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The new $1.4 billion 20-mile METRO light rail line will soon connect central Phoenix with Tempe and west Mesa. Major METRO light rail construction is nearly complete with a planned opening date of December 27, 2008. Construction information and status can be found on the METRO website.
METRO light rail will connect many of the Valley’s premier destinations, including Downtown Phoenix—a hub of major valley entertainment and sports facilities, Central Avenue corridor, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, universities and colleges, museums, medical and research centers, parks, charming historic neighborhoods to new mixed-urban living projects and the region’s largest employment centers. The City of Phoenix and METRO are currently planning and designing future light rail extensions into west and north central Phoenix.
Artist's rendering of METRO light rail running past Chase Field in downtown Phoenix.
Artisan Lofts on Central Mixed-Use Development Project.The City of Phoenix, Downtown Development Office is working to maximize the investment in light rail transit by promoting and attracting high quality mixed-use transit-oriented development (TOD) near light rail stations. TOD is a pattern of development characterized by a mix of uses surrounding a transit station where streets have a high level of connectivity, blocks are small, and buildings and uses cater to the pedestrian. TOD increases access to transit stations by creating an environment that is human-scaled, providing a mix of compatible and complementary land uses that facilitate transit ridership.
The City of Phoenix is working on several initiatives to improve processes and codes including revisions to our TOD Ordinance and the Urban Form Project.
View a map of the TOD-1 and TOD-2 Zoning Overlay Districts. The TOD Zoning Ordinance is available online in Section 662 for TOD-1 and Section 663 for TOD-2.
For additional information on TOD and light rail development outside the City of Phoenix please visit the METRO website.
Downtown Development Office
Contact us!
Email: downtown@phoenix.gov
Phone: 602-534-7143
TTY: 602-534-3476
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