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/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/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-ridership-up-buses-down/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-ridership-up-buses-down/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:19:53 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=729 A year after bus use followed gasoline prices to record highs, ridership has fallen by the millions on the Valley’s most extensive mode of public transit… While bus ridership was down, more and more commuters climbed aboard light-rail trains in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, sending ridership numbers above 12 million for fiscal [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-ridership-up-buses-down/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/arizona-planners-envision-new-role-routes-for-light-rail/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/arizona-planners-envision-new-role-routes-for-light-rail/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:33:24 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=634 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/arizona-planners-envision-new-role-routes-for-light-rail/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/sensible-metro-station-names/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/sensible-metro-station-names/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:16:48 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=622 Proposed METRO Rail Station Name Changes. METRO Red Line Bethany / Chris-Town 19th Ave & Camelback Melrose Uptown Central High Indian School Park Central Midtown Heard Museum Library Cathedral Central Station City Hall Convention Center Eastlake / 12th Street 24th Street GateWay Airport Papago Park Mill Sun Devil University Dorsey McClintock Smith-Martin Loop 101-Price Dobson Transit systems in every city in America and across the world have stations named for landmarks, to help visitors and residents find their way. If Washington DC named their [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/sensible-metro-station-names/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-arrives-in-tempe/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-arrives-in-tempe/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:32:06 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-arrives-in-tempe/ …Although Metro’s passenger service isn’t set to begin until late December, earlier this week the rail line through Tempe into Mesa saw its first train. It was a test run, one of many scheduled over the coming months…Hallman, while touting light rail as part of an integrated transportation system, took the opportunity to voice support [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-arrives-in-tempe/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2008/study-says-tempe-a-busy-hub-for-chandler-residents/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/study-says-tempe-a-busy-hub-for-chandler-residents/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:10:55 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/study-says-tempe-a-busy-hub-for-chandler-residents/ Tempe is more of a hub for Chandler residents than officials thought.Mike Normand, Chandler transportation planning manager, said he was surprised by a recent consultant’s report that estimates more than 15,000 people from west and central Chandler drive to Arizona State University every day and more than 60,000 make a daily Chandler-to-Tempe trip for business, [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/study-says-tempe-a-busy-hub-for-chandler-residents/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2008/coalition-calls-for-new-tax-for-road-rail-transit/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/coalition-calls-for-new-tax-for-road-rail-transit/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:16:57 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/coalition-calls-for-new-tax-for-road-rail-transit/ 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… 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/coalition-calls-for-new-tax-for-road-rail-transit/feed/ 0