Arizona Republic: “The coalition of 17 agencies, including Surprise, Maricopa Association of Governments and BNSF Railway, wants to put passenger trains on freight lines and link to other modes of transportation, such as light rail and buses. . . . The Wittmann-Queen Creek corridor, which combines two routes, is forecast to bring 10,000 [...]
Pretend you are on the board of directors of a government owned transit system called NJT. Times are tough and money is tight. The board must make some hard decisions that are in the best interest of NJT and the public it serves to deal with the shortage of money. The governor [...]
If you ride the Phoenix area light rail, watch out for the train police. The Phoenix area light rail works on the honor system. To date, there is no system in place to take tickets or insure that riders have paid or are riding on a pass. It’s the honor system. There may [...]
The Arizona Republic has a story today that because the City of Phoenix’ severe money problems, it is considering reducing service during peak hours to “save” money. The City Council may vote to reduce light rail service during its busiest times so it can continue service during its least busiest times. Final say [...]
The Phoenix rail huggers lead by Mayor Phil Gordon desperately want to extend the light rail system to the number one most visited site in Arizona, which site was some how overlooked by the nit-wits who planned the initial 20 mile long $1.4 billion Phoenix-Tempe-Mesa light rail system. Today the federal government laid [...]
There is a segment of the United States (and Europe too) that loves the railroad and cannot get enough of it. They love light rail, “regular” rail, high speed rail. Sometimes the rail lovers like monorail, which is true of the voters of Nevada ten years ago when they approved a $650 million [...]
Phoenix Business Journal: “The Metro light rail and CBS Outdoor, which is running advertising sales for the transportation network, have nabbed their first contract since CBS took over the work in October. A wrapped train touting Grand Canyon University will makes its debut this Sunday and run for six months. The contract value has not [...]
Phoenix is $242 million in the red, but that number does not include the $300 million it owes on the $600 million new and expanded Phoenix Convention Center. Arizona Republic: “City Manager David Cavazos proposed shutting down senior centers, libraries and sports complexes, and laying off hundreds of police officers and firefighters for [...]
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