TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – The city of Tucson is asking for your opinion about the proposed station locations for the Tucson Rapid Transit project.
Once complete, this will be a 15-mile corridor connecting the Tohono Tadai Transit Center to the Ronstadt Transit Center downtown and on to the Tucson International Airport.
Earlier this year, the city approved Stone Avenue as the preferred corridor for the first phase of the project. The corridor will connect people from the Tucson Mall to the Ronstadt Transit Center downtown.
“We’ve been doing community outreach for the past couple of years, and have really heard the need for fast, reliable, frequent transit services, especially on this north-south corridor across town,” said Ian Sansom, project manager for the Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility.
The city is proposing eight stations spaced about every half a mile.
“A lot of these stops that we’re proposing right …