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/2010/september-2010-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/september-2010-newsletter/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:00:29 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=747 Available here (PDF). Highlights: ARPA Adopts Resolution to Support Daily Sunset Service Volunteers Needed: McCormick Park Rail Fair- Scottsdale – Oct. 9 and 10 CityCircles Web Site for Metro LRT Users Light Rail in Freeway Medians?  Not Really a Good Idea by John Gale More Volunteers Needed: Let’s Rejuvenate ARPA! by President Rob Bohannan ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/september-2010-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2009/october-2009-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2009/october-2009-newsletter/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:24:50 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=579 Now available 2009-10 Newsletter (PDF) ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2009/october-2009-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2009/200906-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2009/200906-newsletter/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:25:23 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=554 ARPA’s 25th Anniversary! Our June newsletter is available here (PDF) ARPA at 25 — President Rob Bohannan METRO ridership report Daily service on the Sunset Corridor? Ponderings on Arizona Service — John Gale City of Surprise buys Land for Commuter Rail station Tucson orders Streetcars New Mexico Rail Runner strong BNSF: Passenger Rail Principles High Speed Rail Projects Update — Noel Braymer, RailPAC Simple Ways [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2009/200906-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2008/august-2008-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/august-2008-newsletter/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:52:07 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=445 Download the 200807 Newsletter (PDF).  Highlights: ARPA on the TIME Initiative Rediscover the Coast Starlight: Amtrak re-launches service METRO Rail runs first train through downtown Phoenix What about the Sunset Limited between New Orleans and Jacksonville? (Bruce Richardson, URPA) New Charlotte, North Carolina light rail line doubles ridership projections An analysis of the Phoenix Light Rail System (John Gale) Valley Metro donates [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/august-2008-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2008/may-2008-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/may-2008-newsletter/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:06:42 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/may-2008-newsletter/ Now available online: 200805.pdf Among the contents: Regional Rail Making Progress: MAG Moves Forward on Commuter Rail AzTA Meeting in Tucson: a report by Jay Smyth ARPA and Phoenix Trolley Museum Members Tour METRO Operations & Maintenance Facility A Guide To Directions for Passenger Rail in Arizona (with map) Seligman “Harvey House” Slated to be Demolished Salt Lake City Joins Commuter Rail [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/may-2008-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2008/march-2008-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/march-2008-newsletter/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:49:52 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/march-2008-newsletter/ ARPA’s March 2008 newsletter is now available for download. ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/march-2008-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2006/read-the-autumn-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2006/read-the-autumn-newsletter/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:40:41 +0000 azrail http://www.azrail.org/2006/read-the-autumn-newsletter/ The Autumn 2006 Arizona Rail Passenger Review is now available for free download! ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2006/read-the-autumn-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2006/spring-2006-newsletter/ http://www.azrail.org/2006/spring-2006-newsletter/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:50:53 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2006/spring-2006-newsletter/ Now available for download: spring-2006.pdf ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2006/spring-2006-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1999/1999-commuter-rail-wrapup/ http://www.azrail.org/1999/1999-commuter-rail-wrapup/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 1999 06:13:16 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1999/1999-commuter-rail-wrapup/ Speaking of Dallas, here is their Summer, 1999 ridership report: Total ridership for FY 98 was 85.7 million, a 15.8 million (28%) increase over FY 97 and 37.2 million (76.6%) increase over FY96. Bus ridership during the second quarter of FY99 was 11.6 million–a 6.7% gain over the second quarter of FY98. The increasing accessibility of DART’s fixed [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1999/1999-commuter-rail-wrapup/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/1999/november-1999-presidents-letter/ http://www.azrail.org/1999/november-1999-presidents-letter/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 1999 06:09:51 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/1999/november-1999-presidents-letter/ We owe a debt of gratitude to Bob Hart, a longtime active ARPA member, for his role in the inaugural session of the Silver Hair Legislature, a group which hopes to influence action in the State House. Under Bob’s guidance, the Silver Hair Legislature adopted a resolution that the Governor’s Office should, as its first [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/1999/november-1999-presidents-letter/feed/ 0