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/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/tucson-tempe-get-behind-trolley-idea/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/tucson-tempe-get-behind-trolley-idea/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 15:07:15 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=637 by Sean Holstege – May. 11, 2010 The Arizona Republic …modern, electrified streetcars are making a comeback around the country, including in Arizona. In February, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Tucson a $63 million grant to help build a 4-mile streetcar line linking the University of Arizona and downtown. Arizona’s second-largest city beat out hundreds of competitors [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/tucson-tempe-get-behind-trolley-idea/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2009/tucson-orders-modern-streetcars/ http://www.azrail.org/2009/tucson-orders-modern-streetcars/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 10:23:19 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=548 The City of Tucson in late May ordered seven modern streetcars from Oregon Iron Works (www.oriron.com), the first American company in sixty years to manufacture one. The company, in Clackamas, Oregon, has received orders both from Portland and now Tucson. The company, founded in 1944, builds bridges and military patrol craft; and especially because of [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2009/tucson-orders-modern-streetcars/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/scottsdale-light-rail-not-ruled-out/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/scottsdale-light-rail-not-ruled-out/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:09:08 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/scottsdale-light-rail-not-ruled-out/ by Brian Powell, East Valley Tribune, 17 October 2007 A new report concludes that light rail, modern streetcar and bus rapid transit should all still be considered along Scottsdale Road through downtown… The eagerly anticipated high-capacity transit feasibility study, released by the city on Tuesday, says the three options should be studied further… if light rail is [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/scottsdale-light-rail-not-ruled-out/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/tucson-set-to-approve-streetcar-route/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/tucson-set-to-approve-streetcar-route/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:31:46 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/tucson-set-to-approve-streetcar-route/ Tucson’s modern streetcar project… is approaching the end of its gestation period… The City Council is scheduled to vote March 27 on what is called “the locally preferred alternative route.” The route begins near Helen Street and Campbell Avenue, just south of University Medical Center. It will head south on Cherry Avenue to Second Street and [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/tucson-set-to-approve-streetcar-route/feed/ 0