Peoria Eyes Significant Transportation Funding Source

By Philip Haldiman for Independent Newsmedia  A significant funding source that has generated about $4.3B in tax revenues since 2006 for transportation in Peoria and throughout Maricopa County expires in 2025, so city officials are planning to ensure they get a piece of the pie if funding is renewed.  Proposition 400, approved by 58 percent of Maricopa County voters […]

Yuma Again Seeks Hotel del Sol Grant

By Mara Knaub for Yuma Sun  Yuma officials are not giving up the dream. The city is again applying for a federal grant to convert the historic Hotel Del Sol into a multimodal transportation hub.  City Council unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the application for a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development Transportation Discretionary Grants program to complete the development of the transit […]

Mesa Ponders Transit Options

By Gary Nelson for East Valley Tribune The East Valley’s growing network of trains and trolleys could grow even more thanks to recent action by the Mesa City Council. During this spring’s round of budget discussions, the council agreed to spend $1.2M to study two possible transit projects: Extending the Tempe streetcar line into the […]