Arizona State University and Adidas unveiled the new Sun Devil Football uniforms recently, and they seem to be a big hit on campus. In fact, you could say that we’ve been Adidas’d You know what Adidas’d stands for, right? All Day I Dream About Sun Devils Remember that phrase. Write it down, put it in your […]
Valley Metro Using Water To Test New Light Rail Extension
Metro continues to test light rail trains in Mesa. Check put what they are up to now… This seems like a cool way to help people and to bring awareness to the new light rail extension. Valley Metro Rail to use 105 Tons of Bottled Water to Help Test New Extension PHOENIX, AZ – How […]
Property Owners Stepping Up For Tempe Streetcar?
If you haven’t traveled Rio Salado in downtown Tempe recently, you might not be aware of the massive changes coming to the area. If you do live, work or play in the area, there is no doubt that you’ve been watching the development between Mill and Rural along the south side of Tempe Town Lake. […]
METRO and City of Mesa Announce August 22 as Mesa Grand Opening
Woo Hoo! The trains will be running in Downtown Mesa before we know it! Announcement! Light rail service to downtown Mesa begins August 22nd, months early! pic.twitter.com/9L1giIz0v0 — RailLife (@RailLife) June 3, 2015 At a Central Mesa Milestone Event this morning, it was announced that the light rail trains will begin running into Downtown Mesa […]
Test Train Arrives In Mesa
We knew the day would come and the day happened to be May 27th, 2015 when the first light rail train headed into downtown Mesa. “The Valley Metro Light Rail Test Train was walked from Sycamore Street Station to Mesa Drive and back on the newly completed tracks down Main Street, Downtown Mesa, Arizona and […]
Making A Booty Call? Not on METRO
Advertising on the light rail line has come a long way since the early days of the system, and we were told that NO advertising would be found on light rail cars. That tune quickly changed when the METRO figured out that people would pay a LOT of money to wrap a light rail car. […]
First Annual Tempe Urban Living Tour
The first annual Tempe Urban Living Tour is Saturday, March 21st! Here at RailLife, we are BIG fans of the urban lifestyle that is available all along the line. Come check out some of the great communities located in Downtown Tempe! So, here’s the scoop: The Downtown Tempe Authority is hosting an Urban Living Tour. The […]
State Farm Employees Relocating To Marina Heights
Marina Heights will be here before we know it. In fact, many State Farm employees are already living in and around their massive new facility that is being built on Rio Salado Parkway along the south side of Tempe Town Lake. The thousands of new people and jobs that are coming will certainly change the […]
Aerial Tour of Sun Devil Stadium and Marina Heights
Check out this aerial tour of two of the big construction projects happening in Downtown Tempe. Bruce Haffner flew over the Marina Heights development and Sun Devil Stadium to give us a birds eye view of the progress of these two projects. Marina Heights and Sun Devil Stadium will be completed in phases over the […]
Nice Home Near Price and Apache
Hey transit fans and Sun Devils, here’s a really nice AND affordable home near the Price and Apache light rail station that has recently been nicely updated. Check out 1020 S Siesta Ln in Tempe. It is a 3 bedroom property that we like a lot. Check out some of the photos below: Recent updates […]