Night Service on Granby St - NOT!

Looking at the newly printed as well as online schedule for Route 1 Granby St, it shows service to Pleasure House until 1:33 AM (but no return service after 6:45 PM). Go figure, it's a glitch.

Sunday Bus Service

Seems that for the longest time VA Beach, Portsmouth, and Chesapeake believes no one has to go out after 6 PM or at all on Sundays. I say enough is enough! It's time to run these buses on evenings and Sundays! Also, let's run them more often then every hour. Heck, the small community of Spanaway, Washington has a bus every 15 minutes Weekdays/every 30 minutes Weekends & Holidays!

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Feeding The Tide, Revision 2 - Updated

HRT did see my information. Let's see how it gets incorporated when The Tide opens :)

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Feeding The Tide, Revision 2

I've updated my Feeding The Tide map. This is what I think HRT routes should do when The Tide opens up. Routes are based off of the existing service. I sent a copy of this to HRT. Now to wait to see what they think.

· Route 15 CROSSTOWN

o Serves Military Hwy station

o NEW Two-way service on Poplar Hall Dr including the DMV

o On trips that today turn around at Military Circle, these trips will turn around at the Tide station

o Trips that continue to Robert Hall or Greenbrier use Corporate Blvd (formerly served by Route 23)

· Route 20 VA BEACH BLVD

o Extended to the Military Hwy Tide Station using a route similar to Route 15

o No longer serves Sentara Leigh (use Route 23)

o No longer serves Newtown Rd (use Route 27 or 28)

o Provides two-way service on Poplar Hall Dr including the DMV

o Cutback trips that today start or end at Military Circle now use the Tide Station

· Route 23 PRIN ANNE RD

o No longer serves JANAF (use Route 15) or Best Square (use Route 15 or 20)

o Serves Sentara Leigh Hospital

o Serves the Newtown Tide Station

· Route 24 OCEANFRONT EXPRESS (relabeled)

o Starts at the Newtown Tide Station

o During peak use, runs often (every 15 minutes?)

o Eliminated when The Tide is extended to the Oceanfront

· Route 25 NEWTOWN RD

o Starts at the Newtown Tide Station

o Provides service to TCC-VA BEACH along Princess Anne Rd using its existing route

o Runs on evenings, Saturdays, and Sundays as well

· Route 27 NORTHAMPTON BLVD

o Starts at the Newtown Tide Station

o Runs up Newtown Rd. Upon hitting Baker Rd, uses existing route to Shore Dr & Pleasure House

o Runs on evenings and Sundays as well

· Route 28 PEMBROKE TIDE SHUTTLE

o New, Temporary Route

o Provides shuttle service to Town Center and Pembroke East using Greenwich Rd, Cleveland St, Columbus St, and Constitution Dr

o Will be eliminated when The Tide is extended to Town Center and the Oceanfront

o Runs during the same hours as The Tide

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Bike on the Train

Now all I can hope that my bike can be taken on the train (like all other light rail routes I know of). Can't wait :)

It's Official

The Signing took place! The Tide is for real!

See VA Pilot article