WVEC-TV 13: On the Record: The Jordan Bridge

Today's On the Record will feature the Jordan Bridge closing. HRT runs the #65 Jordan Bridge Limited bus to replace it. Read on for more:

• Ideas for Hampton Roads Transit: Introducing Route 65: The Jordan Bridge Limited
• Ideas for Hampton Roads Transit: Route 65: The Jordan Bridge Nightmare
• Ideas for Hampton Roads Transit: Route 65 was FREE*
• Avenging Archangel: Portsmouth Public Libraries: Land of the Pharos

Long story short, the 65 needs fixes.

If you miss it today at noon, the On the Record website will have the show available online tomorrow.

Route 65 was FREE*

Route 65, the Jordan Bridge Limited, was FREE all this week!!!!!*


* The only problem was that no one said anything until I boarded the bus yesterday. Regular HRT fare, including Day Passes, applies starting Monday.

I still stand by my review, The Jordan Bridge Nightmare.

Route 65: The Jordan Bridge Nightmare

Today, UCAC Chairman Henry Ryto and I took a ride on the #65 Jordan Bridge Limited (Bus 1235) and on paper, it's wonderful. In practice, the bus we rode sat at County & Court for a whole 30 minutes AFTER it was time to go. Also, the "Elizabeth River Park" Park & Ride is a gravel disaster. The bus had NO shipyard workers riding (the target riders for the route), and considering how the drivers didn't care that they left 30 minutes later, I don't blame them.

Introducing Route 65: The Jordan Bridge Limited

Starting November 10th, HRT will provide Route 65 which will run most of the day Monday - Friday making stops at 20th & Seaboard, Elizabeth River Park (old site of Jordan Bridge Toll Plaza), Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Gates 10 & 15), and County & Court in Portsmouth.

See HRT Website for route & schedule: http://www.gohrt.com/routes/Route_65.pdf

This route does not run on Weekends or Holidays.