This project was formerly known as the North South Rail Spur Project. During the multi-year planning process, the City determined that it would not be able to acquire all the necessary easements from the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) to construct the path. ln Fall 2019, City  Council directed staff to pursue an alternative alignment for the project.

 This new route alignment will use a combination of Farmer Avenue, Roosevelt Street, and Kyrene Road. Proposed improvements include a cycle-track, buffered bike lanes, wayfinding signage, street crossing treatments, new sidewalks, and ADA directional ramps, and a new pedestrian signal at Western Canal and Baseline Road.

The improvements will provide a low-stress, multi-modal route linking Kiwanis Park, Clark Park, and Downtown Tempe. The project will also realign the current ‘Handlebars’ BIKEiT Bike Boulevard route and provide connections to regional bicycle and pedestrian facilities, like the Western Canal Multi-use Path.

A public meeting was held September 20, 2023 with public comment taken from Sept. 20 to Oct. 3, 2023.  Read the comments PDF. 

Public meetings were held April 19, 2023 with public comment taken from April 19 to May 2, 2023. Watch the  video from the April 19, 2023 meetings.  Read the comments PDF.

Design: $253,479 Transit Fund. Construction: $2.3 million Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement grant, $458,738 Transit Fund, and $36,754 Development Impact Fees.

Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2025.

Chase Walman, 480-858-2072, chase_walman@tempe.gov 

• October 2023 Public Comments PDF
• September 2023 Meeting Presentation PDF
• April 2023 Public Comments PDF
• April 2023 Meeting Presentation PDF
• April 2023 Proposed Road Sections PDF
• April 2023 Project Limits PDF
• April 2023 Project Roll Plots PDF
• Sept. 19, 2019 City Council memo.pdf
• Sept. 19, 2019 City Council presentation.pdf
• Previous Route Designs.pdf