Update: see current Willo Home Tour info here: The 2011 Willo Historic Home Tour is THIS Sunday, February 13th from 10am to 4pm. If you are interested in some of the coolest historic homes along the light rail line, the annual Willo Historic Home Tour is something you don’t want to miss. The annual Willo […]
Governor’s Office of Highway Safety To Issue Award At Tempe City Council Meeting
Today it was announced that Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff is going to be receiving an award at the upcoming Tempe City Council Meeting on Thursday. From azcentral: Alberto Gutier, director of the AZ Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, said in a letter that he plans to present the award to Ryff at Thursday’s Tempe […]
More Light Rail Service Cuts Possible
Just last year we were talking about transportation cuts. The realities of poor sales tax revenue appear to be the main cause of the continued need to make budget changes in many areas. While last year’s cuts didn’t seem to hurt too bad, the pain probably isn’t over. Once again, we are hearing talks of […]
METRO Talks Next Steps For Tempe Streetcar
There has been a lot of talk recently about our local transportation system. Federal funding, the lack of sales tax revenue, line extensions, ridership numbers, future demand etc etc. Some people have begun to question the ability of the Tempe Streetcar line to be built and or funded. Today’s press release from METRO seems to […]
Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff: New Ideas Help Fight Crime And Budget Cuts
The Tempe Police Department is getting creative amidst budget cuts. The official numbers for the crime rates in Tempe should be released soon according to Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff‘s most recent opinion piece in the Tempe Republic and the good news is that overall crime continued to decline in spite of budget cuts experienced […]
First Friday Tequila Sipping With Roger Clyne
Want to sip tequila and listen to some great music during First Friday this month? Yeah, I thought so. Just head over to the Phoenix Art Museum to hang out and listen to the cool tunes of Roger Clyne. It’s the second opportunity we’ve had for such a celebration recently. Roger’s Mexican Moonshine set at […]
Valley Metro Elects New Officers
Congrats go out to Shana Ellis of Tempe for being elected to Chair the 2011 Valley Metro Board of Directors. Shana has been very active in serving as Tempe’s representative to the Metro Rail Board and has been involved with many of their projects. Also elected were Ron Ames and Michael Johnson. Each of these […]
Metro Rock
A while back, METRO introduced “Valley Metro Notes” where they asked local bands to write and record their own songs about transit. The NOTES campaign launched in November 2010 with six local bands that wrote 11 songs about how to use public transportation. Valley Metro is releasing the songs through the Fall of 2011. Participating […]
Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Shoveling Sunshine
I decided to take my family for a trip up Hayden Butte today. Sunscreen in hand, we decided to brave the 70 degree weather. At the top of the mountain, I took a shot of this poor lady shoveling sunshine. Without a doubt, it is easy to find a lot of fun things to do […]
WordCamp to Rock the Rail Life
WordCamp Phoenix is in full swing. People are flocking from far and wide to get their geek on with some of the best of the best. Billed as “A five day festival celebrating all things WordPress in Greater Phoenix”, this major cramming down your throat of more information that a person could possibly handle is […]