnership. Joining with the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Planning Organization (HRMPO) and the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT), a study was launched with the establishment of a Public Transportation Plan Technical Committee (PTPTC), made up of jurisdictional staff and representatives from the HRMPO, DRPT, Hampton Roads Transit, and the Hampton Roads Partnership.