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Students enrolled in Pima Community College's Aviation Technology Program do maintenance on a plane as a commercial aircraft takes off from the nearby Tucson International Airport on Feb. 4, 2019.

Tucson International Airport could become a business hub under new plan

Sep 13, 2019 A new report recommends transportation projects, free trade and hundreds of acres of development.

Cars drive through Tucson streets flooding with monsoon rains.

'Stupid motorist law' rarely enforced in Tucson area

Sep 11, 2019 Flooding on area roads leads to rescues.

Sonora's Highway 15 stretches from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales to the border with the Mexican state of Sinaloa at Don Estación.

Four-lane highway south of Arizona-Mexico border delayed again

Sep 3, 2019 The highway, originally slated for completion January 2018, is now expected to be finished in October.

Bicycles for the Tugo city bike-share program near Tumamoc Hill on Tucson's west side, 2017.

Tucson's bike share program adding docking stations

Sep 2, 2019 The city says it's bringing Tugo bicycles to more Tucson neighborhoods.

Riders board the Phoenix light rail.

Phoenix voters rejecting anti-rail initiative by wide margin

Aug 28, 2019 The proposition aimed to block extending the light rail, including a plan to expand into working-class Hispanic and African American communities of south Phoenix.

A light-rail stop in Phoenix.

City voters weighing light rail system's future in Phoenix

Aug 27, 2019 The proposition asks whether any expansion of the rail system should be permanently halted.

A light-rail stop in Phoenix.

Phoenix: Thousands of ballots for light rail measure pour in

Aug 23, 2019 A ballot initiative is asking if the expansion of the rail system should be halted.

Sonora's Highway 15 stretches from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales to the border with the Mexican state of Sinaloa at Don Estación.

Promised inauguration of Sonoran highway called off

Aug 21, 2019 Three dates have been set and missed for completion of the highway that runs from Sinaloa to the Arizona border.

Signs to the Sunset Point rest area on Interstate 17, north of Phoenix, 2014.

Landslide database to shape Arizona I-17 expansion project

Aug 16, 2019 Officials say the database will help officials evaluate the risk in expanding the highway, which navigates through a mountainous region up to Flagstaff.

A backup driver sits behind the wheel of a Waymo self-driving taxi as the vehicle makes a right turn on its own in Chandler, Arizona.

Waymo on its plans to grow in the Phoenix metro area

Aug 12, 2019 The company offers Lorraine Rivera a ride in one of its self-driving taxis.

A TuSimple test driver waves from inside a self-driving semi as it leaves the company's warehouse in Tucson.

Inside TuSimple's Tucson warehouse

Aug 12, 2019 The company is testing self-driving semis on I-19 and I-10.

The Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff, Arizona.

NAU to implement 'virtual parking' with cameras that read plates

Aug 9, 2019 License plates will be treated as permits and scanned by cameras mounted to university vehicles, officials said.

Suntran bus downtown Tucson

Electric buses to join Tucson city fleet

Jul 31, 2019 A Tucson City Council member said the switch to electric buses will save the city money.

The streetcar at a University of Arizona stop.

Tucson streetcar pulling into 5-year anniversary

Jul 26, 2019 Free rides and events will be held all day July 27 along the streetcar route.

An e-scooter left beside a trail in a park in the Washington, D.C., area.

Tucson picks 2 companies for rental scooters pilot program

Jul 23, 2019 Each company will be permitted to launch up to 500 e-scooters.

Rev. Robin Hoover speaks to migrants at a soup kitchen in Hermosillo, Sonora, on July 8, 2019.

Arizona-based organization brings migrant guide project to Sonora

Jul 10, 2019 The guide is aimed at increasing the security and safety of migrants traveling through Mexico and to the U.S.

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