Happy New Year: HRT Service Changes

Two minor changes will happen for the start of the new year:

• Route 2 will have adjusted time tables
• Route 20 will have adjusted time tables

Another change will happen in Portsmouth:

• Route 47 will serve, in both directions, the new Wally World on U.S. 17 at the site of the old Mid City Shopping Center

My comments

• Route 2 needs to be completely redone. Turn it around at Hampton & Little Creek. Use Baylor Place (the side street running behind Church's) to turn it around. Use that street to turn the 15 around too. Have a dedicated shuttle (TRANSFER REQUIRED) continue up Hampton Blvd to the NEX and continue onto the base after departing the NEX. During Midtown Tunnel Crunch Hour, reroute the inbound trips onto Colley Ave starting at ODU - no later than 38th Street.
  
• Route 20 needs to run every 15 minutes ALL DAY from 4:45 AM to 8:45 PM, every 30 minutes until 11:15 PM and one last trip at 12:15 AM on weekdays and 30 minutes from 5:15 AM to 8:15 PM and every 60 minutes until 12:15 AM on Weekends INCLUDING Sundays AND Holidays
• Route 47 does not have additional time to deviate off of High Street. It's rushing as it is now that it has to go to Churchland Library instead of Churchland Shopping Center. Route 44 doesn't have the time either. Perhaps a 44 vs 44A (similar in idea to Route 6 via Liberty vs. Route 6 via Berkley).
• For example, trips leaving the Hospital on the hour would do regular route to High & FL, continue on High to Fredrick, left on Fredrick to Wally World, right onto Turnpike back to regular route. Trips leaving the Hospital at 1/2 past would use the existing route. Again, this is only an example. But as Operator 6362 would say, "If HRT did anything that helped the passenger or made sense, it would be an accident."