The Tide: Virginia's only light rail

Is the Tide good? Does it fall short? Take a ride on the Tide to find out! Works Cited: Dean, Korie, and Pilot Online. “The Tide Turns 10: A Timeline of the Light Rail’s Highs and Lows.” The Virginian-Pilot, The Virginian-Pilot, 19 Aug. 2021, www.pilotonline.com/2021/08/19/the-tide-turns-10-a-timeline-of-the-light-rails-highs-and-lows/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. Hampton Roads Transit. “Fares.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 1 July 2023, gohrt.com/fares/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2025. ---. “Final Report from the Before-And-after Study of the Tide Light Rail Project.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 1 July 2015, gohrt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Light-Rail-Project-Final-Report-090915.pdf. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “Light Rail.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 2025, gohrt.com/routes/light-rail/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “Naval Station Norfolk Transit Extension Study: Final Report.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, May 2015, gohrt.com/wp-content/themes/gohrt_com/includes/reports/20161103_FINAL-NSN_Report_05122015_V2_with-Appendices.pdf. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “Naval Station Norfolk Transit Corridor Project.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 2025, gohrt.com/agency/planning-development/nsn-transit-corridor-project/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “October 2025 Service Changes.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 2025, gohrt.com/alert/october-2025-service-changes/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “Ridership.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 2025, gohrt.com/agency/accountability-center/ridership/?type=Light+Rail. Accessed 26 Sept. 2025. ---. “Route 800.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 2025, gohrt.com/routes-preview/202510/800.pdf. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “The Tide 11th Anniversary.” Hampton Roads Transit, Hampton Roads Transit, 19 Aug. 2022, gohrt.com/2022/08/the-tide-11th-anniversary/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. ---. “Wrapping up the Study.” Hampton Roads Transit, 2025, www.connectingchesapeake.com/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. Heard, Bradley. “Ride the Tide of Light Rail, Virginia Beach.” Next City, Next City, 21 Feb. 2012, nextcity.org/urbanist-news/ride-the-tide-of-light-rail-virginia-beach. Accessed 27 Sept. 2025. Kidd, Sara. “Hampton Roads Railroads.” Hampton Roads Geospatial Exchange Online, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, 30 Aug. 2024, www.hrgeo.org/datasets/HRPDC-GIS::hampton-roads-railroads/explore?location=36.816811%2C-76.124361%2C12.00. Accessed 26 Sept. 2025. Morrison, Jim. “Officials Wonder about Role of Norfolk’s Economic Development Arm after Military Circle Transfer.” WHRO, WHRO Public Media, 7 Aug. 2025, www.whro.org/business-growth/2025-08-07/officials-wonder-about-role-of-norfolks-economic-development-arm-after-military-circle-transfer. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. Norfolk, Virginia. Google Maps, 26 September 2025. maps.google.com Pilot Online. “Virginia Beach Light Rail Referendum Vote Fails in a Landslide.” The Virginian-Pilot, The Virginian-Pilot, 3 Aug. 2019, www.pilotonline.com/2016/11/08/virginia-beach-light-rail-referendum-vote-fails-in-a-landslide/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. “The Tide Light Rail Project Before-And-after Study (2015).” Federal Transit Administration, Federal Transit Administration, 2015, www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/funding/grant-programs/capital-investments/115196/2015-virginia-norfolk-tide-light-rail-project.pdf. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. Tupponce, Joan. “Beach Voters Are Not on Board with Light Rail.” Virginia Business, Bridge Tower Media, 30 Dec. 2016, virginiabusiness.com/beach-voters-are-not-on-board-with-light-rail/. Accessed 27 Sept. 2025. “What the Data Is Telling Us.” Transit Costs Project, Marron Institute, 8 May 2025, transitcosts.com/new-data/. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. Wikipedia Contributors. “Norfolk Scope.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Sept. 2025, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Scope. Accessed 26 Sept. 2025. ---. “The Tide (Light Rail).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 May 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tide_(light_rail). Accessed 26 Sept. 2025. WTKR Web Staff. “Va. Secretary of Transportation Asks Virginia Beach to Stop Work on Light Rail Project.” News 3 WTKR, Scripps Media, 9 Nov. 2016, www.wtkr.com/2016/11/09/va-secretary-of-transportation-asks-virginia-beach-to-stop-work-on-light-rail-project. Accessed 28 Sept. 2025. Music used: "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) by Scott Joplin "Original Rags" (1899) by Scott Joplin, arr. Charles N. Daniels "Harlem Rag" (1897) by Tom Turpin, arr. D.S. De Lisle