Hampton Roads Transit is working to expand its regional microtransit program in Newport News, where it has piloted an on demand rideshare program for the past year.

The program allows passengers to make ride reservations through Hampton Roads Transit’s OnDemand app, booking a van to pick them up at designated bus stops within walking distance in no more than 15 minutes. Those trips are shared for multiple riders and allow residents to become connected to larger public transit routes.

But as part of HRT’s plan to right-size transit service, the regional transit authority wants to also eliminate some bus routes in the city, HRT Chief Planning and Development Officer Ray Amoruso said as he gave an overview of the plan to Newport News City Council on Tuesday. Those routes would include e

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