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By Joe Ferguson | Arizona Daily Star
Every Tucson resident is familiar with the guttural groan they make, almost involuntarily, when they realize a trip to Phoenix is in their future.
The next step is the mental gymnastics of either rationalizing an excuse not to go or to find someone else to get behind the wheel for what is going to be a two-hour trip.
Deadly dust storms and near-certain traffic jams on the two-lane sections of Interstate 10 are just the tip of the iceberg for reasons not to climb behind the wheel.
A group known as All Aboard Arizona is making a push this month to offer a viable alternative that doesn’t involve air travel: a daily rail service between Tucson and Phoenix.
Kinda.