Transportation

Virginia Beach Official Says Millennials 'Can Move to Norfolk' If They Like Transit So Much

The city’s treasurer says young people seeking a light-rail “freebie” should look elsewhere.
Freeloaders!Flickr/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk

Already home to 1.7 million, Hampton Roads is among the fastest growing metro regions in the country. Virginia Beach, the largest in the cluster of coastal cities between Virginia and North Carolina, boasts one of the country’s highest shares of people aged 18-35.

No wonder local officials are trying to boot up a more robust regional transit system in order to support and hang on to the economic benefits of a young population.