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Hampton Roads Transit proposes cutting two low-ridership Virginia Beach routes, expanding microtransit
Summary
Hampton Roads Transit told Virginia Beach council it plans to eliminate two underperforming local routes and add microtransit zones to preserve access, citing operator shortages and a goal of reallocating service toward 15‑minute regional backbone routes.
Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) officials briefed the Virginia Beach City Council on a proposed System Optimization Plan that would eliminate two low‑ridership local bus routes in the city and replace them with demand‑responsive microtransit zones while shifting resources to higher‑ridership regional backbone service.
"The system optimization plan by its very nature is looking how HRT can put its limited resources to the best use by reducing low ridership local bus service and reinvesting those savings in routes with high ridership demand," Ray Amoroso, HRT chief planning and development officer, said during the work session. He told council HRT is constrained by both money and a shortage of bus operators.
Amoroso said HRT currently is short roughly 50 bus operators on a typical day compared with pre‑pandemic staffing and would need about 45 more operators…
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