SAVE THE DATE
When: Friday, September 28, 2007
7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Tempe Mission Palms
60 E. Fifth Street, Tempe, Arizona
What: Learn about commuter and high speed rail in Arizona and other western states. Speakers invited from California, Washington State, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona
Hosted by the Arizona Transit Association [...]
Author Archive for wlindley
Second Annual AzTA/ARPA/SWRC Rail Symposium: Arizona Commuter Rail
Published June 16th, 2007 in Events.The Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition is now a member of the T.I.M.E (Transportation and Infrastructure Moving Arizona’s Economy) Coalition.
The SWRC Coalition welcomes our new members,
Sonoran Institute
Copper Basin Railway
The next meeting of the Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition is set for Wednesday, June 20, 2007, 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Please provide any additions to the agenda to Jay Smyth by June 18th.
Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition Meeting
June 20, 2007
AGENDA (Draft)
New Coalition members - Jay Smyth
Gannett Fleming
Sonoran Institute [...]
Harrisburg-Philadelphia Rail Line
Phoenix-Tucson Rail Line
March 2007 – Passenger Rail Corridor Profile Comparison
Harrisburg-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phoenix-Tucson, Arizona (pre-2012)
Phoenix-Tucson, Arizona (Projected 2012)
Corridor Distance
104 miles
121 miles
121 miles
Corridor Host Railroad
Norfolk Southern Railway
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Corridor Built (date)
1834
1880-1925-1964
1880-1925-1964
Improvement Commencement
2001
N/A
2008-2012
Population in Corridor
5,800,000+
4,000,000+
5,000,000+
Daily Passenger Trains
12 weekday round trips
6 weekend round trips
Thrice Weekly Service
Tucson-Maricopa segment
7 weekday round trips
3-5 weekend round trips
Ridership (Monthly)
72,100 [...]
SWRC Coalition Core Project Team Meeting
March 22, 2007
Minutes
Present: Pearsall, Schwartz, Bohannan, Milroy, Garey and Smyth
Absent: Veidt and Herr-Cardillo
Calendar:
April 19-20, 2007 - AzTA Annual Meeting in Sedona
May TBS, 2007 - SWRC Coalition (full team) meeting in Tucson
June/July - SWRC Core Project Team meeting
Fall 2007 - SWRC/ARPA/AzTA Passenger Rail Symposium
April 2-3, [...]
Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition Meeting
January 25, 2007
Minutes
Present: Haswell (ARPA, OPT), Lindley (ARPA), Wallace (MAG), Leister (CAAG), Pearsall (ADOT), Gobelle (PB Americas), Dorwart (Stantec), Milroy (Gannett Fleming), Thomas (self), Preising (ARPA), Collins (HDR), Singelakis (Tucson DOT), Caywood (ARPA, OPT), and Smyth (Coordinator). Plus three special quests: Steve Farley, Rep Dist 28, Jackie Thrasher, [...]
swrc2007brochure.pdf (2 pages, 56K, PDF)
The next meeting of the Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition is set for Thursday, January 25, 2007, 1:30 to 3:15 PM. Please provide any additions to the agenda to Jay Smyth by January 22nd.
Andrew Singelakis, Tucson Deputy Director of Transportation