February 26, 2007 – 7:52 am
[ March 13, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. March 14, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. March 15, 2007; 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] “On January 8, 2007, Governor Napolitano issued an executive order directing the Arizona Department of Transportation(ADOT) to report on statewide transit options to serve and connect as efficiently as possible those Arizona communities for which such options would be cost-effective. The ADOT report will include information about transit needs as well as an assessment […]
February 23, 2007 – 6:07 am
Arizona Republic, 23 February 2007
Federal funds should be used to help put light rail on Scottsdale Road if residents wanted it there, Rep. Harry Mitchell, D-Ariz., says.
In an interview, the freshman congressman said he would support light rail on Scottsdale Road if voters approved it. The city is studying three forms of transit to put […]
February 23, 2007 – 6:06 am
Arizona Republic, 23 February 2007.
Privatizing Williams Gateway Airport and extending light rail to promote the airport as a jobs and education center are among a list of recommendations in a new report to be released today by an internationally respected land-use study group…
Also absent is public transportation at the airport for students at Arizona State […]
February 23, 2007 – 6:01 am
Arizona Republic, 23 February 2007
…Metro’s $64 million maintenance center officially opened Wednesday.
Within hours of the dignitaries leaving, work began to fully assemble the first built-from-scratch train. Train cars in silver tarpaulins and green netting sat outside the facility next to crates of plastic-wrapped wheel trucks. All were awaiting assembly inside…
“The progressive voters of our region […]
February 22, 2007 – 9:07 am
From today’s Arizona Republic –
Metro will ask the state to find $1.7 billion in state money to speed up light-rail plans and add extensions.
Metro Executive Director Rick Simonetta outlined the request at the agency’s meeting Wednesday. He wants to finish the voter-approved 57-mile system in 2020 rather than 2025 and add 23 miles of track […]
