Hampton Roads:
“During the past decade, Hampton Roads has seen a bump in
rail and bus ridership, while airports have seen fewer flights and passengers,
according to a draft state of transportation report presented to the Hampton
Roads Transportation Planning Organization board at its Thursday monthly
meeting.
The region also has more people, more licensed drivers and
more vehicles than in 2013, and it ranks among the nation's worse in terms of
traffic congestion and commuter delays, said Keith Nichols, HRTPO senior
transportation engineer.
The report covers air, rail, transit and road travel in the
region's cities and counties. It also reviews the condition of roads, the cost
of travel and congestion, safety and fuel prices.
Nichols said the greatest surprise was the 80 percent
increase in Amtrak ridership. In 2012 Amtrak began offering rail service from
Norfolk, and analysts expected ridership to drop at the peninsula's two
stations in Newport News and Williamsburg.”
~Writes Cathy Grimes of the Daily Press
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