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CONTACT LINKS

www.scottsdaletraffic.com

SCOTTSDALE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

Just click on the email addresses to send an email.
Mayor Mary Manross ...........(480) 312-2433...............
mailto:mmanross@scottsdaleaz.gov
Wayne Ecton..........................(480) 312-2562...............mailto:wecton@scottsdaleaz.gov
Jim Lane .................................(480) 312-2302...............mailto:jlane@scottsdaleaz.gov
Robert Littlefield ...................(480) 312-7840...............mailto:rlittlefield@scottsdaleaz.gov
Ron McCullagh .....................(480) 312-7401...............mailto:rmccullagh@scottsdaleaz.gov
Tony Nelssen ........................(480) 312-7403...............mailto:tnelssen@scottsdaleaz.gov

Scottsdale Transportation Department
Mary O'Connor, General Manager
Phone: (480) 312-2334
Email:
mailto:moconnor@ScottsdaleAZ.gov

GENERAL INFORMATION LINKS

Coalition of Pinnacle Peak
Home Page.....
http://coppeak.org/index.htm
Links Page......http://coppeak.org/content/links.htm

Scottsdale Activist.....http://www.scottsdaleactivist.com/


RAIL INFORMATION LINKS, Articles and Documents on Rail Transit

City of Scottsdale Transportation Master Plan: http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Traffic/TransMasterPlan/
The TMP is in final development right now and the City expects to conduct public review and finalization early this year (2007).

Scottsdale Light Rail. The "High Capacity Transit" section of the TMP covers light rail, modern streetcar, and bus rapid transit.



Valley Metro, light rail section.....http://valleymetro.org/METRO_light_rail/

Danger Ahead Railway Accidents.....http://danger-ahead.railfan.net/

Houston Chronicle Newspaper Move It!

Goldwater Institute Report on light rail.

Transportation Research Board.....http://national-academies.org/trb/bookstore
Find Light Rail publications by searching TRB Bookstore for "light rail" (not in quotes)

Public Transportation Fact Book.....
http://heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=1072%20

The American Dream Coalition.....http://americandreamcoalition.org/rail2005.html

National Highway Traffic Safety Admin, input "light rail" (in quotes) as search term.....http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

American Public Transit Association.....http://apta.com/research/stats

Thoreau Institute Urban Growth and Transportation Studies.....http://ti.org/urban.html

Cascade Policy Institute:

The Mythical World of Transit-Oriented Development: Steele Park in Washington County, Oregon

Light Rail and the Orenco Neighborhood, Hillsboro, Oregon

Dr. Jack Mallinckrodt.....http://urbantransport.org/

Laissez Faire Institute Issue Briefs, PDF files. This is some of the best summary information on the topic that is available. Click HERE for free Acrobat Reader if your computer doesn't open these files automatically:

Light Rail Economics

Light Rail Performance

Light Rail Safety

Light Rail Statistics

Light Rail Bad for Scottsdale

The Worst Option

Restructuring for More Effective Transit

Scottsdale Road Bus Statistics

City of Phoenix Public Transit Department, bus information, etc.

Public Subsidies for Mass Transit in the San Jose Area
http://boards.eesite.com/board.cgi?boardset=ExpoLine&boardid=vta&thread=2&spec=5099352

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