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757 Hampton Roads

http://www.757hamptonroads.wordpress.com

Views of the Hampton Roads political scene as seen by a 21 year old college student

• Added on: Oct 21st, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Russell Manning
• Listed in: News Only Political Activism
• Tags: Virginia norfolk hampton roads 757

Recent Posts

• Fairfax Gets It, Why Can’t We?

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 11:07 in politics, environment, development, Economy, transportation, norfolk, hampton, environmental protection, suffolk, urban development, mass transit, williamsburg

  Fairfax recently released a new 10-year plan aimed at making transit travel more attractive the vehicle travel. The plan would increase service and frequency, create new routes, and use innovative techniques such as tying traffic lights to bus schedu...

• Transit Oriented Developments

  Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 13:57 in development, Economy, transportation, norfolk, wachovia center, tod, urban development, arlington, virginia beach, light rail, transit oriented development, virginian-pilot

  If you ever read the PilotOnlie comments, then you will know that there are just some people in Hampton Roads that just don’t get it. They just don’t get how there can be people who don’t want to live in a sprawling suburb. They jus...

• VDOT’s Budget Cut Again

  Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 05:30 in politics, budget, transportation, norfolk, state politics, hampton, portsmouth, local politics, newport news, chesapeake, regionalism, ctb

  Once again, the state is once again cutting money off of VDOT’s budget. This time, however, there is nothing left but bones. In fact, as early as 2011, Hampton Roads will get zero (you read that right) dollars for road construction. Statewide t...

• US Development – Preserving Norfolk’s Past

  Posted on Saturday December 5th, 2009 at 05:30 in development, Economy, historic preservation, historical, norfolk, redevelopment, urban development, downtown norfolk, nrha, norfolk development, smart development, norfolk city council

  The Virginian-Pilot has reported that a South Carolina company, US Development, has purchased the Union Mission building, formerly the Navy YMCA building. They plan on renovating the structure and converting the building into 90 apartments. These uni...

• HRT’s New Southside Facility

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 05:30 in development, transportation, norfolk, urban development, hrt, mixed-use, hampton roads transit, monticello avenue, bus transportation, norfolk development, smart development

  HRT is in the process of building a new facility for Southside services. The old (really old) maintenance building still had the old trolley tracks in the floor. The new facility will be up to date and include everything that is needed to operate an ...

• Light Rail in Chesapeake?

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 05:30 in politics, environment, development, Navy, transportation, norfolk, environmental protection, urban development, mass transit, greenbrier, virginia beach, local politics

  On November 24th, the City of Chesapeake officially and unanimously voted to push for a light rail study for their inclusion into regional light rail plans. This is a major and definitive move for Chesapeake, showing that they support a regional mass...

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