There has been much consternation in our little city about an 11-mile former freight rail. The City purchased the ROW from the railroad with SPLOST funds to turn it into a slow-rail a.k.a. trolley line. There was much support at the time as the local university was building a sattelite campus downtown and the rail would link the two. Due to funding constraints, the City determined it would be best to alter the plans and create a rails-to-trails project - read a little about it here. Are there any examples out there of trolley (slow-rails) that are used as more than just novelties? That are used for alternative transit? Or is the concept flawed? In Columbus' case, the rail passes by some heavily used public and private facilities, like the mall and a regional hospital, but unfortunately there isn't any residential density along the rail.
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Rail and other Rapid Transit Systems in the South
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Posted 23 September 2009 - 08:35 PM
Construction of Norfolk's light rail starter line is now 50% complete.
Virginia Beach (Norfolk's next door neighbor) is conducting the SDEIS/Alternatives Analysis on an extension of LRT to downtown Virginia Beach and the VaBeach Oceanfront.
http://hamptonroads....#comment-780803
Virginia Beach (Norfolk's next door neighbor) is conducting the SDEIS/Alternatives Analysis on an extension of LRT to downtown Virginia Beach and the VaBeach Oceanfront.
http://hamptonroads....#comment-780803
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Posted 03 October 2009 - 04:03 PM
Norfolk Light Rail Transit Under Construction.
Standing on the Harbor Park Station Platform!
Standing on the Harbor Park Station Platform!
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Posted 12 October 2009 - 08:02 PM
First off good for Norfolk, I love that this has been done. Secondly I didn't know that Little Rock had streetcars. It looks like a nice small-scaled option for the city. I think that a lot of Southern cities could really use streetcars/trolleys to help even if it is only with tourists.
I know that Columbus, GA, Birmingham, and Montgomery have all been trying to get streetcars for awhile. I think that streetcars/trolleys would be great in any of those cities, but the plans come and then never take off. I have a lot of hope for Montgomery to get trolleys within the next 10 years though.
I know that Columbus, GA, Birmingham, and Montgomery have all been trying to get streetcars for awhile. I think that streetcars/trolleys would be great in any of those cities, but the plans come and then never take off. I have a lot of hope for Montgomery to get trolleys within the next 10 years though.
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 02:55 PM
Update of Norfolk Light Rail Transit.
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