But then everything changed. By the 1990s, the state was rapidly building a Loop 101, Loop 202, Loop 303, etc. This is the story of how Phoenix built one of the biggest and best regional freeway systems – decades after other cities finished. But was it a good plan?
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Additional reading:
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The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community:
https://www.srpmic-nsn.gov/
https://www.c-span.org/video/?420334-1/salt-river-pima-maricopa-indian-community
Regional transportation plan:
https://www.azmag.gov/Programs/Transportation/Regional-Transportation-Plan-RTP
Maricopa County sales tax case study:
http://www.transportation-finance.org/pdf/featured_documents/nchrp_20_24_62_maricopa.pdf
Arizona transportation by the numbers:
https://tripnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Arizona_Transportation_by_the_Numbers_TRIP_Report_March_2020.pdf
Spacing between freeway interchanges:
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/07031/index.cfm
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Time sections:
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Introduction: (0:00)
The Interstate Era: (2:37)
The Papago Vote (4:11)
A Second Boom: (6:37)
Embracing L.A.: (10:45)
Hitting the 1990s: (12:32)
Prop 400: (16:41)
A Good Idea?: (18:32)
The Third Boom: (23:24)
