Comments on: RUN INTO TOWN ON A RAIL: Tempe Streetcar to ease downtown traffic https://wn.calicoeng.com/2021/04/02/run-into-town-on-a-rail-tempe-streetcar-ready-to-ease-congestion/ Tempe & West Chandler The Place We Call Home Sun, 30 May 2021 18:31:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: David Sokolowski https://wn.calicoeng.com/2021/04/02/run-into-town-on-a-rail-tempe-streetcar-ready-to-ease-congestion/#comment-84016 Sun, 30 May 2021 18:31:05 +0000 https://www.wranglernews.com/?p=27816#comment-84016 look at that ad trolling for used car sales on a news article about streetcar. am i the only one seeing that?

]]> By: Andrew E https://wn.calicoeng.com/2021/04/02/run-into-town-on-a-rail-tempe-streetcar-ready-to-ease-congestion/#comment-83949 Thu, 08 Apr 2021 02:56:39 +0000 https://www.wranglernews.com/?p=27816#comment-83949 In order to realize the full potential of this line Tempe needs to get to work expanding it, and fast. At the very least, get it extended from Marina Heights to McClintock near the Tempe Marketplace (after that, start lobbying Scottsdale to start expanding it north along Hayden road as far as you can get).

Second, expand the southern route to McClintock and then head south at least to Southern Ave. And then keep going south. Baseline, Southshore, Guadelupe, Western Canal, Elliot, Warner, Way, Chandler. Every additional stop just adds to the ridership and the utility of the line. If they turn this into a line running from Chandler Way to ASU to even Scottsdale Town Center (let alone the Scottsdale Airport) by 2050 they would have an incredibly used transit line that probably would need 5 minute service to keep up with ridership. And the increase in mobility along these major routes would be a massive boost the entire eastern valley.

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