Sun Link
{{Short description|Streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona}}
{{About|the Tucson streetcar system|the photovoltaics manufacturer|SunLink}}
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{{Infobox rail line
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|image = Tucson Sun Link streetcar at 5th %26 Congress (2014).jpg
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|locale = Tucson, Arizona, United States
|start = Arizona Health Sciences Center
|end = Mercado District
|stations = 21 (17 per direction)
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|owner = City of Tucson
|operator = RATP Dev
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|stock = United Streetcar 200 (8 cars){{cite news|title=Tucson to United Streetcar: Build seven|date=June 8, 2010|magazine=Railway Age| url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/news/tucson-to-united-streetcar-build-seven.html |accessdate=August 17, 2012}}{{cite news|last=DaRonco|first=Darren|title=Backup streetcar to cost Tucson $3.6M|date=July 13, 2012|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/backup-streetcar-to-cost-tucson-m/article_5e153755-2082-5e5e-afc4-29366a196982.html | accessdate=September 27, 2012}}
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Sun Link, also known as the Tucson Streetcar, is a single-line streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona, United States, that began service in July 2014.{{cite news | url=https://news.azpm.org/p/bus-econ-news/2014/7/25/40393-tucson-streetcar-debuts-to-crowds-hot-weather/ | title=Tucson Streetcar Debuts to Crowds, Hot Weather | newspaper=Arizona Public Media | publisher=Arizona Board of Regents | date=July 25, 2014 | access-date=July 25, 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111811/https://news.azpm.org/p/bus-econ-news/2014/7/25/40393-tucson-streetcar-debuts-to-crowds-hot-weather/ | archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Rebecca |url=http://www.kvoa.com/news/tremendous-opening-day-for-sun-link-streetcar/ |title='Tremendous' opening day for Sun Link Streetcar |newspaper=KVOA |date=July 26, 2014 |access-date=July 26, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103211/http://www.kvoa.com/news/tremendous-opening-day-for-sun-link-streetcar/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 }}{{cite journal |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45iedd/tucson-envisions-the-sun-link/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630035115/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emeh45iedd/tucson-envisions-the-sun-link/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2013 |title=Tucson Envisions The Sun Link |journal=Forbes |date=June 2013 |accessdate=June 27, 2013}} The system's {{convert|3.9|mi|km|adj=on}} route connects the Arizona Health Sciences Center (including University Medical Center), the University of Arizona campus, the Main Gate and 4th Avenue shopping and entertainment districts, downtown Tucson, the Tucson Convention Center, and the Mercado District under development west of Interstate 10.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/index.php?pg=24 |title=Why do we need a streetcar? – The streetcar route |publisher=Sun Link Tucson Streetcar |accessdate=July 26, 2014}}{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Bethany|title=Streetcar construction starts in April; here's what you need to know|date=March 7, 2012|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/streetcar-construction-starts-in-april-here-s-what-you-need/article_9125da3e-eaa9-5bea-b57b-9f45bdf91105.htm | accessdate=June 6, 2012}} The streetcar project's overall cost of $196 million was met through a combination of local funding sources and federal grants.{{cite web |url=http://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/pdf/FTA-QR_0313.pdf |title=FTA Quarterly Review – March 2013 |publisher=Sun Link |page=10 |date=March 28, 2013 }}Vitu, Teya. [http://www.downtowntucson.org/2012/03/streetcar-construction-will-start-in-late-april/ "Streetcar Construction Will Start in Late April"], Downtown Tucsonan, March, 2012. Retrieved on April 30, 2012. The streetcar shares a common payment system with the Sun Tran regional bus service.{{cite web |title=SunGO Fare Payment, General Information |publisher=Sun Tran |accessdate=April 16, 2016 |url=https://www.suntran.com/sungo/faq.html}} In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the line had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|AZ Tucson LR annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|AZ Tucson LR daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.
Funding
In May 2006 Pima County voters approved a $2.1 billion, 20-year regional transportation plan which included $75 million toward construction of a modern streetcar and an additional $12.7 million toward its operation.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} In December 2010, a $63 million federal TIGER grant was awarded to the City of Tucson, meeting most of the remaining funding gap and allowing the project to move forward. An additional $6 million of federal funding was obtained through the Federal Transit Administration's New Starts program. Funding also came from utilities for relocation and improvements along the streetcar route, most significantly $10.6 million from Tucson Water.{{cite news|last=O'Dell|first=Rob|title=US grants Tucson $63M for streetcar|date=December 29, 2010|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star | url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_b12c97f3-22cd-57ff-9c5e-84b579cbb303.html | accessdate=June 6, 2012}}
Construction
File:Tucson May 2019 40 (Sun Link streetcar stop).jpg
A $56 million contract for removal of existing roadway, utility relocation, installation of track, resurfacing, and construction of the system's 21 covered, accessible stops was awarded to Old Pueblo Trackworks, a joint venture of Granite Construction and RailWorks Track Systems, in March 2012.{{cite journal |last=Bowen|first=Douglas John|url=http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/light-rail/joint-venture-awarded-tucson-streetcar-contract.html |title=Joint venture awarded Tucson streetcar contract |journal=Railway Age |date=March 30, 2012 |accessdate=June 6, 2012}} Construction began in April 2012 and continued through summer 2013.{{cite news |last=Seberger|first=Will |url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041212_tucson_modern_streetcar_groundbreaking/city-breaks-ground-modern-streetcar/ |title=City breaks ground on Modern Streetcar |newspaper=TucsonSentinel.com |date=April 12, 2012 |accessdate=August 20, 2012}} The first phase addressed straight sections of the route east of the Congress and Granada stop and required rolling closures of sections of Congress Street, Broadway Boulevard, 4th Avenue, University Boulevard, 2nd Street, the Warren Avenue underpass, and Helen Street.{{cite news |last=Jackman|first=Janet Rose | url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040912_streetcar_construction2/city-celebrate-streetcar-as-congress-st-closes/ |title=City to celebrate streetcar as Congress St. closes |newspaper=TucsonSentinel.com |date=April 9, 2012 |accessdate=April 27, 2012}} Phase two began in November 2012 and included all work west of the convention center, corner sections requiring fabrication of curved track elements, and additional work on Broadway and the Warren underpass.
A {{convert|320|ft|m|adj=on}} bridge across the Santa Cruz serving streetcar, automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic was constructed in 2012 under a separate contract. Named for former Tucson city manager Luis G. Gutierrez, the bridge extends Cushing Street from the I-10 frontage road to Avenida del Convento, providing a link between the Tucson Convention Center and the Mercado District.{{cite news |last=Pallack |first=Becky |url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/bridge-art-spotlights-history/article_ffee2b10-d223-5290-9bc1-31761e0fe286.html |title=Bridge art spotlights history |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=September 8, 2012}}
Construction of the Sun Link Operations & Maintenance Facility, an $8 million depot centered on the system route at 5th Avenue and 8th Street, began in May 2012.{{cite news |last=Vitu|first=Teya |url=http://www.downtowntucson.org/2011/10/streets-west-of-4th-avenue-will-be-torn-up-for-storm-drainage-work/ |title=4th Avenue Open During Storm Drainage Work |newspaper=Downtown Tucsonan |date=October 2011 |accessdate=May 1, 2012}} A public open house celebrating its completion and delivery of the first streetcar was held on September 6, 2013, with speeches from officials including Tucson mayor Jonathan Rothschild and state senator Steve Farley, a longtime advocate of the streetcar.{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Joe |url=http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/road_runner/streetcar-celebration-set-for-friday/article_09ba8844-9b4b-5ef0-9aca-fbbe3ff14bee.html |title=Streetcar "celebration" set for Friday |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=September 4, 2013}}{{cite news |last=Salzwedel |first=Sam |url=http://www.kvoa.com/news/hundreds-see-official-unveiling-of-streetcar-and-facility/ |title=Hundreds see official unveiling of Streetcar and facility |newspaper=KVOA |date=September 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909054834/http://www.kvoa.com/news/hundreds-see-official-unveiling-of-streetcar-and-facility/ |archive-date=September 9, 2013 }}
Vehicles
File:Tucson sun link testing phase dec 24 2013.jpg
Sun Link maintains a fleet of eight United Streetcar 200s, using up to six cars at once. These are numbered 101 to 108. The streetcar is {{convert|20.13|m|ftin|disp=flip}} long, double-ended (bi-directional), and articulated into three sections. Its center section floor is at platform height for accessibility with two double-door entrances on each side. Each side has a third passenger door located behind the operator cab. Propulsion is provided by four 90 kW motors drawing power via pantograph from an overhead wire. The streetcar has a maximum speed of {{convert|70|km/h|sigfig=3|disp=flip|abbr=on}} and a capacity of 156 passengers (29 seated and 127 standing).{{cite web|title=United Streetcar Options|publisher=United Streetcar|url=http://unitedstreetcar.com/products/united-streetcar-200|access-date=September 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902155744/http://unitedstreetcar.com/products/united-streetcar-200|archive-date=September 2, 2010}}
The United 200 is largely identical to the 100 model produced for systems in Portland and Washington, D.C., the only major difference being that the 200 is equipped with upgraded air-conditioning. The design of the 100 model itself is based on the Czech-made Škoda 10 T.{{cite news |title=Oregon streetcars: Money flows despite missed deadlines, cost overruns |last=Schmidt |first=Brad |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=April 20, 2013 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/04/oregon_streetcars_money_flows.html}}
Tucson placed a $26 million order with United for seven cars in June 2010. An eighth was ordered for an additional $3.6 million in July 2012 in order to satisfy FTA requirements for a second spare. United's first model 200 car arrived in Tucson by flatbed truck on August 30, 2013.{{cite news |title=Truck delivers first new streetcar to Tucson from Ore. manufacturing plant; total of 8 planned |date=August 30, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Republic |url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1e506e9cf0c34b72a22572634f996194/AZ--Tucson-Streetcar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130905233002/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1e506e9cf0c34b72a22572634f996194/AZ--Tucson-Streetcar |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 5, 2013 }} Delays in streetcar production pushed Sun Link's projected start of service from a forecast of late 2013 as of the start of construction to July 2014. Tucson officials notified United Streetcar in May 2013 of their intention to assess contractual damages for late delivery.{{cite news |last=DaRonco |first=Darren |url=http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/assess-penalties-for-late-streetcars-now-some-council-members-say/article_b09f209a-8ed1-568c-b315-c25e2cf297ed.html |title=Assess penalties for late streetcars now, some council members say |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=May 7, 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Benito |first=Marcelino |url=http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/205712991.html |title=Cashing in: Streetcar delays could deliver dollars to City of Tucson |newspaper=KGUN-TV |date=May 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505010507/http://www.kgun9.com/news/local/205712991.html |archive-date=May 5, 2013 }} United's parent company, Vigor Works, formerly Oregon Iron Works, settled with the city in 2016 for $1.7 million to be paid in additional parts and labor.{{cite news |title=Tucson gets $1.7M — in parts and labor — for streetcar delays |last=Pallack |first=Becky |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |date=February 11, 2016 |url=http://tucson.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/tucson-gets-m-in-parts-and-labor-for-streetcar-delays/article_6c20b02f-590b-573d-8cd6-8e5de37bb6d1.html}}
Service
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| ! style="width:75px;" | Mon–Wed
! style="width:75px;" | Thu-Fri ! style="width:75px;" | Saturday ! style="width:75px;" | Sunday | ||||
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| | 7 am–8 am | rowspan="2" style="background:#FCF4A0; text-align:center;" | 15 | rowspan=2 style="background:#FCF4A0; text-align:center;" | 15 | style="background:#DDDDDD; text-align:center;" | | style="background:#DDDDDD; text-align:center;" | |
| | 8 am–9 am | rowspan="2" style="background:#FEFBDF; text-align:center;" | 30 | rowspan=2 style="background:#FEFBDF; text-align:center;" | 30 | ||
| | 9 am–10 am | rowspan="2" style="background:#FBF181; text-align:center;" | 10 | rowspan=2 style="background:#FBF181; text-align:center;" | 10 | ||
| | 10 am–6 pm | rowspan="4" style="background:#FCF4A0; text-align:center;" | 15 | rowspan=1 style="background:#FDF8C0; text-align:center;" | 20 | ||
| | 6 pm–8 pm | rowspan="2" style="background:#FCF4A0; text-align:center;" | 15 | rowspan=3 style="background:#FCF4A0; text-align:center;" | 15 | style="background:#FEFBDF; text-align:center;" | 30 | |
| | 8 pm–10 pm | rowspan="3" style="background:#DDDDDD; text-align:center;" | | |||
| | 10 pm–12 am | rowspan="2" style="background:#DDDDDD; text-align:center;" | | |||
| | 12 am–2 am | rowspan="1" style="background:#FEFBDF; text-align:center;" | 30 | rowspan=1 style="background:#FEFBDF; text-align:center;" | 30 |
Headway in minutes{{cite web |publisher=Sun Link |accessdate=November 25, 2018 |title=Schedule and Fares |url=http://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/schedule-and-fares}}
Weekday service runs every ten minutes during peak hours and every fifteen minutes mornings and evenings. Saturday morning and Sunday service runs every twenty or thirty minutes.{{cite news |title=Sun Link streetcar schedule shifts |date=Jan 19, 2015 |last=Smith |first=Dylan |newspaper=Tucson Sentinel |url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011215_sun_link_schedule/sun-link-streetcar-schedule-shifts/}} Half-hour late-night service provided only while the University of Arizona is in session runs through 2 am on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.{{cite news |title=Streetcar hours to be reduced by eight hours a week |date=May 5, 2016 |first=Lauren |last=Reimer |website=News 4 Tucson |url=http://www.kvoa.com/story/31905479/streetcar-hours-to-be-reduced-by-eight-hours-a-week}} Travel time from one end of the line to the other is approximately 30 minutes.{{cite web |title=Sun Link Streetcar route approximate timetable |publisher=Sun Link |accessdate=May 14, 2016 |url=http://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/images/content/timetable-lg.jpg}}
Since mid-March 2020, fare is free.{{cite web |title=Fares & Passes |url=https://www.suntran.com/fares-passes/ |website=Sun Tran |access-date=3 February 2024}} Previously a SunGO pass or fare card, available at the Ronstadt Transit Center, online, and at various retail locations, must have been purchased prior to boarding; payment was not accepted by Sun Link drivers. 24-hour passes used to be available for $4.50 from ticket vending machines located on all Sun Link platforms, payable either in exact change or by credit. Passengers used to record payment by scanning fare cards at electronic validators after boarding.
North of the Warren Avenue stop, the streetcar passes under Speedway Boulevard on a single-track line in a dedicated right of way. After reaching its northern terminus at Helen, the car reverses direction. In all but one or two other places along the route, the streetcar operates with traffic.{{cite news |title=Warren Underpass Near UA Campus Reopens to Pedestrians |website=UANews |date=December 9, 2013 |url=https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/warren-underpass-near-ua-campus-reopens-to-pedestrians}}
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Route
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! colspan=4 |Districts, connections, & destinations | ||
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| style='text-align: center; background:#8FA6C2; color:#FFFFFF;' rowspan=5 |University
| valign="top" | {{access icon}} Warren Avenue & Helen Street | valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Sun Tran: 4, 5, 15{{cite web|url=http://www.suntran.com/PDF/Ride%20Guides/Aug%2017/Shelter%20Map%20-%20Aug%2017.pdf|title=Sun Tran System-Wide Transit Map|date=August 2017|publisher=Sun Tran|accessdate=August 12, 2017}} | valign="top" | Arizona Health Sciences Center | ||
| colspan=3 align="center" style='background:#DDDDDD;' | Warren Avenue Underpass | ||
| {{access icon}} 2nd Street & Cherry Avenue | {{rint|bike}} University Bike Blvd.{{cite web |title=Pima County regional bike map |date=February 2016 |publisher=Pima County |accessdate=April 17, 2016 |url=http://webcms.pima.gov/UserFiles/Servers/Server_6/File/Government/The%20Loop/1602%20FEBRUARY/2562%20update%20regional%20bike%20map%20interior%20web.pdf}} {{rint|bus}} Cat Tran: Mountain | valign="top" | Hillenbrand Stadium, Flandrau Science Center, McKale Center, Arizona Stadium | |
| {{access icon}} 2nd Street & Highland Avenue | {{rint|bike}} Mountain Avenue Bikeway {{rint|park}} 2nd St.{{cite web |title=Parking and streetcar map |publisher=City of Tucson |date=October 2015 |accessdate=April 17, 2016 |url=https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/park-tucson/Parking_and_Streetcar_Map_October_2015.pdf}} | valign="top" | UA Student Union Memorial Center | |
| {{access icon}} 2nd Street & Olive Road | valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Cat Tran: USA, Inner Campus | valign="top" | Center for Creative Photography, UA Museum of Art | ||
| style='text-align: center; background:#BD7B8C; color:#FFFFFF;' |Main Gate | valign="top" | {{access icon}} University Boulevard & Tyndall Avenue | valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Sun Tran: 1, 6 | valign="top" | Centennial Hall, Arizona Historical Society, Arizona State Museum | ||
| style='text-align: center; background:#D8A06B; color:#FFFFFF;' rowspan=5 |4th Avenue | valign="top" | {{access icon}} University Boulevard & 3rd Avenue | valign="top" | {{rint|bike}} University Bike Boulevard | valign="top" | Rogue Theatre | ||
| {{access icon}} 4th Avenue & 4th/5th Streets | valign="top" | {{rint|bike}} 4th Avenue Bike Blvd. | ||
| {{access icon}} 4th Avenue & 6th/7th Streets | valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Sun Tran: 3 | ||
| {{access icon}} 4th Avenue & 9th Streets | valign="top" | {{rint|bike}} Golf Links-Aviation Path | ||
| colspan=3 align="center" style='background:#DDDDDD;' | 4th Avenue Underpass | ||
| style='text-align: center; background:#B1AD75; color:#FFFFFF;' rowspan=7 |Downtown
| valign="top" | {{access icon}} Plaza Centro (eastbound only) | valign="top" | {{rint|park}} Centro | valign="top" | Rialto Theatre, Historic Tucson Depot, Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, Hotel Congress | ||
| valign="top" | {{access icon}} Broadway Boulevard & 6th Avenue (eastbound) Congress Street & 6th Avenue (westbound) | {{rint|bus}} Sun Tran: 1-4, 6-8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 19, 21-23, 25, 421 {{rint|bus}} Sun Express: 102, 103, 105, 107, 109, 110 {{rint|us|amtrak}} Amtrak: Sunset Ltd., Texas Eagle {{rint|parking}} Depot Plaza, Pennington St. | valign="top" | Ronstadt Transit Center, Children's Museum Tucson, Armory Park | |
| {{access icon}} Broadway Boulevard & Stone Avenue (eastbound) Congress Street & Stone Avenue (westbound) | valign="top" | {{rint|park}} Main Library | valign="top" | Fox Tucson Theatre, Saint Augustine Cathedral, Joel D. Valdez Main Library, Downtown History Museum, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Temple of Music and Art | ||
| valign="top" | {{access icon}} Broadway Boulevard & Church Avenue (eastbound) Congress Street & Church Avenue (westbound) | valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Sun Tran: 1, 2, 6-8, 12, 21, 22, 25 | valign="top" | Pima County Courthouse, Presidio San Augustin del Tucson, Tucson City Hall, Tucson Arena, Leo Rich Theatre | ||
| valign="top" | {{access icon}} Congress Street & Granada Avenue
| valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Sun Express: 101, 102, 104, 108, 110 | valign="top" | Tucson Music Hall, Sosa-Carrillo-Fremont House, DeConcini Federal Courthouse, Tucson Museum of Art | ||
| valign="top" | {{access icon}} Granada Avenue & Cushing Street | {{rint|bike}} Liberty-10th Avenue Bikeway {{rint|us|greyhound}} Greyhound {{rint|parking|1}} Tucson Convention Center surface lots | valign="top" | Tucson Convention Center | |
| colspan=3 align="center" style='background:#DDDDDD;' | Interstate 10 Underpass | ||
| style='text-align: center; background:#C4A7C8; color:#FFFFFF;' rowspan=5 |Mercado
| {{access icon}} Cushing Street & Frontage Road | valign="top" | {{rint|bike}} The Loop (Santa Cruz River Park) | ||
| colspan=3 align="center" style='background:#DDDDDD;' | Luis Gutierrez Bridge | ||
| {{access icon}} Cushing Street & [Avenida del] Convento (westbound) | ||
| {{access icon}} Convento & Congress Street | valign="top" | {{rint|bus}} Sun Tran: 21, 22 | valign="top" | Mercado San Augustin, El Rio Community Health Center |
Stops listed from east to west; district names and coloration taken from official Sun Link routemap.{{cite web |title=System Map |date=August 2014 |publisher=Sun Link |url=http://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/documents/images/Route_Map.jpg}}
Potential expansion<ref name=":0" />
In late 2019, media reports surfaced that the City of Tucson was looking into options for expanding the streetcar network.{{Cite web|last=Steinberg|first=Jake|title=Streetcar from the airport to Tucson Mall? A federal grant could put plans in motion.|url=https://news.azpm.org/p/news-topical-biz/2019/12/1/162354-streetcar-from-the-airport-to-tucson-mall-a-federal-grant-could-put-plans-in-motion/|access-date=2020-06-18|website=news.azpm.org|language=en}} The potential expansion could go as far north as Tucson Mall and reach Tucson International Airport south of the city, connecting all three of the city's main transit hubs: Laos, Ronstadt(Downtown), and Tohono Transit Center. Tucson and South Tucson have requested funding from Federal Transit Administration for a feasibility study, pending approval. But the project was never officially announced.
On October 30, 2023, City of Tucson announced the Tucson Rapid Transit, a BRT project over the original streetcar expansion alignment that was widely-anticipated,{{Cite web |title=Tucson Rapid Transit Feedback Requested |url=https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Transportation-Mobility/DTM-News-Releases/Transportation-and-Mobility-News-Listing/Tucson-Rapid-Transit-Feedback-Requested |access-date=2023-11-09 |website=www.tucsonaz.gov |language=en-US}} thus there is no longer any expansion to the streetcar network that is being planned or studied.
See also
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.sunlinkstreetcar.com/ Sun Link official website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101111011928/http://dot.tucsonaz.gov/projects/project.cfm?cip=6638D2BE-FBF1-E5C6-A82F29CBF9A9D531 City of Tucson]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110511192848/http://www.rtamobility.com/RTAPlan/RTAProjectLinks/ModernStreetcar.aspx Regional Transportation Authority]
- [http://maintenancedesigngroup.com/projects/tucson-az-streetcar-msf/ Maintenance Design Group]
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