Bringing Transit
to the City Center

The study's goals are to provide a sustainable transportation investment within the central core that is able to:

• Connect major activity centers
• Create economic development
• Support population and employment growth
• Improve transit service
• Mitigate parking constraints

Current CLG Project Update

› view March 12, 2009 Meeting PowerPoint

› view March 12, 2009 Project Information Sheet

› view March 12, 2009 Meeting Notice

 

Locally Preferred Alternative

Modern streetcar was recommended as the locally preferred alternative (LPA) and received unanimous approval from the City of Tucson Mayor and Council in January 2006 and April 2007. Local funding for the modern streetcar project was approved as part of the successful Regional Transportation Authority Plan vote in Pima County in May 2006.

Project Timeline

The project is currently in Phase II, which includes the Environmental Assessment and Advanced Conceptual Engineering. The following is a brief summary of the project timeline:

Phase I

• Alternatives Analysis (August 2004 - May 2006)
• Locally Preferred Alternative (January 2006 and April 2007)

Phase II

• Environmental Assessment (June 2007 - December 2007)

Final Environmental Assessment & Appendices

• Advanced Conceptual Engineering (June 2007 - May 2009)

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Tucson Modern Streetcar Project.

On January 22, 2009, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) executed the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Tucson Modern Streetcar Project.   The City of Tucson, with the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), has made available the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Tucson Modern Streetcar Project. This project will implement a modern streetcar line that connects major activity centers in the central core, including downtown Tucson, the Downtown Redevelopment area, the 4th Avenue and Main Gate business districts, the University of Arizona, and the Arizona Health Sciences Center.  Local funding for this project was approved as part of the RTA vote in May 2006.

Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI)

Phase III

• Final Design and Construction (June 2009 - November 2011)
• Operation (November 2011)

 

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