My friend Edward Jensen is as cool as he is tall. – That’s pretty cool. I saw him post the pic below where part of the caption said “It’s light rail…at the speed of light!” and immediately thought, “pic of the week!” I love the colors, the reflection on the water and the lights from […]
Lakeside Living In Tempe
Lakeside living in Tempe AZ offers a unique opportunity to live an urban / active lifestyle where people have easy access to hiking, biking, boating, sand volleyball and so much more. Living in or near the Mill Avenue district, people also have the convenience of a lifestyle that is arguably Arizona’s most urban environment with […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – December 2011
The December 2011 METRO light rail ridership numbers finished with 998,991 boardings marking just the third time in 2011 that “ridership” fell below the one million mark. Overall, another pretty impressive year for growth with 4.3% gains over 2010 boardings. December’s averages show lower weekday and weekend traffic from the previous month. Of course, a […]
Mesa Looking At College Students To Rock The Rail Life
We know that ASU students are a huge part of the success of the Phoenix light rail system. They ride in big numbers, spend money at businesses along the line, and they seem to enjoy the convenience of taking the train to school as well as out to play. Recently, it was announced that Mesa […]
Snag Some FREE Light Rail Passes in Phoenix
And your momma’ told you there was no such thing as a FREE ride… You remember the super-cool new transit passes we just told you about, right? Well, how would you like to snag one or two of those bad boys for yourself? Try this out for size… Transit Hosts Special Event on Jan. 6 […]
Rail Life Pic Of The Week – 2012 Centennial Light Rail Pass
Today, METRO began selling the 2012 Commemorative Centennial Transit Pass online, at retail centers, transit centers and at seven of the light rail stations. The seven participating stations include: Montebello/19th Ave. Central Ave/Camelback Central Station (both platforms) 44th St./Washington Veterans Way/College Ave. Price-101 Fwy/Apache Blvd. Sycamore/Main St. The Arizona Centennial tickets are limited in supply […]
Make It A Light Rail New Year’s Eve
So, you are still on the fence as to what you want to do on New Year’s Eve, right? One thing you know for sure is that you probably don’t want to be behind the wheel of a car. Of course, I don’t think that YOU would be a problem behind the wheel, it’s the […]
Happy Birthday METRO Light Rail
So, where were you three years ago today? Did you believe in the success of this “boondoggle” that people called light rail in Phoenix? For some, it was hard to drink the Kool-Aide. For others, it was just the beginning of celebrating things to come. METRO began their first public trips along the 20 mile […]
$88 Million Kiddie Condo Sale
Around here, we’ve been known to talk about some of the cool homes located along the light rail line. One of the largest demographics benefitting from living along the line are students at ASU. Many ASU students work hard for their money and some of them enjoy a little bit of help from mom and […]
METRO Light Rail Holiday Hours
You’ve got your party hat on and are ready to paint the town red, right? Good. Here are a few key dates and times that are coming up this holiday season and you will want to know the light rail hours of operation. Yes, Santa can ride on Christmas Eve, and, yes, there will be […]