AzRep: Put Light Rail Along Loop 101

July 14, 2007.

…Up to 10 million square feet of commercial space is in the works along Loop 101 on the Salt River Reservation…

Estimates foresee 40,000 to 60,000 people - another Scottsdale Airpark - eventually working on reservation developments. Their one way of getting there is Loop 101, already a parking lot at rush hour…

But we remain skeptical that buses alone will suffice. Transit officials continue to dismiss the idea of running a light-rail extension along Loop 101. Their attention is focused on Scottsdale Road… A route along Loop 101 would feed the northeast Valley’s two largest employment centers, which operate year-round…

rest of the story at in the Arizona Republic