NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A light-rail train known as The Tide departs downtown Norfolk during the afternoon rush hour. It carries scores of passengers who want to avoid driving on the region’s notoriously congested roadways on their way back to Virginia Beach, the state’s largest city.

As the train zips alongside a gridlocked Interstate 264, it comes to a stop less than 100 yards away from the Virginia Beach border. From here, passengers must disembark and either take a bus or hop in their cars to make it home.

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