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Tempe Election Results; Hallman, Mitchell call for Rail

March 15, 2008 – 11:43 am

According to the East Valley Tribune (see full story in the 15 March edition):
Mayor Hugh Hallman’s re-election was practically assured before the polls opened… Hallman, the only mayoral candidate on the ballot, received 12,839 votes, according to the official results…
Hallman, in an Arizona Republic Election Question Special, said:
…we need to continue our lead in moving […]

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Light rail could move closer to south Tempe, Ahwatukee

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 […]

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Ten Years of Progress

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 […]

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