Road and speed restrictions remain along Central Avenue… but Metro light rail officials say that will soon end.A ceremony Tuesday marked the last of the concrete poured and rail installed along the 20-mile line…
The [line] is expected to be complete by the end of the year, with trains running Dec. 27.
Rick Simonetta, CEO of Metro light rail, proudly told the group: “We are on time and we are on budget.”
Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic
| 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 Ginn of the City of Tucson DOT will present the current status of planning for the Tucson Modern Streetcar line approved by voters in 2006. ARPA President Rob Bohannan will tell us of the current discussions at the state level for Tucson-Phoenix passenger trains. We will also hear an update on Phoenix’s light rail which will open by the end of this year.
After the meeting, you may visit the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum with a ride on the Old Pueblo Trolley streetcar.
Please call 520.326.1828 to RSVP. No charge for ARPA Members; non-members may request luncheon menu.
ARPA’s March 2008 newsletter is now available for download.
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… Sean Horan, a Phoenix community activist said Thomas Road in Maryvale was ruled out as an alternative too early… “We are basically saying that rather than create a new service on I-10, where demand is limited to rush hour, they should be considering upgrading existing bus lines with high capacity rail-based transit in Maryvale,” Horan said.
Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic
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’ Transit Commission Meeting at 302 N. 1st Ave., Phoenix.
The public is invited to three public open houses to discuss seven proposed routes for DASH, which operates 6:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m. throughout the downtown corridor.
If you have questions or comments about the proposed DASH routes e-mail pubtrans@phoenix.gov, with “DASH Re-Do” in the subject, or call 602-262-7242.
The three options, including Option 3 which would serve Jackson St. in front of Union Station, are at: http://phoenix.gov/PUBLICTRANSIT/newdash.html
