Letters and other Contributions

2001

• When Should A City Build a Rail Transit System? 12 February 2002
• Comment on Closing of Phoenix Station 12 October 2001
• Light Rail at the Grand Canyon 14 April 2001
• More Transportation Options 21 March 2001
• Citizens Deserve Good transportation to Show Off Treasure -- Grand Canyon 2 March 2001

2000

• 2000 President's Report. 1 December 2000.
• Letter to Chandler Mayor Tibshraeny by William Lindley, 30 November 2000.
• Do Trains Relieve Highway Congestion? by William Lindley, 31 October 2000.
• In Support of Expansion of "Copper Square", 20 October 2000.
• "Trains Best for Canyon" Letter by William Lindley, The Arizona Republic, 1 August 2000
• "Price is going up" Letter by William Lindley, The Arizona Republic, 15 February 2000, page B6.

1999

• Robert Barber on Light Rail (printed in The Arizona Republic letters, 10 June 1999)
• Dick Thomas on Phoenix's Transit Future -- a response to The Arizona Republic editorials of February 18 and 19, 1999

1998

• Regarding pending announcement of a new Amtrak CEO: Andrew Selden's memo to the All-Aboard mailing list, 21 December 1998
• Regarding the Maricopa Depot. Rob Bohannan to George Warrington of Amtrak, August 13, 1998.
• Phoenix Service -- Options. Rob Bohannan to Lee Bullock, Amtrak Intercity, May 27, 1998
• "Amtrak West and Daily Sunset/Eagle" Rob Bohannan to George Warrington of Amtrak, May 27, 1998
• "Los Angeles: 100,000 People Can't be Wrong" William Lindley, May 5, 1998
• "Why Not Use Tried Methods to Relieve our Flood of Traffic?" Lloyd Clark, column: "As time goes by," Daily News-Sun, March 24, 1998.
• Opposing the Downgrading of the Phoenix West Line. ARPA President Robert Bohannan to Jolene Molitoris of the FRA
• Request to Incorporate Arizona into Amtrak West. Letter to Gil Mallery, 16 February 1998.
• Get commuter rail on track. William Lindley, as printed in The Arizona Republic, Jan. 19, 1998
• In support of an Arizona Rail Authority. Robert A Hart letter to Gov. Hull, 8 January 1998

1997

See also: Phoenix Transit Election

• "Transit: Pay up now or pay more later," by Karen Peters
  as printed in the Mesa Tribune, October 4, 1997
• ARPA Letter to Senator McCain; 4 September 1997.
• Anthony Haswell letter to Mark Cane, Amtrak; 14 August 1997.
• "Rail Passenger Association Supports Proposition One" by Michael Garey
• "Phoenix Bus System Like a Restaurant?" by William Lindley
• "Rail transit may solve Valley's transportation woes" by Bob Hart.
  As printed in the Sun Cities Independent, 18-24 June 1997.
• "Transit Letters Missed the Point" by William Lindley
  As printed in the East Mesa Independent, 4 June, 1997
• "Passenger trains viable alternative for Arizona" by Michael Garey, ARPA President
  As printed in the Mesa Tribune, 21 May 1997.
• "Costs of forsaking mass transit too high" by William Lindley
  As printed in the Mesa Tribune, 21 May 1997.
• "Dallas Light Rail system proves detractors wrong" by Dan Monaghan, Mobility Dallas
  As printed in the Arizona Republic, 19 May 1997.
• "Transit Essential to East Valley's Continuing Growth" by William Lindley and Robert Lindley Jr.
  Published as Guest Commentary, East Mesa Independent, May 14, 1997, page 4.
• Letter to Representative Shuster on restructuring Amtrak, April 9, 1997.

1996

• "Requiem for the Railway: Valley's major metropolitan-area status knocked down a notch by loss of Amtrak Sunset Limited" by Lloyd Clark
  As printed in the Tribune Newspapers, 9 June 1996.
• "Radical Concept: Visionary leadership can make efficient public transit reality" by Karen Peters
  As printed in the Tribune Newspapers, 5 June 1996.
• "Rail service will help relieve pollution" by Robert A. Hart
  As printed in Sun Cities Daily News Sun, 26 March 1996.
• "Regionwide multimodal transportation system" ARPA Letter to the Editor, 5 March 1996.

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