10 January 1998 ARPA Meeting, Tucson

Sixteen ARPA members and guests attended the January 10 meeting. The board of directors, which has been meeting primarily in metro Phoenix, was encouraged by the strong support of our Tucson area members, and by the many developments in the region:

• Old Pueblo Trolley, Arizona's only operating electric streetcar, has acquired an ex-Toronto streetcar and is considering extensions at both ends of its system
• The City of Tucson will acquire the Southern Pacific depot as part of a land-swap with the UPRR
• The "Tucson Depot Gateway Vision" project envisions the depot as an intermodal center with passenger rail, intercity and local buses, trolley, and LRV transit
• the Governor's High-Speed study continues to examine Tucson-Phoenix service

Our thanks to Anthony Haswell for making the meeting arrangements, and to Old Pueblo Trolley for providing transportation to the hotel.