Arizona Rail Passenger Association

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 pursuit of light rail or modern streetcars…“We need to be part of the policy discussion and know what other cities are doing,” Mayor Mary Manross said. “At the end of the day, we are connected to neighbors.”

Rest of the story in the East Valley Tribune, 13 December 2007.