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FOR CITY COUNCIL PACKET

JANUARY 27, 2009

 

WORK STUDY SESSION AGENDA

1.	Council Information and Follow-up Requests/Consent Agenda/Reports and Budget Updates by the City Manager
2.	I-10 West High Capacity Transit Analysis Update

 

 

Packet Date:  January 23, 2009

 

CITY COUNCIL REPORT
WORK STUDY SESSION AGENDA
TO:	Thomas E. Callow, P.E. Deputy City Manager	AGENDA DATE:		January 27, 2009
FROM:	Maria Hyatt Assistant To The City Manager	ITEM:	2
SUBJECT:	I-10 WEST HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT ANALYSIS UPDATE

 

This report provides the City Council with an update on the I-10 West High Capacity Transit Analysis being conducted by METRO.  The I-10 West Corridor is one of the high-capacity transit corridors approved by the voters in Proposition 400.  This briefing will focus on the definition and evaluation of the alignment alternatives in the Downtown Phoenix/Capitol Mall portion of the study area.

 

THE ISSUE

 

The project was initiated in September 2007 to study the I-10 West Corridor from the initial 20-mile light rail transit starter line in downtown Phoenix to the vicinity of 79^th Avenue.  High Capacity Transit improvements under consideration include Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail Transit, and Express Bus alternatives.

 

In April 2008, the City Council approved a recommendation to locate the transit alignment within the I-10 right-of-way from I-17 west to 79^th Avenue.  This position was subsequently adopted by the METRO Board and the MAG Regional Council.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Moving out of the freeway corridor and into downtown required studying both north/south and east/west connections to provide service to the Capitol Mall area and to the initial light rail starter line.  To make it easier, the downtown area was divided into three study areas.

• Connections to the initial light rail line as near to the Washington/Jefferson and Central/1^st Avenue area as possible.
• East/west alignments along major streets such as Van Buren, Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and Jackson to west of the State Capitol.
• North/south alignments along 19^th Avenue or the east side of I-17 to connect to the alignment in the I-10 median.

 

The project team has developed a range of downtown alignments, which will be reviewed with the City Council.

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

This item is for information only.  No action is requested at this time.