Arizona Rail Passenger Association

News & Events

• News items include:
  • Today's Top Stories
  • Calendar of Current Events
  • ARPA UPDATE newsletter
  • Media Watch: Citations to articles about transportation, updated regularly. Archives back to 1991.
  • Selected Letters, reprinted in their entirety.
  • Quotable Quotes
• Memorial Awards
• Past Events

New & Improved Rail Passenger Service

• Our Blueprint for the Future: "Rail Passenger Service Goals for Arizona" October 2000
• ARPA Position on Interstate, Intrastate, and Urban Rail Transportation
• INTERCITY:
  • ARPA Seeks Direct Phoenix Rail Passenger Service (A call to reopen the "Phoenix West Line")
  • The Southwest Rail Corridor Coalition -- ARPA, TRAC, RailPAC, and NARP -- is working to bring passenger train service directly back through Valley cities and towns
• REGIONAL:
  • The Proposed Arizona Rail System
  • Phoenix-Tucson High Speed Rail
• URBAN:
  • Light Rail in metro Phoenix and Tucson
  • Public Transit in Arizona

RELATED: Reformation of Intercity Passenger Rail Links

• "A Plan To Reorganize Amtrak" from the United Rail Passenger Alliance; by Andrew C. Selden, October 2000.
• "Amtrak 90: A Route to Success," by Ronald C Sheck, 1982

Trains and Stations

• Tourist and Excursion Railroads in Arizona
• Amtrak; Special Trains; the Past and Present
• Train Stations in Arizona and the Southwest

ARPA Position Papers and White Papers

• Urban, Intra-State, and National Position Papers
• White Papers (Current and Historic)
• Program Development Committee Notes

Organization and People

• ARPA Organization
  • Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation
  • ARPA Mission and Goals
• The Board of Directors and Its Committees
• Biographies of Board Members
• In Memoriam - We Remember...

References

• Bibliography -- Our suggested book list. Make sure your local library has copies!
• Watch Your Language What's the difference between Light Rail, Heavy Rail, and Commuter Rail?
• Review, "Conservatives and Mass Transit" courtesy RailPAC review

Contacts and Other Links

• Contact Us
• Links Page
  • Contact your Elected Officials
• Search the ARPA Site

Sunset Limited Derailment Still Unsolved

Anyone with information about the October 9, 1995 Sunset Limited derailment should contact the FBI.