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Commuter Rail Planning Commuter Rail Planning | Commuter Rail Strategic Plan | Commuter Rail System Study
Commuter Rail: Grand Avenue (BNSF) | Commuter Rail: Yuma-West (UPRR) | Commuter Rail Stakeholders In the Fall of 2004, the voters of Maricopa County recognized the impending growth and transportation challenges that will come to the region over the next few decades and approved Proposition 400, a balanced regional transportation plan that included additional freeway construction, road improvements, additional buses and additional light rail service. The voters also recognized a future need for commuter rail and provided money to study the feasibility of this transportation mode for a continuously growing region. Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) initiated a Commuter Rail Strategic Planning effort for all of to define the requirements and steps that will need to be followed for Maricopa and northern Pinal Counties to plan for and potentially implement commuter rail service. The one-year planning and stakeholder coordination process commenced in February 2007 and began with the formation of a Commuter Rail Stakeholders Group (CRSG), which provided comment on, and help shaped, major policy recommendations for implementing commuter rail in the study area. The CRSG consisted of public and private agencies and entities with interest in determining how to implement Commuter Rail services in the region. From the Commuter Rail Strategic Plan came a dedicated group of stakeholders from across the region that provided impetus to further develop efforts to bring commuter rail to the region. Accordingly, MAG commissioned three additional planning studies: Systems Study, Grand Avenue Corridor Study and Yuma West Corridor Study. These three studies are underway and are expected to wrap-up in Spring 2010. |
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