Tucson Womens Transportation Seminar

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TucsonWomens Transportation Seminar

• DOWNTOWN
• Current Future Transportation

Andrew T. Singelakis Deputy Director, Tucson
Department of Transportation and Michael Barton,
P.E. HDR, Inc.
June 14, 2007
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Oracle/Drachman/Main Intersection
Existing

• June December 2007
• Eliminate traffic circle install signal
• Allows redevelopment of northeast corner
• One of several improvements along Oracle Stone
• 2.2 Million

Proposed
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Speedway/Main Intersection

• July 2008 January 2009
• Dual southbound left turn lanes
• Northbound right turn lane
• Northbound bus pullout

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Granada Re-stripe to 3 Lanes

• July - August 2007
• Two travel lanes, one center turn lane
  St. Marys to Alameda
• Bicycle Lanes

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5 Points Intersection

• July - November 2007
• Re-establish two-way traffic on Stone and 6th
  Avenues Broadway to 18th
• Bicycle lanes
• Remove and replace existing pavement with
  rubberized asphalt
• Reconstruct signal system
• 3.2 Million

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El Paso Southwestern Greenway

• Distance 4.7 miles
• From Speedway/Main
• to Kino Sports Complex
• Est. Cost 6-10 million
• Funding
• RTA 3.267 M
• TE Grant 470,000
• 2008 Pima Co. Bonds 2 M
• Challenges Retrofitting Greenway through
  established urban core

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Fourth Avenue Underpass

• July 2007 Fall 2008
• One lane each direction
• Lighted pedestrian walkways
• Bicycle lanes
• Rail for Old Pueblo Trolley Modern Streetcar
• 26 Million

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Modern Streetcar

• Construction 2009 2010
• COT, RTA FTA project
• Fixed guideway electric rail system
• Operates in mixed traffic
• 100110 Million Capital

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Modern Streetcar

• Shares transit
• stops with buses
• Enhances
• Mobility
• Land use
• Connection between major activity centers

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Clark Street Bridge

• 2008 2009
• New bridge crossing over Santa Cruz River
• Accommodate streetcar
• Río Nuevo project
• 10 Million

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Grande Traffic Circle

• July November 2007
• New gateway to Convention Center
• 385,000 Rio Nuevo

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Downtown Links

• 2011 2014
• 4-lane roadway connecting Broadway/ Barraza-
  Aviation Pkwy to I-10
• In planning/design
• Bicycle pedestrian access
• New RR underpass at 6th St.
• Tucson Arroyo
• 75 Million

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Broadway Boulevard Euclid to Country Club

• Construction after 2011
• Alignment not yet determined
• RTA County Bond Funds
• Beginning planning process
• High capacity transit
• Widen to 8 lanes
• 71 Million

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22nd Street to 6 LanesI-10 to Tucson Blvd

• After 2011
• Beginning planning process
• Alignment not yet determined
• Bridge over RR Tracks
• RTA project
• 104 Million

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Euclid Ave./Park Ave. Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge

• Underway October 2007
• 240 ft. Basket Bridge
• Bicycle/Pedestrian
• Connect existing Park Avenue/14th St. cul-de-sac
  bike path to Snake Bridge
• 3.5 Million
• TE Enhancement
• FHWA

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TucsonWomens Transportation Seminar

• DOWNTOWN
• Current Future Transportation

Andrew T. Singelakis Deputy Director, Tucson
Department of Transportation and Michael Barton,
P.E. HDR, Inc.
June 14, 2007