VISION STATEMENT
Intercity Passenger Rail
15 August 1998
The following vision was approved 15 August 1998 by the Program Development
Committee (Rob Bohannan, Roy Burris, Pete Glass, Rob Lindley, William Lindley,
Sam Morse, Betty Nelson, Marc Pearsall)
OVERALL:
- A nationwide balanced transportation system which includes an intercity
passenger rail component whose scope approximates the Interstate Highway System
ARIZONA:
- All intercity trains shall operate on at least a daily frequency.
- All Southern Arizona trains shall serve Phoenix.
- There shall be a rail passenger link between Northern and Southern Arizona.
- All trains shall have sufficient equipment to accomodate capacity of
passenger demand.
EXAMPLE ARIZONA SERVICE COMPONENTS:
- Grand Canyon - Flagstaff - Los Angeles / Midwest
- Grand Canyon - Phoenix
- Phoenix - Tucson - Nogales
- Los Angeles - Yuma - Phoenix - Texas / Florida
- Phoenix - Tucson - Midwest
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