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| Tucson Modern Streetcar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began Operation: 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route Miles: 3.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stops: 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Org: Transit Agency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schedule: Daily | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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City of Tucson is currently constructing a 3.9 mile long modern
streetcar line that will connect the Arizona
Health Sciences Center, University
of Arizona, University
Main Gate Square, 4th
Avenue Shopping District, Downtown
Tucson and the Mercado
District development area. More than 125,000 people live, work and
reside along the route. Seven vehicles have been purchased to serve the
line which will have headways of between 10 and 20 minutes. The project
is co-managed by the City of Tucson and the Regional Transportation
Authority (RTA). Costs are estimated at $196.8 million, including the
maintenance facility, vehicles and other supporting facilities. Funding
is a combination of local and federal, details of which are provided on
this project
background page. Streetcar operations first returned to Tucson in 1993 in the form of the Old Pueblo Trolley vintage trolley operation. This volunteer-based effort operated three days a week until 2011 on a 1.1 mile route along University Blvd. and 4th Avenue. In the summer of 2009, work was completed on a 0.45 mile extension of the south end of the line, bringing the tracks under a rebuilt railroad underpass and around a short loop in the downtown area. The new streetcar line will use much of this same route (and more), and how the heritage trolley operations will be integrated once the new line is built is still under discussion. In 2006, Tucson completed a major transit investment study for its urban core, and in January of that year the mayor and city council unanimously approved the concept of building a modern streetcar line. Shortly thereafter voters approved a half-cent sales tax to help fund transit improvements. The project received a $63M TIGER grant in 2011.
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April
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