For this community spotlight we head to Mesa, just north of the Sycamore station, to check out Sycamore Square. Sycamore Square consists of 30 homes that feature covered parking and a nice community pool in a very “transit friendly” location. On the map below, you can get a good idea of how close the community […]
Foreman Talks Tempe Transit
Transportation in Tempe, or anywhere around the country, can be a very interesting topic. With a couple of very heated battles happening in the Tempe political arena recently, transit seems to have been a bit more quiet than one might expect. Tempe has light rail, their bus system and the popular Orbit systems for people […]
Downtown Mesa The Next Mill Avenue?
I read a really good article about downtown Mesa yesterday titled, “Our view: Arrival of colleges could transform downtown Mesa.” The article stated what I have been thinking / trying to say for a while now. It talked about how important these new colleges coming to Mesa could be for the transformation of the area. […]
Rail Life Pic Of The Week – The Wet Spot
So, I shot this pic back in mid-March at a place many of you have probably visited. Anyone know what the name of the bar was in mid-March or what the name of the place is today? Hint: Some of you might be shocked to know that the place recently changed their name… Remember, Rail […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – April 2012
The April 2012 METRO light rail ridership numbers are out and there were 1,266,714 boardings with an impressive average weekday total of 47,400 boardings per day. The April total was about 4.8% higher than the same month ( April ) of 2011. April 2012 ridership numbers look like this: Total Boardings for April: 1,266,714 vs […]
Uno Mas Margarita Por Favor
I don’t know a lot of Spanish, just a few words. I can count to 10, and I know a couple of phrases that really have no gentlemanly value to them, but I have been known to say an enthusiastic, uno mas margarita, por favor! on occasion. When I heard the news from our friends […]
Marriott Coming To Tempe – Rockin The Rail Life
The City of Tempe recently announced that a new hotel will soon break ground at Fifth and Forest. Yep, a shiny new Residence Inn by Marriott will soon be joining the list of “places to stay along the light rail line.” This 173 room hotel will open in late 2013/early 2014. Where is Fifth and […]
Broken Hearts at Downtown Phoenix Market
The news hit me hard… I was reading through my Google+ page late Friday night and saw a link posted by my friend Edward Jensen that said, “The Downtown Phoenix Public Market is closing.” My first thought was that this was a mistake, maybe a bad joke. Was it April Fools Day? I clicked the […]
Tempe Allstate Employees In Good Hands
It was recently announced that Allstate Insurance Company has leased 66,000 square feet of office space at the Tempe Gateway building located at Mill Avenue and 3rd Street. Yep, right next to the Mill Avenue light rail station. The Tempe Gateway building is 8 stories tall and has 260,000 square feet of Class A space […]
Bikes And Transit – Peanut Butter and Jelly?
Bike riders seem to have been big users of the Phoenix light rail system since day one of operations. In fact, I believe there has been more interest from people riding bikes on light rail trains than what was originally anticipated. Heck, that makes sense because the system as a whole seems to be much […]