I hope you can join us for the next Mayor’s "business coffee" to hear Metro’s CEO Rick Simonetta, speak about light rail. I have had several opportunities to hear Rick speak and find him to be friendly, informative and obviously very knowledgeable about the vision of rail in our city. I believe there will be a big focus, once again, on light rail safety and awareness of the light rail cars as testing has really been ramping up.
Following is part of an email we got from Friends of Transit mentioning details about the event.
Light Rail is going to change the way we work, live and explore downtown Phoenix. Rick Simonetta, CEO of Valley Metro Rail, will join Mayor Gordon to provide a passenger’s perspective of riding the new light rail system, and share practical information about riding the rail.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
8:00 am to 9:00 am ¨Royal Coffee Bar & Sweet Pea Bakery
209 West Jackson Street
Coffee will be provided!
Parking is available curbside. Be sure to bring change for the meters!
Please RSVP to mayor.rsvp@phoenix.gov
** Update- Location change!**
UPDATE: Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
8:00 am to 9:00 am Mi Amigos at the Arizona Center
Wow, I never knew that Valley Metro CEO to speak about light rail…. That’s pretty interesting…