Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Phoenix

Just one of Phoenix's massive interstates, via Creative Commons

Phoenix Leaders Are Climate Hypocrites

By Joe Cortright | Dec 4, 2020 | No Comments

Phoenix says it’s going to reduce greenhouse gases 90 percent by 2050, but the city’s transportation greenhouse gases have risen 1,000 pounds per person since 2014, and it’s planning to spend hundreds of millions widening freeways.

Car-Dependency Makes City Life Too Expensive

By Kea Wilson | Jan 15, 2020 | No Comments

If we truly want to reckon with our national poverty crisis, we have to make going car-lite or car-free a possibility for more people.

Amtrak could save $12 million if it showed up on time 5 percent more often, a new audit showed.

Amtrak’s Late-Running Trains Cost System Millions

By Aaron Short | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

The rail system's slow-to-arrive trains are costing tens of millions of dollars in excess worker overtime and tickets it could be selling, according to a new audit.

A traffic jam caused by a crash on I-10 in Arizona.

Arizona Defends Deadly Highway Instead of Fixing It

By Aaron Short | Sep 16, 2019 | 9 Comments

An Arizona highway has been rated one of the most dangerous roads in the country — but local officials are more upset at the bad press than the deadly roadway!

Phoenix voters rejected a ballot proposition that would have curtailed light rail expansion in the future.

Phoenix Voters Save Light Rail

By Aaron Short | Aug 28, 2019 | 15 Comments

Take that, Koch brothers: Voters in Phoenix have soundly rejected a proposal that would have halted the expansion of the city's light rail system.

A mural celebrates Phoenix's plans to extend light rail into South Central. Photo: Valley Metro

Koch Bros. Cash Helping to Kill Phoenix Transit

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 7, 2019 | 8 Comments

The Latino business owner who was the face of the campaign has quit, saying she was "used."

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