TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN ARIZONA

OLDER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Phoenix

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1882-1900 - Phoenix City Railway
1900-1925 - Phoenix Railway Co.
1925-1958 - Phoenix Street Railway (city owned)
1948 - streetcars discontinued
After 1958 - Valley Transit Lines (privately owned)
Has new light rail

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Valley Metro
Serves city and nearby suburbs only
Outlying Maricopa County - Special Transportation Services
New additional metropolitan counties:
Pinal County - no regional transit service


NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS


Tucson

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1893-1906 - several companies
1906-1910 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co.
1910-1930 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co. (Federal Light & Traction Co.)
1930 - streetcars discontinued
1930-1946 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co. (Cities Service Co.)
1946-1967 - Tucson Rapid Transit Co.
1967-1969 - Tucson Transit Corp. (American Transit Corp.)

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Sun Tran
Primarily city service
Outlying Pima County - Pima County Department of Transportation


Flagstaff

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Mountain Line
Primarily city service
Outlying Coconino County - no transit service


Prescott

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1907 - Prescott & Mount Union Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Prescott Transit

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Prescott Transit Authority
Primarily city service
Outlying Yavapai County - no transit service


Yuma

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
Private bus co. in 1952 - Yuma Bus Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Yuma County Area Transit
Serves city and nearby suburbs only
Outlying Yuma County - no transit service


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