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Study [says] Tempe a busy hub for Chandler residents

April 30, 2008 – 7:10 am

Tempe is more of a hub for Chandler residents than officials thought.Mike Normand, Chandler transportation planning manager, said he was surprised by a recent consultant’s report that estimates more than 15,000 people from west and central Chandler drive to Arizona State University every day and more than 60,000 make a daily Chandler-to-Tempe trip for business, [...]

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Coalition calls for new tax for road, rail, transit

April 29, 2008 – 10:16 am

State estimates project that by 2015, transportation funding will decline to the point that much of the state will only be able to maintain and preserve existing roadways…
The assessment is at the heart of a new planning document identifying nearly $42.6 billion worth of critical transportation needs. In the 21-page report, the Arizona Department of [...]

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Light-rail construction: Is the end finally near?

April 29, 2008 – 7:08 am

Road and speed restrictions remain along Central Avenue… but Metro light rail officials say that will soon end.A ceremony Tuesday marked the last of the concrete poured and rail installed along the 20-mile line…
The [line] is expected to be complete by the end of the year, with trains running Dec. 27.
Rick Simonetta, CEO of Metro [...]

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Southern Arizona ARPA Membership Meeting

April 27, 2008 – 8:35 am

[ May 10, 2008; 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. ] ARPA Members and Guests are invited to attend the Southern Arizona ARPA Membership Meeting in the Ventana Room of the Marriott University Park Hotel, 880 East 2nd Street in Tucson on Saturday, 10 May 2008.

The ARPA Board of Directors will meet at 10AM, which you are welcome to attend.

The program will begin at 12:30. Shellie [...]

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March 2008 Newsletter

April 18, 2008 – 11:49 am

ARPA’s March 2008 newsletter is now available for download.

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