(The following is crossposted from Straßgefühl . Comment is free.) After some delay in transport from the plant in California, the first vehicles arrived yesterday for Norfolk's TIDE (Tidewater Intercity Direct Express) light-rail system, still under construction. While still a bit rinky-dink - the LRVs are each about the size of an articulated bus, and the 7-mile "starter" route from Eastern Virginia Medical Seminary to the Norfolk/Virginia Beach line doesn't exactly fit the "Intercity"... read more
