Tucson ― Transportation Plan OKd

Rail Transit Online, June 2006

Voters overwhelmingly approved a Regional Transportation Plan and half-percent sales tax increase to finance it.  The measure will primarily pay for road and sidewalk construction, capacity improvements and expanded bus service.  The only rail component is a four-mile (6.4 km), $87.7-million modern streetcar starter line from the University Medical Center, through the University of Arizona campus and downtown to the Rio Nuevo master plan area.  However, the sales tax will only provide the local share; significant federal funding will be required to get the project moving.