Transportation Summary
A good transportation system efficiently uses land resources, facilitates the movement of people and goods, enhances the economy, and improves the quality of life in the region. Highlights of the region's progress on transportation include:
- A light-rail pioneer in the state, Hampton Roads' The Tide train system carried over half a million riders in its first six months.
- Commute times in the region are close to the national average, but congestion is most severe at bottlenecks in the vicinity of tunnels and bridges.
- Public transit use increased a bit between 2009 and 2010 in the Hampton Roads area, though less than 2 percent of workers use public transportation for their commute to work.
The transportation indicators help to assess the progress that the region is making in transportation and understand the key factors that influence transportation.
