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	<title>Arizona Rail Passenger Association &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Phoenix unveils design of Sky Train cars for Sky Harbor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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by Jahna Berry &#8211; May. 26, 2010
The Arizona Republic
Phoenix revealed the design of the train cars that will transport millions of passengers around Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Under a $260 million contract with a Canadian firm, Bombardier Transportation Holdings USA, Bombardier will design and build 18 train cars
and a maintenance facility&#8230;
Each car is 36.5 feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mesa to expand METRO, extend its downtown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the East Valley Tribune:
Mesa has struggled for years to make its  mile-long downtown vibrant, but a new light rail segment is triggering  calls to extend the city&#8217;s urban core by several miles.
Key city officials say  they want to expand the downtown-style streetscape at least two miles to  the west, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona planners envision new role, routes for light rail</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full story by Sean Holstege in the Arizona Republic, 14 April 2010

Changing demographics, ridership patterns point to different lines in future
Regional planners are mapping new light-rail lines in places that were inconceivable a few years ago, as they grapple with how urban Arizona takes shape in the coming half-century.
Preliminary studies show that sufficient demand will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commuter-rail system envisioned for Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/commuter-rail-system-envisioned-for-valley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enough people would board a train in the Valley&#8217;s suburbs that a future commuter-rail system would be as popular as some of the busiest lines in the West, new studies have found.
A trio of yearlong rail studies, in nearly final form, indicates commuter rail could carry almost 18,000 passengers a day by 2030. Planners at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surprise buys land for a park-and-ride lot</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/surprise-buys-land-for-a-park-and-ride-lot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 10:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lily Leung reports in May 29, 2009&#8242;s Arizona Republic &#8211;
Surprise&#8217;s strategic placement of a park-and-ride lot near a railway stretching from downtown Phoenix to Wickenburg is the first heartbeat in an ongoing effort to bring commuter-rail service to the Valley&#8230;
The Surprise City Council on Thursday voted unanimously to pay&#8230; for land on the southeastern corner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson orders modern streetcars</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 10:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Tucson in late May ordered seven modern streetcars from Oregon Iron Works (www.oriron.com), the first American company in sixty years to manufacture one. The company, in Clackamas, Oregon, has received orders both from Portland and now Tucson. The company, founded in 1944, builds bridges and military patrol craft; and especially because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METRO adds permanent weekend Owl service</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-adds-permanent-weekend-owl-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX: &#8220;Metro will start late night service on weekends in July&#8230; [using] some of the savings that cities accrued when the feds paid back early&#8230; [this is about double the cost of] Owl trains&#8230; about $256,000 a year&#8230; Metro won’t run a one-year experiment. [Huzzah!] Late trains will be part of service from now on. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2009 Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/march-2009-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2009/march-2009-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 2009 Newsletter (PDF)
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		<title>Plans to expand light rail progress</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/plans-to-expand-light-rail-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A plan to link south Tempe and parts of Chandler to the 20-mile light-rail starter line that weaves west from Mesa through Tempe and Phoenix is inching closer to completion&#8230;
The Tempe South Corridor Study is part of a two-year analysis of which routes and mass-transit options would offer the best connection to the current light-rail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ARPA on the TIME Initiative</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/time-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Association&#8217;s Board, after reading this November&#8217;s ballot initiative, believes that its provisions for transportation improvements are consistent with the goal of improved rail passenger service and public transit in Arizona. We suggest that our members carefully consider the costs and benefits of the entire initiative.
The measure would create a fund, estimated at about $42 [...]]]></description>
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