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/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/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/light-rail-system-test-brings-mixed-reactions/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-system-test-brings-mixed-reactions/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 14:15:14 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-system-test-brings-mixed-reactions/ Light rail made its Tempe debut Wednesday and drew public reactions varying from disgust to delight. A single train crossed Town Lake shortly after 1 p.m. and was tested throughout the afternoon along the rail track that cuts through downtown Tempe, across Mill Avenue and near Wells Fargo Arena. Rest of the story in the Arizona Republic ]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/light-rail-system-test-brings-mixed-reactions/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/tempe-election-results-hallman-mitchell-call-for-rail/ http://www.azrail.org/2008/tempe-election-results-hallman-mitchell-call-for-rail/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:43:10 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2008/tempe-election-results-hallman-mitchell-call-for-rail/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2008/tempe-election-results-hallman-mitchell-call-for-rail/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/light-rail-could-move-closer-to-south-tempe-ahwatukee/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/light-rail-could-move-closer-to-south-tempe-ahwatukee/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:38:46 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/light-rail-could-move-closer-to-south-tempe-ahwatukee/ from the Arizona Republic, 5 December 2007 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/light-rail-could-move-closer-to-south-tempe-ahwatukee/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/ten-years-of-progress/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/ten-years-of-progress/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:05:53 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/ten-years-of-progress/ 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 [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/ten-years-of-progress/feed/ 0