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	<title>Arizona Rail Passenger Association &#187; metro</title>
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	<description>Let's Get Arizona On Track To The Future</description>
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		<title>Mesa to expand METRO, extend its downtown</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2010/mesa-to-expand-metro-extend-its-downtown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the East Valley Tribune:
Mesa has struggled for years to make its  mile-long downtown vibrant, but a new light rail segment is triggering  calls to extend the city&#8217;s urban core by several miles.
Key city officials say  they want to expand the downtown-style streetscape at least two miles to  the west, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona planners envision new role, routes for light rail</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2010/arizona-planners-envision-new-role-routes-for-light-rail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2010/arizona-planners-envision-new-role-routes-for-light-rail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sensible METRO Station Names</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2010/sensible-metro-station-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposed METRO Rail Station Name Changes.
Transit systems across the world all have stations named for landmarks, to help visitors and residents find their way. If Washington DC named their stations the way the Phoenix stations are named, they would have a station called “12th Street and Independence Avenue SW” instead of “Smithsonian.”
I served as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METRO adds permanent weekend Owl service</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-adds-permanent-weekend-owl-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-adds-permanent-weekend-owl-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX: &#8220;Metro will start late night service on weekends in July&#8230; [using] some of the savings that cities accrued when the feds paid back early&#8230; [this is about double the cost of] Owl trains&#8230; about $256,000 a year&#8230; Metro won’t run a one-year experiment. [Huzzah!] Late trains will be part of service from now on. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Closing METRO for a footrace</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/on-closing-metro-for-a-footrace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Resolution of the ARPA Board of Directors, approved 2009-1-17.
On behalf of the Members of the Association the the Citizens of Arizona, ARPA opposes and finds it unacceptable to interrupt regularly scheduled rail service for marathons, parades, or similar events which transit should serve.
These events must be routed to permit regular rail operation.
(On 18 January, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METRO: 19th Avenue and Mesa Extensions</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/phoenix-plans-to-extend-light-rail-up-19th-avenue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction on the 3.2-mile northwest extension of the Metro light rail line could start by April if everything goes according to plan.
The only caveat is the price tag, which won’t be known until late January or early February&#8230;
[Meanwhile in Mesa]
&#8230;Although the final reports have yet to be written, Mesa is leaning toward extending the light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>90,000 riders ride METRO on first day</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/90000-riders-ride-metro-on-first-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2009/90000-riders-ride-metro-on-first-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ninety thousand people showed up on opening day Saturday as Metro light rail made its debut through Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe.
Curious crowds were out Sunday as well, helping push toward Metro’s prediction of nearly 200,000 riders on the rail line’s first weekend, said Hillary Foose, Metro’s public information officer, who was in the middle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun Devil Stadium on METRO opening weekend</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-opening-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-opening-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LRV 114B leads a westbound train out of the Tempe Transportation Center. Marc Pearsall photo
Opening weekend&#8217;s popularity is evident in this photo of METRO light rail in Tempe, Arizona. December 27-28, 2008 saw over 150,000 riders try out the new 20-mile train service linking Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa.
Here, LRV 114B leads a westbound train out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>METRO Photos by Ted Miley</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-photos-miley/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2009/metro-photos-miley/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Awaiting departure from the park-and-ride station at Route 101
METRO LRV passes Sun Devil Stadium, 4 January 2009. Ted Miley, photo
Even after the free period which ended New Years Eve, METRO trains are carrying good loads. Here we see a train passing Sun Devil Stadium, outside the confusingly named &#8220;6th &#38; Veterans Way&#8221; station.

Crossing Tempe Town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix Light Rail Opening, 27 December</title>
		<link>http://www.azrail.org/2008/phoenix-light-rail-opening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.azrail.org/2008/phoenix-light-rail-opening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:24:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>wlindley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come to Phoenix, Tempe, or Mesa for the Grand Opening of Valley Metro&#8217;s METRO Rail (Wikipedia article).  The line begins operation at 8am on Saturday, 27 December 2008.
On display at 3d Street and Jefferson will be historic Phoenix Streetcar #116 (see the Phoenix Trolley Museum site).
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