RTA funds address transportation and wildlife needs
From the outset, the Regional Transportation Authority plan set aside funding for both detailed roadway project improvements as defined on the ballot and other projects that fit into a more broadly defined category of spending, such as ‘safety’. When it drafted the current plan, the 2005 RTA Citizens Advisory Committee … Read more »
News Release: PAG Regional Council approves expanded RTA committee representation
Following a year of productive dialogue on proposed governance models for Pima Association of Governments, the region’s federally required metropolitan planning organization, and the state-Legislature established Regional Transportation Authority, the PAG Regional Council voted on key items to maintain the regional partnering approach embedded in the longstanding and successful governance … Read more »
News Release: 2022 RTA Board officers elected
Pascua Yaqui Chairman Peter Yucupicio will serve as the 2022 Chair of the Regional Transportation Authority Board. Yucupicio and the other officers were elected at the annual RTA Board meeting on Jan. 27. Other officers elected include Marana Mayor Ed Honea, Vice Chair, and Arizona State Transportation Board Member General … Read more »
Broadway Boulevard project update – January 2022
The City of Tucson is widening a two-mile stretch of East Broadway Boulevard as part of the Regional Transportation Authority plan approved by Pima County voters in 2006. It will improve safety, reduce congestion, and improve the overall mobility, especially with the addition of key amenities such as a five-foot-wide … Read more »
Houghton Road project update – January 2022
The Houghton Road improvement project from East Mary Ann Cleveland Way to East Valencia Road is nearly complete, with just a couple more months of work to be done. When it reopens fully to all modes of transportation, it will feature new public art, better drainage, six travel lanes and … Read more »
Downtown Links project update – January 2022
The Downtown Links road construction project promises to forge a new connection between Broadway Boulevard, Aviation Parkway and Interstate 10, allowing motorists to bypass busy downtown streets to reach the freeway. The construction project, which is one of 35 roadway corridors in the Regional Transportation Authority voter-approved plan, was decades … Read more »
RTA Annual Report now available
The Regional Transportation Authority’s fiscal year 2020-2021 Annual Report is now available with updates on recent projects completed and the financial standing of the organization at the end of the fiscal year. The report celebrates nearly 930 projects completed in 15 years of the RTA, voter-approved plan so far, from … Read more »
RTA status report – December 2021
RTA Project Status – Through Nov. 30 Projects in design 65 Under construction/implementation 51 Total number completed 916 RTA Financial Status – Through Nov. 30 Funds expended to date $1.4B The current RTA status report shows 916 projects have been completed. Of those, 17 major roadway corridor construction projects have … Read more »
Road work ahead: RTA projects breaking ground in 2022
The Regional Transportation Authority’s partner jurisdictions are working hard to construct roadway improvements throughout the Tucson metro area, including major widening projects on Houghton Road and on East Broadway Boulevard, plus construction of the new Downtown Links roadway to connect Barraza-Aviation Parkway with Interstate 10 through the downtown area. Behind … Read more »
Seeking paratransit and neighborhood circulator operator
The Regional Transportation Authority’s transit funding commitments are to expand weekend and evening bus service; add express bus, streetcar and neighborhood circulator shuttle services; and enhance special needs transit for elderly residents and people with disabilities. As the operator of neighborhood circulator services and special needs transit, the RTA is … Read more »