toddinde
OBS Chief
The Fall Meeting of All Aboard Arizona today in Tucson was very interesting. A couple key takeaways. First, a daily Sunset Limited appears to be an Amtrak priority. That is great news because anything less than daily is hard to use. Second, the Sunset’s route from NO to LA serves more population and a faster growing area than the North East Corridor with many city pairs 300 miles apart (of course the population density is less). Third, a daily Sunset through Phoenix is exactly what would be needed to jump start a Tucson to Phoenix corridor, ultimately with additional service Tucson or even El Paso to LA. It is time to advocate for a daily Sunset Limited now, and begin the lift to route it back through Phoenix.