The town of Maricopa is now connected to Downtown Phoenix by two daily round-trips of the “Maricopa Xpress.”
For now, buses whiz past Chandler, Ahwatukee, and Tempe and only stop in downtown Phoenix, but it’s a great start.
News on the Town of Maricopa site
State estimates project that by 2015, transportation funding will decline to the point that much of the state will only be able to maintain and preserve existing roadways…
The assessment is at the heart of a new planning document identifying nearly $42.6 billion worth of critical transportation needs. In the 21-page report, the Arizona Department of Transportation says the state is at a transportation-funding crossroads…
The proposed solution is a new 1 cent statewide sales tax over 30 years and more participation by the private sector in transportation projects. The money would pay for roadways, rail projects… [emphasis added - ARPA staff]…
The plan is being pushed by a group of business and economic-development leaders called the TIME coalition… [and] Gov. Janet Napolitano…
Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic
| May 10, 2008 |
| 12:30 pm | to | 2:00 pm |
ARPA Members and Guests are invited to attend the Southern Arizona ARPA Membership Meeting in the Ventana Room of the Marriott University Park Hotel, 880 East 2nd Street in Tucson on Saturday, 10 May 2008.
The ARPA Board of Directors will meet at 10AM, which you are welcome to attend.
The program will begin at 12:30. Shellie Ginn of the City of Tucson DOT will present the current status of planning for the Tucson Modern Streetcar line approved by voters in 2006. ARPA President Rob Bohannan will tell us of the current discussions at the state level for Tucson-Phoenix passenger trains. We will also hear an update on Phoenix’s light rail which will open by the end of this year.
After the meeting, you may visit the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum with a ride on the Old Pueblo Trolley streetcar.
Please call 520.326.1828 to RSVP. No charge for ARPA Members; non-members may request luncheon menu.
ARPA’s March 2008 newsletter is now available for download.
Arizona Republic, 15 April 2008
The Phoenix City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday to put rapid transit along I-10 west between I-17 and the Desert Sky Mall… Sean Horan, a Phoenix community activist said Thomas Road in Maryvale was ruled out as an alternative too early… “We are basically saying that rather than create a new service on I-10, where demand is limited to rush hour, they should be considering upgrading existing bus lines with high capacity rail-based transit in Maryvale,” Horan said.
Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic
