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Watch: RTA Delivers improved pedestrian crossings
The 2006 voter-approved Regional Transportation Authority Plan promised 80 new and improved pedestrian crossings. Nearly all the promised pedestrian crossings have been completed. Learn more about all the elements of…
Long-awaited downtown bypass now open
Many years in the making, the downtown bypass from Broadway to Sixth Street has opened. Maclovio Barraza Parkway, part of the larger Downtown Links project, opened to vehicular traffic for…
Watch: RTA Delivers intersections improvements
Safety and intersection improvements are an important aspect of the 2006, voter-approved RTA plan. The plan promised 200 intersection improvements. Nearly all of those have been completed. Intersection improvements were…
Downtown Links project reaches milestone
Downtown Links, the greatly anticipated connection between Interstate 10 and Barraza-Aviation Parkway, is reaching another milestone on the eastern end of the regional corridor. Downtown Links is the Regional Transportation…
Get involved: Public input is needed to plan for improved transit services
The City of Tucson has begun a Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA) of Sun Tran, Sun Link, Sun Express, and Sun Shuttle services. The COA process involves gathering public input in…
Follow RTA Plan progress with project maps
You’ve probably heard of the Regional Transportation Authority. You may even know what we do – namely, help our member jurisdictions improve the regional transportation infrastructure with regional funding from…
RTA financial and project status report – December 2022
Find out how much the RTA has spent on local improvements, and how many projects have been completed in each category of the plan.
RTA continues its pledge of accountability
For the past 16 years, the Regional Transportation Authority Board has committed to being accountable to the public for delivery of the RTA's 2006 voter-approved regional transportation plan. To date,…
RTA completes three major projects in the last 13 months
The calendar year is nearly over, and it has been a busy one for the Regional Transportation Authority and its member jurisdictions. Over the past 13 months, three major projects…