http://www.azrail.org Let's Get Arizona On Track To The Future Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:21:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.azrail.org/2011/tempe-modern-streetcar-open-house/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/tempe-modern-streetcar-open-house/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:03:01 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=809 Open house to review Tempe Streetcar track and stop locations METRO and the city of Tempe invite you to attend an open house to review and comment on stop locations and street configurations for the 2.6-mile Tempe Streetcar project being developed for the Mill Avenue corridor. The meeting will be conducted in an open house format [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/tempe-modern-streetcar-open-house/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2011/rail-system-definitely-makes-sense/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/rail-system-definitely-makes-sense/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:01:14 +0000 rhb http://www.azrail.org/?p=792 Published in Opinion, The Arizona Republic, 2011-04-04 Robert H. Bohannan, Phoenix In his Wednesday letter “Rail-system plan makes no sense here,” Roy Miller asserts that “socialist central planners” want to “force us out of our cars and on to mass transit.” Who, if not planners, does Miller think is responsible for the freeways? A society without planning is [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/rail-system-definitely-makes-sense/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-metro-march-2011-ridership/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-metro-march-2011-ridership/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:13:48 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=789 The Phoenix trolley (“light rail”) system had a good March even as weekday ridership declined slightly. Saturdays now see as many riders as weekdays did at the system’s opening, and Sunday ridership is nearly at the originally-projected weekday levels. Phoenicians are using the trolleys not just as “commuter trains” but as all-day-long trolleys for school, [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-metro-march-2011-ridership/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2011/dallas-tests-battery-power-streetcar/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/dallas-tests-battery-power-streetcar/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:26:24 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=777 DALLAS, 8 March 2011 — One of the streetcars being considered by the City of Dallas took a test drive on DART Rail tracks March 8, transporting DART officials and news media between Akard, Victory and Baylor University Medical Center stations. The ameriTRAMâ„¢ prototype is manufactured by Kinkisharyo, the maker of DART’s [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/dallas-tests-battery-power-streetcar/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2011/how-a-metro-green-line-might-look/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/how-a-metro-green-line-might-look/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:39:27 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=771 Click above to see how METRO on Thomas Road would complement the existing line (shown as the Red Line, for the bus it replaced). These are example stations only, but are representative of the areas the train would serve. For complete detail, see John Gale’s article, “METRO should be on Thomas, not I-10″. ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/how-a-metro-green-line-might-look/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2011/metro-should-be-on-thomas-not-i-10/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/metro-should-be-on-thomas-not-i-10/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:06:25 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=768 The issues here are: Light Rail along I-10 is a bad idea. Light Rail should, whenever possible, follow arterial streets. In lieu of I-10 and in light of #2 we propose Thomas Road. Light Rail could follow Thomas Road all the way, or an alternative route to Glendale, or both. Getting across I-17 and Grand/BNSF are challenging, and will probably [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/metro-should-be-on-thomas-not-i-10/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/phoenix-light-rail-expansion-plans-prove-divisive/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/phoenix-light-rail-expansion-plans-prove-divisive/#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:13:11 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=765 Phoenix activist opposes proposed route for western extension Arizona Republic, 2010-12-09 A Phoenix man is hoping to derail Metro light rail’s plans to lay track through his neighborhood as part of an 11-mile extension to the city’s west side. John Maurin, who has lived in the St. Matthew neighborhood north of the state Capitol for all of [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/phoenix-light-rail-expansion-plans-prove-divisive/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/mesa-metro-extension-open-house-2010-12-10/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/mesa-metro-extension-open-house-2010-12-10/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2010 13:03:38 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=762 METRO Press Release – Draft Environmental Assessment Available for Review One opportunity to review is a public meeting on Dec. 10, 2010 METRO and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) have prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) report for the Central Mesa extension of light rail on Main Street to Mesa Drive in accordance with [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/mesa-metro-extension-open-house-2010-12-10/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/transit-in-highway-medians/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/transit-in-highway-medians/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:24:47 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=751 By John J. Gale Imagine standing in the middle of a freeway as cars, trucks and motorcycles rush by on either side. Maybe you have experienced this if you have waited for a train at an in-median station. I have in LA on the Metro Green Line which is located in the median [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/transit-in-highway-medians/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-close-to-recommendation-for-tempe-south-expansion/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-close-to-recommendation-for-tempe-south-expansion/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:45:59 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=743 [ September 23, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Talk of the Tempe South expansion plans has been going on since before METRO light rail opened in December of 2008. Since then, we have seen a ton of changes and have seen transit ridership continue to evolve in the area. On September 23rd, METRO will present their “preliminary staff recommendations” for the Tempe South [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-close-to-recommendation-for-tempe-south-expansion/feed/ 0