The light rail project cost $1.34 billion and took over a decade to plan and build. It is the largest light rail expansion in the Phoenix area's history. The new infrastructure reconfigures the ...

Phoenix's Transportation 2000. The first iteration of light rail, dreamed up in the 1980s, was an even grander and pricier plan called ValTrans.

Transportation 2050, a 35-year transportation plan Phoenix voters approved in 2015, provides the road map and funding for the light rail expansion. Last year, the South Central expansion received ...

Wednesday was a day of celebration for many in Phoenix as the city unveiled the first light-rail project funded by a 2015 voter-approved transportation initiative.

The light rail started out in 2008 as a 20-mile stretch, but there are 40 additional miles of expansion in the works. As you can see in the map above, several parts of expansion are well ahead of ...

$1.34B Phoenix light rail expansion opens. Julie Strupp . Tue, Jun 10, 2025, 6:33 AM 2 min read. ... Valley Metro map shows the phoenix light rail system.

PHOENIX — The northwest Phoenix extension of the light rail is complete and ready to roll, but this latest expansion of the transportation service is far from the last. On Saturday, a 3-mile ...

The rail project connects 8,000 riders per day to the 35-mile light rail system. advertisement. Newsweek. Map shows $1 billion Phoenix light rail expansion. Story by Theo Burman • 21m.