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Second Annual AzTA/ARPA/SWRC Rail Symposium: Arizona Commuter Rail

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 [...]

TIME Coalition

The Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition is now a member of the T.I.M.E (Transportation and Infrastructure Moving Arizona’s Economy) Coalition.

Two new members

The SWRC Coalition welcomes our new members,

Sonoran Institute
Copper Basin Railway

20 June 2007 Meeting Agenda

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 [...]

Pennsylvania-Arizona Comparison

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 [...]

Minutes, 22 March 2007 Meeting

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, [...]

Minutes, 25 January 2007 Meeting

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, [...]

New brochure released

swrc2007brochure.pdf (2 pages, 56K, PDF)

Full Team Meeting, 25 January 2007.

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.

New member from Tucson

Andrew Singelakis, Tucson Deputy Director of Transportation