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	<title>Arizona Rail Passenger Association</title>
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	<description>Let's Get Arizona On Track To The Future</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Town of Maricopa offsers Bus to Downtown Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/town-of-maricopa-offsers-bus-to-downtown-phoenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The town of Maricopa is now connected to Downtown Phoenix by two daily round-trips of the &#8220;Maricopa Xpress.&#8221;
For now, buses whiz past Chandler, Ahwatukee, and Tempe and only stop in downtown Phoenix, but it&#8217;s a great start.
News on the Town of Maricopa site
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		<title>Coalition calls for new tax for road, rail, transit</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/coalition-calls-for-new-tax-for-road-rail-transit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/coalition-calls-for-new-tax-for-road-rail-transit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8230;
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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Arizona ARPA Membership Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/southern-arizona-arpa-membership-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/southern-arizona-arpa-membership-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[[ 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 2008 Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/march-2008-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/march-2008-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ARPA&#8217;s March 2008 newsletter is now available for download.
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		<title>Group wants Light Rail on Thomas, not in I-10</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/group-wants-light-rail-on-thomas-not-in-i-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/group-wants-light-rail-on-thomas-not-in-i-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Light Rail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Republic, 15 April 2008
The Phoenix City Council is scheduled to vote Wednesday to put rapid transit along I-10 west between I-17 and the Desert Sky Mall&#8230; Sean Horan, a Phoenix community activist said Thomas Road in Maryvale was ruled out as an alternative too early&#8230; &#8220;We are basically saying that rather than create a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix to update DASH for light rail</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/phoenix-to-update-dash-for-light-rail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/phoenix-to-update-dash-for-light-rail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Light Rail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The Phoenix Public Transit Department is making changes to DASH, the free downtown circulator, and public input is requested. A public hearing will be conducted on all of the proposed routes on April 3, at the Citizens&#8217; Transit Commission Meeting at 302 N. 1st Ave., Phoenix.
The public is invited to three public open houses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metro keeps light-rail schedule simple</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/metro-keeps-light-rail-schedule-simple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/metro-keeps-light-rail-schedule-simple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Arizona Republic, 24 March 2008:
  				To get people to ride the upcoming light-rail system, Metro is attempting to keep the schedule easy, frequent and on time.
Metro has announced the light-rail trains will run every 10 minutes from sunrise to sunset on weekdays, every 20 minutes other times during the week, every 15 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sky Harbor set to begin train project</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/sky-harbor-set-to-begin-train-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/sky-harbor-set-to-begin-train-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Republic, 23 March 2008
 When crews put the final touches on light rail this year, the airport will embark on its own epic train project.
In early April, workers will start building a $1.1 billion, 4.8-mile automated train system that will whisk passengers around Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
Rest of the story in the Arizona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Congressman Touts Benefits of Light Rail</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/ore-congressman-touts-benefits-of-light-rail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/ore-congressman-touts-benefits-of-light-rail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Casey Newton, a reporter covering Phoenix City Hall (as the &#8220;Hall Pass blog&#8221;) for The Arizona Republic, recently interviewed [full article link] Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a Democratic congressman from Oregon.  A few highlights:
Hall Pass: You&#8217;ve advocated for light rail in Phoenix for years. What do you make of what you see?
Blumenauer: The thing I’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tempe Election Results; Hallman, Mitchell call for Rail</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/tempe-election-results-hallman-mitchell-call-for-rail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/tempe-election-results-hallman-mitchell-call-for-rail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the East Valley Tribune (see full story in the 15 March edition):
Mayor Hugh Hallman&#8217;s re-election was practically assured before the polls opened&#8230; Hallman, the only mayoral candidate on the ballot, received 12,839 votes, according to the official results&#8230;
Hallman, in an Arizona Republic Election Question Special, said:
&#8230;we need to continue our lead in moving [...]]]></description>
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