Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Dear Friends,
Every time you sit, stuck in traffic on congested streets and highways, you are paying a hidden price - it’s something I call the “time tax.” It is an especially ugly tax, because it pulls time away from the things you value most: your family, your home, your community.
We now know […]
March 24, 2007 – 10:39 am
“Workers are stringing light rail’s overhead power lines along Washington Street, another sign that testing trains in the street is only weeks away.
“The lines, strung between new poles spaced every 100 feet, offer a glimpse of the finished product when the 20-mile system opens in December 2008…”
Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic
March 24, 2007 – 10:31 am
Tucson’s modern streetcar project… is approaching the end of its gestation period… The City Council is scheduled to vote March 27 on what is called “the locally preferred alternative route.”
The route begins near Helen Street and Campbell Avenue, just south of University Medical Center. It will head south on Cherry Avenue to Second Street and […]
As of March 2007. From Amtrak timetables and from Open Road Tours ( www.openroadtours.com )
Condensed Schedules, Amtrak Arizona Service & Connections
Grand Canyon Railway
Open Road Tours
Amtrak Southwest Chief #3
Greyhound
Greyhound
Amtrak Southwest Chief #4
Open Road Tours
Grand Canyon Railway
3:15 PM
Chicago
3:20 PM
10:55 PM
Kansas City
7:26 AM
3:55 PM
Albuquerque
12:55 PM
4:30 PM
lv
Phoenix Sky Harbor
10:30 AM
5:00 PM
Phx Metro Ctr. Transit
10:10 AM
6:00 PM
Cordes Jct.
9:00 AM
6:30 […]
from the The Business Journal of Phoenix - March 16, 2007; by Mike Sunnucks.
Gov. Janet Napolitano’s pursuit of a possible commuter rail line between Phoenix and Tucson is facing skepticism about its financial and practical viability.
Napolitano ordered the Arizona Department of Transportation to study possible rail and transit lines throughout the state, including routes between […]
