2009 News

• Nissan's 'Zero Emissions Tour' tears through Tucson 12-31-09
• Nissan's all-electric car exhibited 12-31-09
• Tucson gets taste of all-electric car 12-30-09
• Tucson chosen to be launch market for new Nissan 12-30-09
• Universal car charger here in Tucson 12-03-09
• Ground broken for e-vehicle chargers 12-03-09
• Tucson may give up control of Sun Tran 12-02-09
• 2,500 pounds of grease for recycling 11-28-09
• All-electric Sedan (The Leaf) here on Jan. 4 11-21-09
• Survey finds gap between Tucson and Phoenix airfares is starting to grow 11-20-09
• Focus on safety as countdown to bicycle race begins 11-15-09
• 'Green Fleet Day' featuring alt fuel, electric and hybrid vehicles set for Nov. 10-11 (170KB PDF)
• PAG coordinates regional cleanup event along Houghton corridor 11-06-09
• $900K in grants offered for ethanol, biofuel switch
• New compressed natural gas station opens 10-16-09
• New public compressed natural gas station now open 10-15-09
• Impact fees to fund roads on SW side set for action 10-05-09
• Accurante census count of AZ Hispanics urged 10-05-09
• I-10 delays to start again 10-04-09 
• Regional plan for bicycling approved 09-24-09
• Clean Cities demonstration of Tesla being fast charged 09-23-2009 (1,106KB PDF)
• Charging stations could soon cover Tucson 09-23-09
• Tucson among first cities to get Nissan electric car 08-06-09
• U.S. Rep. Giffords announces House approval of $7 million in water and energy projects for southeastern AZ 07-17-09
• Your I-10 frustration to end by late August 07-09-09
• Transportation, housing costs go together (Opinion) 06-07-09
• I-19 sign change to miles delayed 06-06-09
• Public transit will work if it gets proper support (Opinion) 06-02-09
• RTA has $48K adviser for city bus pullouts 05-31-09
• Oregon firm picked to build RTA streetcars 05-30-09
• Shuttle getting riders, but changes suggested 05-22-09
• MV to manage Arizona bus fleet (Sun Shuttle) 05-21-09
• Plan links Sunset Road with Silverbell 05-14-09 (video clip)
• A big dig for Twin Peaks 05-13-09
• 11-year dream realized with bus service 05-12-09
• First rider on GV expanded bus service 05-06-09
• Shuttle bus offers extented routes in GV, Sahuarita 04-28-09
• RTA hand count shows it's time to move on (Opinion) 04-23-09
• Goddard says Pima County recount affirms '06 result 04-23-09
• Ballots in RTA vote show fair election 04-22-09
• RTA vote recount 04-22-09 (video clip)
• Huckelberry: Transit election recount 'vindicates' county 04-22-09
• Goddard: Pima County recount affirms 2006 results 04-21-09
• New cycling challenge to roll into town 04-02-09
• Clean Air Days and Bike Fest in Tucson expands schedule, outreach 03-15-09
• Open houses on transportation plan set 03-13-09
• Tucson slated to be next leader in electric cars 03-11-09 (video clip)
• Nissan plans to launch electric car in Tucson 03-06-07
• City closer to having electric-car chargers 03-05-09
• Help make mark on Tucson 'green' map 03-05-09
• Learn to live 'green' at the expo 03-03-09
• Answers on energy to be offered at expo 03-01-09
• Green living expo next month at TCC 02-08-09
• Buffelgrass battle rages on 02-07-09
• What U.S. stimulus could do for S. AZ  02-01-09
• Fueling station for natural gas vehicles coming to Tucson 01-10-09
• 14 new bus pullouts due in 2009 01-10-09
• Grant Road plan seeks council approval Tuesday 01-09-09
• 4,000 applicants sought here for U.S. Census jobs 01-09-09
• Downtown businesses offering coupon book 01-02-09
• Tucson firm to play key role in AZ solar power 01-02-09

2008 News

• Pima solar project a first step en route to renewable energy 12-22-08
• Nod puts city's modern streetcar on the right track 12-20-08 
• Drivers racking up miles here, report says 12-20-08
• (ADOT) Board OK's study of west Tucson bypass for I-10 12-19-08
• Pima County moves ahead with $3.5 million solar power contract (video clip) 12-18-08
• Judge rejects letting RTA check '06 ballots12-17-08
• Houghton-Sahuarita intersection improvement work starts Dec. 1 11-29-08
• Thorns and Flowers (Opinion) 11-26-08
• John Bremond: How to craft sound land uses (Opinion) 11-26-08
• New measurement tool gauges housing affordability 11-19-08
• County needs a regionwide impact fee (Opinion) 10-29-08
• County considers raising new-home impact fee 10-25-08
• 3-day Bike Count 10-21-08
• Volunteers count bicycles to promote safety, boost other modes of travel 10-21-08
• Bike count to be done Oct. 21-23 10-20-08
• Somehow, RTA ballots must be recounted 10-18-08
• Grant provides foundation for transportation research 10-17-08
• Left-turn restrictions proposed for Grant Road widening 10-07-08
• Grant Road widening alignment unveiled 10-07-08
• Details released on Grant Road widening project  10-07-08
• Grant Road expansion plans unveiled 10-07-08
• Tax credit extension brightens solar outlook 09-26-08
• Tucson must stay vigilant on sustainability 09-24-08
• Area bicycle count could put road, path improvements in gear 09-24-08
• Calculating Your Commute (video clips) 09-22-08
• Grant Road widening to be unveiled Oct. 15 09-18-08
• Investigating UA's parking problem 08-25-08 (Link to video clip)
• How I did it:Getting fit with bike commuting 08-25-08
• PAG carpooling program growing (Link to video clip)
• Applicants sought to advise on (RTA's) 22nd St. widening project 08-22-08
• Tucson man uses hydrogen to increase fuel efficiency 08-20-08
• Railroad expansion coming 08-20-08
• Nogales commerce port could stay open longer 08-20-08
• A bright shining light on Tucson's economy: solar 08-18-08
• Group plugs travel survey 08-06-08
• Green plan: Easy ways for families to reduce, reuse, recycle 08-05-08
• Sun Tran's expanded bus service affects many routes on weekends 08-04-08
• Shaping the region's economy: Transportation and Logistics 08-04-08
• Developers, builders analyzing gray water, rainwater proposals 08-04-08
• Treasurer wants answer on RTA-ballot destruction 07-25-08
• (Sahuarita) Public works director steps up to challenge 07-24-08
• RTA polls showed voters would approve sales tax 07-23-08
• Treasurer wants ruling on destroying RTA ballots 07-23-08
• RTA overrun vote raises eyebrows, but officials defend actions 07-20-08
• End doubts, suspicions with recount of RTA votes (Opinion) 07-14-08 
• RTA offers to fund '06 election ballot recount 07-12-08
• Official: Recount transit plan ballots 07-12-08
• RTA election ballot recount: Bring it on! (Opinion) 07-11-08
• Decision to destroy RTA ballots protested 07-10-08
• Aviation Parkway extension route OK'd; Rio Nuevo is moving ahead 07-09-08
• Last (twisted) mile OK'd linking Aviation, I-10 07-09-08
• Committees on Houghton widening, transit created 07-09-08
• Aviation Parkway extension route OK'd; Rio Nuevo is moving ahead 07-09-08
• Council approves Parkway extension 07-08-08
• City may start transit task force 07-08-08
• Barraza-Aviation Parkway Expansion
• City Council to weigh placement of Barraza-Aviation extension 07-07-08
• Council may approve freeway extension 07-07-08
• "Freeway to nowhere" may finally be extended 07-07-08
• City Coucil to weigh placement of Barraza-Aviation extension 07-07-08
• If you build it, they don't always use it to commute 07-06-08 
• Regional Transportation Authority Update - (News Video - Arizona Illustrated Roundtable) 06-27-08
• Vanpool program offered in Pima County 06-26-08
• Biodiesel powers Sun Tran 06-26-08
• Board OKs transit projects that rely on 1-cent sales tax 06-20-08
• RTA Revenues $1.3 million ahead of schedule 06-10-07
• No wonder Pima roads are so bad 05-18-08
• Regional Transportation Authority turns 2 (Video clip) 05-16-08
• Walkup celebrates bike-friendly community 05-16-08
• Town to spend less on capital improvements 05-14-08
• Sun Tran building $30 million facility 05-12-08
• The sum of all ears: ethanol equation 05-12-08
• 3 public meetings scheduled on Grant widening 04-30-08
• Catch a biofuels documentary on Friday 04-29-08
• Fuel prices subject of new movie 04-29-08
• Tucsonans taking action, but challenges are huge 04-22--08
• Port growth a boost for Tucson 04-18-08
• Earth Day event to move to Reid Park 04-18-08
• Roadside crew targets litter and buffelgrass 04-11-09
• Public input sought on city-county water planning 04-09-08
• Tucson celebrates Earth Day next week 04-09-08
• Are you sick of paying too much at the pump 04-04-08
• Commuting Cost Calculator 04-03-08
• Careful planning vital on I-10 bypass (Opinion) 03-30-08
• Bike event aims to boost Tucson's image 03-28-08
• Giffords rings bell for streetcar funding earmark 03-21-08
• So, is Tucson's population 1 million, or not? 03-21-08
• Five million fewer gallons of gasoline used last year 03-19-08
• Waging war on buffelgrass 03-11-08
• Readers love our region, but growth is a concern 03-09-08
• Where's the work? RTA plan  two years later 03-07-08
• City may add signal sooner in wake of girl's death 03-07-08
• Task force of community leaders surveys buffelgrass threat 03-03-08
• Talks set on $1.6 billion transportation program 03-02-08
• Volunteers take on invasive weed 03-01-08
• Buffelgrass Eradication Day: Saturday March 1, 2008 02-29-08
• Residents pull together to eliminate bad grasses 02-29-08
• Traffic project open houses slated for coming days 02-28-08
• Tucson Weekly Buffelgrass Q&A 02-28-08
• Grant Road plan update Tuesday 02-19-08
• Roadside trash littering Tucson streets (Video Clip) 01-25-08
• Volunteers work to clean up Tucson's image near airport  (Video Clip) 01-25-08
• Buffelgrass becoming a huge problem in Tucson (Video Clip) 01-23-08
• Grant Road Workshops Scheduled 01-14-08
• Toyota will offer a plug-in hybrid by 2010 01-14-08
• GM buys stake in ethanol made from waste 01-14-08
• Pima Association of Governments expands vanpool program to all regional commuters 01-03-08

2007 News

• Recycle holiday turkey grease (Video Clip) 11-23-07
• Recycle turkey grease into car fuel Friday 11-21-07
• Arizona Illustrated - Roundtable Newsmaker: Gary Hayes (Video Clip) 10-19-07
• Forums set on Grant Road widening 10-05-07
• Road projects for a growing state (Video Clip) 10-04-07
• Governor seeks ideas to pay for new roads 10-04-07
• Tucson traffic 25th worst in the U.S. 09-19-09
• Trolley plan spurs city to spell out what's underground 09-19-07
• Alternative Energy Expo answers your questions 09-15-07
• Expo spreads the word on alternative energy 09-15-07
• Alternative Energy on Display at Tucson Convention Center 09-14-07
• Widening Grant Road: Planning about to begin 09-12-07
• Get money-saving tips at Alt-Energy Expo 09-10-07
• Houghton widening will be open house topic 09-10-07
• Planning for Grant Road Widening Begins (Video Clip) 08-31-07
• New Grant Road Survey is on the way 08-28-07
• Transport panel OKs 24 bus pullouts 08-24-07
• Firms, residents have say in Grant widening 08-23-07
• Win for mining opponents 08-16-07
• Sun Tran buses add weeknight, weekend service 08-02-07
• Most still drive solo to job 08-01-07
• Solar power helps save green and fuels the grid (Opinion) 07-23-07
• Public and private sectors must work together to power profound changes (Opinion) 07-23-07
• Governors demand more action for environment 07-23-07
• Executive Conversation: Scott Brittenham of Ethanol Capital Management (VideoClip) 07-22-07
• Marana losing its assistant town manager 07-18-07
• DOE to provide nearly $60 million for Solar Energy Research 06-20-07
• The RTA Plan - One Year Later (Video Clip) 06-03-07 
• Norris elected O'odham chairman 05-29-07
• OV, Marana looking for water solutions 05-29-07
• RTA's gift to the old and stranded is fuel for hope (Editorial) 05-27-07
• RTA Board approves 37 projects 05-25-07
• Improving our cruise: RTA projects moving fast (Editorial) 05-24-07
• RTA's positive impact is good news for our city (Editorial) 05-23-07
• Marana express bus service cranks up 05-23-07
• Sun Tran begins new Express Bus (KUAT) 05-21-07
• New Sun Tran Express Route opens (KOLD) 05-21-07
• Marana Express opens to ease I-10 traffic (KVOA) 05-21-07
• 3-year, I-10 widening needn't drive you nuts 05-21-07
• Sun Tran begins Marana express bus line 05-16-07
• RTA Marks One-Year Anniversary of $2.1 Billion Plan Approval 05-16-07
• What's Improved, What Hasn't One Year After RTA Plan Approval (KVOA) 05-15-07
• Drought looms, water users not worried 05-14-07
• Pinal Energy: A first for Arizona 05-10-07
• Tucson feels pain at the pump (Carpool Couple) 05-10-07
• Fourth Avenue Underpass Construction Set to Go 05-10-07
• Natural-gas powered cars: Who even knows they exist?  05-08-07
• Pima's Air Rated Highly for 8th Year 05-03-07
• Lung Association gives Maricopa County an 'F' 05-01-07
• American Lung Association State of the Air: 2007 Report 05-01-07
• ADOT study outlines need for Oracle Road overhaul 04-25-07
• Arizona is the new Nevada 04-24-07
• PAG's Environmental Planning Division Wins EPA Award 04-16-07
• Tucson is place to be for alt fuel, ethanol 03-21-07
• (Pinal County's) Population likely to surpass Pima's in 20 to 30 years 03-22-07
• Alien' invasion threatens desert, Tucson's future 02-27-07

Other News 

• UA Joins Effort to Make Campuses Environmentally Friendly 09-05-06

• Link to RTA Media Coverage