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

Landslide database to shape Arizona I-17 expansion project

Officials say the database will help officials evaluate the risk in expanding the highway, which navigates through a mountainous region up to Flagstaff.
The Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff, Arizona.

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

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

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

The company is testing self-driving semis on I-19 and I-10.
Suntran bus downtown Tucson

Electric buses to join Tucson city fleet

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

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

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

The guide is aimed at increasing the security and safety of migrants traveling through Mexico and to the U.S.
A sign at the Mariposa Port of Entry.

Nogales pedestrian tunnel at the border now open around the clock

The tunnel keeps pedestrians safe from oncoming commercial vehicle traffic.
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.

Arizona business welcomes possible completion of Sonoran highway

Mexico's president has announced a date for the highway's completion three times.
Waymo's depot in Chandler, Arizona.

Chandler employees to use self-driving cars for work rides

The suburb has been a leader on testing autonomous vehicles in metro Phoenix.
Looking west from Gates Pass towards Saguaro National Park West.

Tucson City Council opposes proposed Interstate 11

A resolution lays out the environmental and economic reasons for the opposition.
A TuSimple self-driving truck.

Pima Community College to offer self-driving truck courses

Those completing the course may get priority for TuSimple autonomous vehicle jobs.
Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix.

Phoenix airport eyes improvement, expansion in 20-year plan

Officials expect more than 70 million passengers by 2039. It recorded nearly 45 million passengers last year.
A mattress and box spring on Camelback Road in Phoenix.

Junk on the road is no laughing matter

The department of transportation is urging drivers to secure vehicle loads and report debris
The Canoa Ranch Rest Area on Interstate 19 seen in a photo posted on the Arizona Department of Transportation Facebook page, May 24, 2019.

Sole rest area between Tucson and Nogales reopens

The Canoa Ranch Rest Area on I-19 received plumbing and other updates.

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