Advertise with Googlier.com Rail | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Wed, 09 May 2018 14:08:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Rail | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Report blames national parks maintenance backlog on Congress https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:39:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64462 Congress is letting maintenance backlogs grow in national parks like the Grand Canyon while continuing to add new sites that the National Park Service cannot afford to maintain, a report Tuesday charged.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/feed/ 1 64462 Rail and roads https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/the-iarizona-committee-headed-by-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-hopes-to-boost-arizonas-status-as-a-transportation-hub/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/28/the-iarizona-committee-headed-by-mesa-mayor-scott-smith-hopes-to-boost-arizonas-status-as-a-transportation-hub/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:24:09 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64394 The iArizona Committee is headed by Mesa Mayor Scott Smith and backed by a broad coalition of local politicians, construction contractors and business interests. Their ultimate goal is to boost Arizona’s economy and status as a transportation hub connecting Los Angeles, Dallas and Mexico, as well as linking Arizona’s manufacturing and economic hubs to one another.

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]]> Coalition hopes to boost Arizona’s status as a transportation hub Business and political leaders are in the early stages of an initiative to address the state’s transportation infrastructure needs. The...

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]]> State transportation planners have narrowed potential routes for a proposed new rail passenger line between Phoenix and Tucson to three alternatives. All three routes would run along Interstate 10 south...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/10/arizona-narrows-options-for-tucson-phoenix-rail/feed/ 0 61116 Interest group: High-speed rail would create jobs, relieve traffic congestion https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/12/02/interest-group-high-speed-rail-would-create-jobs-relieve-traffic-congestion/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/12/02/interest-group-high-speed-rail-would-create-jobs-relieve-traffic-congestion/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:23:40 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2010/12/02/interest-group-high-speed-rail-would-create-jobs-relieve-traffic-congestion/ A high-speed rail line between Phoenix and Tucson would create jobs and relieve traffic congestion, an interest group contends.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/12/02/interest-group-high-speed-rail-would-create-jobs-relieve-traffic-congestion/feed/ 1 31960 UP to restart track projects in Calif. and Arizona https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/11/up-to-restart-track-projects-in-calif-and-arizona/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/11/up-to-restart-track-projects-in-calif-and-arizona/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:16:58 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=30246 Union Pacific Railroad says it is restarting track improvement projects in California and Arizona that were put on hold because of the recession.

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]]> Union Pacific Railroad says it is restarting track improvement projects in California and Arizona that were put on hold because of the recession. The railroad says it will spend about...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/11/up-to-restart-track-projects-in-calif-and-arizona/feed/ 0 30246 Light rail ridership increases despite peak service reductions https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/04/light-rail-ridership-increases-despite-peak-service-reductions/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/04/light-rail-ridership-increases-despite-peak-service-reductions/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:52:40 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=30035 More people are using Valley Metro’s light rail system to get to work, classes and leisure activities in 2010 than they did last year, even with budget cutbacks that caused service reductions in late July.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_30036" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Approximately one million more people rode the Metro light rail the first half of this year than the corresponding period last year. Light rail spokeswoman Hillary...

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