March 15, 2008 – 11:35 am
Commentary by Joel Nilsson, 21 February 2008:
Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs and the City Council have an extraordinary ambitious priority for this year — the rebirth and revitalization of Glendale Avenue into a true urban village, where people live and work…
I was disappointed that Mayor Scruggs failed to mention light rail in her talk. I […]
Plans to build a $1.1 billion automated train system [link: Sky Harbor site] for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are moving full steam ahead, says Jay DeWitt, special projects administrator for the automated train.
The driverless, 4.8-mile system is supposed to ease traffic congestion around Sky Harbor. It’s similar to trains at Dallas/Fort Worth and […]
December 31, 2007 – 7:38 am
from the Arizona Republic, 5 December 2008
South Tempe, Ahwatukee and west Chandler could get a little closer to light rail if a new Tempe South Corridor Study shows it would relieve increasingly heavy north-south traffic…
The study will examine transportation needs of the area between Priest Drive and Loop 101, and downtown Tempe and the Santan […]
December 14, 2007 – 12:38 pm
Scottsdale will join the group that oversees the Valley’s light-rail plans in order to pursue future study of running a transit system up Scottsdale Road.The City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to become the seventh city to be part of Valley Metro Rail, or METRO, despite hearing from a number of residents opposing the city’s […]
December 11, 2007 – 7:05 am
Tempe, December, 2007 — Ten years almost to the day after the 1997 Arizona Rail Passenger Association Awards Dinner, and a special train from the Arizona Railway Museum, the new Valley Metro Rail line (second photo) is nearly ready for its first service
The 1997 train was the very last train ever to operate on the […]
