Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Playing Ball

March 25, 2012

Just one more week to catch the Spring Training Trolley in Tempe. The free trolley runs every 20 minutes from the Mill Avenue District and the Tempe Marketplace. It’s been perfect baseball weather, so get in some more spring baseball while you can! This week’s pics of the week are a couple of shots from [...]

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METRO Announces Contractor For Mesa Light Rail Extension

March 24, 2012

Design-Build contractor selected for Central Mesa light rail extension The project timeline and community will benefit from a single team PHOENIX, AZ — Valley Transit Constructors (VTC), a Kiewit/Mass. Joint Venture, was selected today as the team who will continue designing and building the 3.1-mile Central Mesa light rail extension.  Parsons Transportation Group, also part [...]

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FREE Rides To Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight in Phoenix

March 22, 2012

So, you are heading to the dance? What better way to get to US Airways Center than to hop on the light rail and have them take you there, for FREE? Yep, I’m freakin’ serious. All events at the US Airways Center qualify as FREE Rail Ride events. “Through The Rail Ride Event, METRO will [...]

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3rd Commercial Tower For Hayden Ferry Lakeside

March 20, 2012

Another large commercial building project is about to break ground in the city of Tempe at the super swanky Hayden Ferry Lakeside complex. Currently, Hayden Ferry consists of two luxurious business towers and two residential towers known as Edgewater and Bridgeview. The towers at Hayden Ferry are one of the most prestigious addresses in the [...]

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High Stakes BEER?

March 16, 2012

I’ve got a few friends that are pretty big fans of beer. Not just any beer but “good beer.” In fact, if you follow the AZ beer world at all, you probably have heard that the sale of craft beer continues to rise. I’m pretty sure some of those same friends have something to do [...]

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Transit Riders Striking Out – Only Updates Available

March 12, 2012

The threat of transit strikes in the Valley have been ringing loudly for a long time. Last week, the plug was pulled on a bunch of bus services in the Phoenix and Tempe areas. Thankfully, for light rail riders, the METRO light rail service has not been yanked. Unfortunately, many of the people counting on [...]

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Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Highly Addictive

March 11, 2012

So, the Arizona Aloha Festival was this weekend. It’s a big hit around here. In fact, my family and I have enjoyed it for the past few years. You might say, it’s highly addictive. For those of you that know me, you know that I sometimes shoot random photos of all kinds of things. While [...]

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Shana Ellis Talks Valley Transit

March 8, 2012

It was recently announced that Steve Banta was chosen to lead Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA) and METRO light rail as the single chief executive officer. The following info is an Op-ed by Arizona Councilmember and Valley Metro and METRO Boards member Shana Ellis. Take a look at what Shana has to say [...]

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Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Aloha My Friends

March 4, 2012

Next weekend brings another cool event to Tempe Beach Park, the Arizona Aloha Festival. Tens of thousands of people will head to the festival for good food, music, shopping and fun. This family-friendly event will give you a great taste of the islands, don’t miss it. The pic of the week is one I shot [...]

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Desert Eagle Brewing Coming To – Mesa

March 3, 2012

Downtown Mesa is getting a microbrewery and it will be open before the end of the summer. Yes, really. Desert Eagle Brewing Company is said to open by July of  2012, which is a few years before trains will be heading past their location at 150 West Main Street. Desert Eagle will join Four Peaks, [...]

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