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The history of light rail - 12/18/96

Updated: Monday, 07 Feb 2011, 3:41 PM EST
Published : Friday, 04 Feb 2011, 1:50 PM EST

Will commuters knowingly leave the comfort of their own automobile to ride a train to school or work? That's what Tidewater Regional Transit was banking on in 1996.

WAVY News 10's Charles Pugh reports that all of the Hampton Roads cities have voted to back the light rail plan, but Virginia Beach attaches one condition.

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