December 31, 2007 – 7:38 am
from the Arizona Republic, 5 December 2008
South Tempe, Ahwatukee and west Chandler could get a little closer to light rail if a new Tempe South Corridor Study shows it would relieve increasingly heavy north-south traffic…
The study will examine transportation needs of the area between Priest Drive and Loop 101, and downtown Tempe and the Santan […]
December 14, 2007 – 12:38 pm
Scottsdale will join the group that oversees the Valley’s light-rail plans in order to pursue future study of running a transit system up Scottsdale Road.The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to become the seventh city to be part of Valley Metro Rail, or METRO, despite hearing from a number of residents opposing the city’s […]
December 11, 2007 – 7:05 am
Tempe, December, 2007 — Ten years almost to the day after the 1997 Arizona Rail Passenger Association Awards Dinner, and a special train from the Arizona Railway Museum, the new Valley Metro Rail line (second photo) is nearly ready for its first service
The 1997 train was the very last train ever to operate on the […]
October 30, 2007 – 9:38 am
[ February 23, 2008; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] (CONFIRMED) ARPA Membership Picnic. Scottsdale McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park, Rotary Ramada.
October 25, 2007 – 8:18 am
SCOTTSDALE — “A light rail or streetcar system along Scottsdale Road is not needed to relieve congestion through the southern part of the city, but should be further studied and would fulfill the general plan by giving residents a choice on how to travel…
[Consultant Charles Hales with HDR said] “Scottsdale’s transit-dependent population is small, people […]
