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Existing Conditions
Due to the residential character of much of Active Transportation
Warwick Boulevard, posted speed limits vary
between 25 to 35 mph within the plan area. Transit
This is lower than the typical 45 mph for major Hampton Roads Transit (HRT) is the regional
arterials. The speed drops to 25 mph for the transit authority that provides public
section of Warwick Boulevard from Raleigh Road transportation through bus and park-and-ride
to Post Street through Hilton Village. Motorists programs. Warwick Boulevard is a primary
often exceed the posted speed limits, which north-south spine for HRT within the area and
creates difficulties for both pedestrian and there are currently a total of 24 transit stops (12
vehicular crossings and leads to opportunities for northbound and 12 southbound) within the
accidents to occur. corridor, with additional stops being planned for
the Riverside Regional Medical Center.
The Transportation Collisions Map depicts the
type of collisions that took place between 2021 to Major institutions and attractions that help
2023. A higher incidence of collisions is evident in generate demand for transit ridership include
Hilton Village where Warwick Boulevard curves Riverside Regional Medical Center, Riverside
just south of Main Street, resulting in private College of Allied Sciences, The Mariners’
property damage. Other frequent collision sites Museum and Park, the Main Street Library and
are at the intersections of Warwick Boulevard Christopher Newport University. The commercial
and both signalized and non-signalized cross areas along Warwick Boulevard are also relatively
streets including J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, high trip generators.
Gatewood Road, Harpersville Road, Cedar Lane,
Logan Place, Main Street, and Center Avenue. Passenger amenities such as benches, shelters,
bicycle hoops, and waste containers help to
CSX Railroad enhance the transit experience. Some HRT
CSX is a freight company that carries a variety of stops lack passenger amenities because there is
commodities important to the nation’s economy insufficient right-of-way to accommodate these
and way of life, including consumer products, elements. However, HRT is working to install, at
automobiles, food and agriculture products and a minimum, a bench on a concrete pad in order
coal. Products shipped within Virginia include to enhance multi-modal access and customer
coal, containerized consumer goods, petroleum service and to comply with Americans with
products and packaging paper. Newport News Disabilities Act requirements.
is one of four cities in Virginia that houses a CSX
major rail yard. CSX operates and maintains more
than 2,000 miles of track of which 3.5 miles are
located in the plan area.
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