The Regional Transportation Authority has a strong foundation built on public support and trust. When voters approved the RTA’s 20-year regional transportation plan and funding in 2006, it was the first, truly regional plan and one that would benefit every community: the towns of Marana, Sahuarita and Oro Valley, the cities of Tucson and South […]

One of the transportation funding challenges we face today is a decline in purchasing power for transportation construction. Historically, transportation funding in the region has come from state and federal gas taxes that are returned to counties and local jurisdictions. The gas tax has not changed since the early 1990s. That funding model has gradually […]