Tidewater Transit District Commission) in South Hampton Roads and currently serves over 22 million annual passengers within its 369-square-mile (960 km 2) service area around Hampton Roads. Hampton Roads Transit ( HRT), incorporated on October 1, 1999, began through the voluntary merger of PENTRAN ( Peninsula Transportation District Commission) on the Virginia Peninsula and TRT ( Tidewater Regional Transit a.k.a. Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Smithfieldĭowntown Norfolk Transit Center (DNTC), Hampton Transportation Center (HTC), Newport News Transportation Center (NNTC)įerry: 3 (additional port at Harbor Park for baseball games) HRT bus on the Atlantic Avenue Route 33 as seen in May 2009.