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Originally Posted by electricron
Houston light rail runs on a street without a medium, and I believe that's the main problem. Therefore the number of accidents depends upon the street or route selection Norfolk makes.
Hampton doesn't get a medium until it reaches ODU, Granby has a medium - but Monticello closer to downtown doesn't. Tidewater has a medium almost it's entire length.
Looking far into the future, and a potential way to reach the Airport, a Tidewater-Cheaspeake route would make a great choice. Using a two color line system, branching at Harbor Park into two separate lines east of downtown looks promising; to Virginia Beach and to Airport. Branching at the Medical Center into two separate line west of downtown does too; to Navy base and eventually to Portsmouth. They wouldn't necessarily have to build both branch lines at the same time, one leg at a time would still work.
But, the first line needs to be completed first, all the way to the Navy base and the Beach.
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The Amount of accidents along the Houston LRT is stunning , the HBLR which shares its tracks with cars and has alot of crossings has only a few accidents a year compared to Houston. The Drivers in this region are aggressive , yet we still have less accidents then Houston.... Its the drivers and the design....