PHOENIX-TUCSON HIGH SPEED RAIL

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ARIZONA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 9/SECTION 14

No moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on the public highways or streets or to fuels or any other energy source used for the propulsion of vehicles on the public highways or streets, shall be expended for other than highway and street purposes including the cost of administering the state highway system and the laws creating such fees, excises, or license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments provided by law, payment of principal and interest on highway and street bonds and obligations, expenses of state enforcement of traffic laws and state administration of traffic safety programs, payment of costs of publication and distribution of Arizona highways magazine, state costs of construction, reconstruction, maintenance or repair of public highways, streets or bridges, costs of rights of way acquisitions and expenses related thereto, roadside development, and for distribution to counties, incorporated cities and towns to be used by them solely for highway and street purposes including costs of rights of way acquisitions and expenses related thereto, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, roadside development, of county, city and town roads, streets, and bridges and payment of principal and interest on highway and street bonds. As long as the total highway user revenues derived equals or exceeds the total derived in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, the state and any county shall not receive from such revenues for the use of each and for distribution to cities and towns, fewer dollars than were received and distributed in such fiscal year. This section shall not apply to moneys derived from the automobile license tax imposed under section 11 of article IX of the Constitution of Arizona. All moneys collected in accordance with this section shall be distributed as provided by law.

BREAKDOWN OF RESPONSIBILITIES

ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION (ACC)

• Regulatory

• Railroad Safety

• FRA

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ADOT)

• Administrative

• FTA

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Miami International

Airport Miami

Jacksonville

St. Augustine

Daytona Beach

Cocoa

Melbourne

Vero

Stuart

Jupiter

Fort Lauderdale

Tampa

Orlando

Boca Raton

West Palm Beach

HIGH SPEED RAIL STUDY: STATISTICS

ORGANIZATIONS

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)

Arizona Forward

Arizona State Land Department

Ames Construction

Arizona Legislature

Arizona Public Interest Group

Brightline (Miami)

Central Arizona Governments

Chandler

Coolidge

East Valley Partnership

Eloy

Florence

ORGANIZATIONS

Fortress Investment Group (New York)

Friends of Transit

Gilbert

Governor of Arizona Office

Greater Phoenix Economic Council

Greater Phoenix Leadership

Interstate 11 Coalition

League of Arizona Cities & Towns

Maricopa

Maricopa Association of Governments

Mountain States Contracting

M3 Engineering

Phoenix City Council

ORGANIZATIONS

Pima Association of Governments

Pinal County

Pinal Partnership

Queen Creek

Railpros (Salt Lake City)

Saint Holdings

Southern Arizona Leadership Council

Sun Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization

Sunrise Engineering

Tucson

Union Pacific

University of Arizona

Valley Metro

Valley Partnership

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AMTRAK OIG REPORT

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

• Separate NEC from the rest of Amtrak • NEC headquartered in DC

• The rest of the system headquartered at Chicago

• Dump Amtrak and pay the freight railroads Cost + 7% for every passenger train

THE NEXT 2 YEARS

• Gridlock

• Good news: The immediate threat to Amtrak has dissipated.

• Bad news: Critical reforms are impossible.

• Silver Lining: Rail advocates have 2 years to come up with meaningful proposals.

MAG COMMUTER RAIL PROPOSAL

MAG 2022 POSSIBLE PROPOSALS

In 2020, Policy Committee will decide on a menu of possible modes:

• More freeways

• More light rail

• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)

• Commuter rail

PHOENIX LIGHT RAIL

2019

• Brightline: bring them in for a few days for recon and to meet key people

• Network: Expand number of people

• Phoenix Light rail support

• Amtrak: Vigilance; start thinking about new solutions and how to pay for them

• Education

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