Tempe
Tempe: City of the Past, Present & Future.Tempe is a densely populated city in Maricopa County, Arizona, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece.
Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale on the north, Chandler on the south, and Mesa on the east.
Due to this as well as being the home of the main campus of Arizona State University, Tempe has a diverse, ever evolving, urbanized development pattern in the northern part of the city with a growing skyline. Going south, development becomes less dense, consisting of single-family homes, strip malls and lower-density office parks.
Within Tempe are the Tempe Buttes. The Salt River runs west through the northern part of Tempe; part of the river is dammed in two places to create Tempe Town Lake.
Tempe is generally flat, except for Hayden Butte (generally known as A-Mountain for Arizona State University’s “A” logo located on its south face), located next to Sun Devil Stadium.
Tempe is one of the most densely populated communities in the Metro-Phoenix area, and serves as a crossroads for the area’s largest communities.
Tempe is home to many outdoor activities. Tempe Town Lake is a publicly accessible lake that is run by City of Tempe. The lake provides recreation activities to residents and tourists, but also helps protect the surrounding area from flooding.
Freeways make up the major transportation system for the Valley. Included in the system surrounding Tempe are I-10 near the western edge as it traverses the Broadway Curve, Loop 202 crossing the northern side, Loop 101 following the eastern border, and US- 60 running east–west through the center of the city.
Valley Metro operates bus routes Vanpools, and the Valley Metro Rail system that serves Downtown Tempe and Arizona State University, providing service to Phoenix and Mesa.
The City of Tempe operates a free neighborhood circulator service called Orbit involving five free shuttle routes near ASU that operate on a regular basis seven days a week.
Three other FLASH (Free Local Area Shuttle) circulate in northern Tempe around the university.
Tempe residents and commuters make extensive use of public transit and service is offered on a more frequent basis than elsewhere in the greater Phoenix valley, or in the entire state.
Most Tempe buses offer 15 minute service during rush hour and 30 minute service throughout the rest of the day.
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, located 2 miles northwest of Tempe, provides extensive air service to points throughout North America and to London, England, and various cities in majestic Hawaii in 2022.
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (an easy commute East of Tempe) is located in Mesa, and offers air service to many additional destinations.
Flash Forward:Tempe is developing the nation’s first and only zero-driving community called Culdesac Tempe set to open in 2023.
The $170 million development project will contain 761 apartments, housing 1,000 residents and 16,000 square feet of retail, serving as a form of infill development in the city as it is being built on a vacant 17-acre lot.
In this community, residents are contractually forbidden from parking a vehicle within a quarter mile radius of the area. The complex will include grocery stores, restaurants, cafes, working spaces, communal courtyards and parks so that all daily needs are walkable and easy for residents to access without the use of a vehicle.
Prices to live in Culdesac Tempe are in line with rent prices in the rest of the area and discounted public transport services are included in the monthly rent to allow for residents to travel to other places.
Residents will have access to scooters within the complex through a partnership with Bird, a fleet of car-share electric vehicles to book for the day, Lyft rides, and free unlimited passes on the metro system that includes a light rail into Phoenix.
Interest in living in the complex has exceeded expectations with hundreds of people currently on a completely full waitlist. 40% of prospective residents hail from outside of Arizona, mostly young professionals, retirees, and individuals who have the ability to work remotely as a result of the pandemic, which allows them to move to a new area to try out this new way of living.
Once the complex is open, Culdesac hopes to replicate this community in other areas throughout the United States to work to combat the nation’s current dependence on private vehicles and shift towards a new and more sustainable way of life.
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