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The study was for a high-speed passenger rail line, much of which would run in the median of I-10. The cost was projected at $6 billion. People in the know have informed me that the final price tag, with expected cost overruns, would run somewhere between $10 and $15 billion.
One state senator, who is no longer in politics, attempted to get Chinese interests to come in and build it on a turnkey basis, but Gov. Ducey said he didn't want the Chinese in here.
A cheaper alternative would be to fix up the Union Pacific line between Phoenix and Tucson for passenger rail, and that would cost between $1.1 and $1.3 billion. Miami's Brightline, now Virgin Trains USA, looked at that alternative but opted instead to build the Las Vegas-to-Victorville project.
Amtrak has asked the mayors of Yuma, Phoenix and Tucson to write to Amtrak requesting three round trips a day between Phoenix and Tucson using the UP line, and one round trip per day between Los Angeles and Tucson via Phoenix. These letters will trigger a four- to five-year feasibility study on Amtrak's part before Amtrak asks the states of California and Arizona to fund it. While California has a mechanism for funding passenger rail, Arizona does not.
Further, bringing the Yuma-Phoenix section of the UP line back into service -- it was taken out of service in 1996 due to a terrorist incident -- would cost $500 million. Nobody has that kind of money.
Barring some new vast federal program for passenger rail, nothing will be done.
As cities go vertical, interstates cannot.
Plan your future accordingly. Look at foreign nations traffic problems.