January 8, 2007 – 10:28 pm
From Governor Napolitano’s 2007 State of the State Address [PDF]
We also need to explore transportation innovations. Today, I am directing the Arizona Department of Transportation to provide for us, within the next 90 days, a list of options for mass transit – including commuter rail and light rail – so that this can be part […]
December 24, 2006 – 7:41 am
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 — Amtrak could see a ridership growth spurt of 50 percent in the next five to 10 years, but it would require billions of state and federal dollars invested in the tracks of other railroads, and millions more of private investment in passenger rail cars, the new president of the railroad said […]
November 30, 2006 – 11:39 pm
By J. Craig Anderson,East Valley Tribune
November 30, 2006
Union Pacific Railroad steamed past the only significant political barrier in its effort to build a regional switching yard 60 miles southeast of the Valley, with the Pinal County Board of Supervisors unanimously approving a crucial land-use change Wednesday.
Still, opponents of the project said they will continue efforts […]
January 6, 2006 – 10:17 am
Chris Hawley
Arizona Republic Mexico City Bureau
Jan. 6, 2006 12:00 AM MEXICO CITY - High-speed bullet trains whooshing across the Mexican countryside. Electric commuter trains slicing through Mexico City. Gleaming new train stations and state-of-the-art switching systems.
It’s all part of an ambitious, multibillion-dollar plan to revive train travel in Mexico, a business that […]
February 5, 2002 – 9:00 am
Arizona Republic 5 February 2002, by Laurence Arnold, QUOTES: “Amtrak officials have compiled a tentative list of 18 long-distance routes that could be cut this fall unless the government drastically increases the money it […]
