The City of Tempe and the Mill Avenue District welcomes Comerica Bank on Mill Avenue just south of the light rail station at 3rd and Mill. While the paper recently reported on some of the casualties of Mill Avenue, the city knows there is a new interest among certain types of business in the area. […]
Metro Light Rail seeking public input
Metro light rail offering Northwest Extension public meeting to review park-and-ride facility. PHOENIX — A public meeting is scheduled to discuss the design of the Dunlap park-and-ride in METRO’s Northwest Extension with neighboring stakeholders. The park-and-ride is planned for the southwest corner of 19th Avenue and Dunlap. METRO and City of Phoenix staff will […]
Light Rail Station – Osborn and Central
The light rail station at Osborn and Central in Phoenix is also often called Park Central as it is neat the Park Central Mall. This light rail station is near many restaurants, shops and a ton of commercial space. Located just South of Osborn, there seems to be a lot more activity in this area […]
Light Rail Pub Crawl raisng money – awareness for good causes
Another “Light Rail Pub Crawl” is coming to Phoenix Saturday, February 28th from 4-11pm with (at least) 16 participating restaurants and bars offering different specials. The guys at “Responsible Partying Made Simple” are putting it all together and urging people to purchase a t-shirt via RPMS for $10.00. The t-shirt purchase is basically your ticket to get […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Light Rail Shuttle services in demand
The Phoenix Sky Harbor light rail shuttle service appears to be doing pretty well. Often, as I approach the 44th street and Washington station, I see people carrying travel bags as they enter and exit the trains. This FREE light rail shuttle runs seven days per week at the same times as the light rail trains […]
Light Rail Station – Rural and University
The light rail station at Rural and University is a very busy station. Tempe and ASU students have embraced light rail and are taking advantage of it’s many benefits. Students find light rail a great way to help with parking problems and costs. The ASU “U-Pass” is available at greatly discounted rates to ASU students. […]
METRO Ridership Off To A Positive Start
For January 2009, METRO ridership totals 911,883 boardings, resulting in an average weekday ridership of 30,617, average Saturday ridership of 31,331 and average Sunday and holiday ridership of 23,815. "We are delighted with the community's response to the system and their turn out. We hope to see this success continue with more and […]
Light Rail travel times – un-official numbers
We get calls and emails about the light rail schedules and travel times quite often. I believe the timing varies slightly depending on driver, passenger loads and even time of day. My last travel time update was pretty consistent with my most recent one. Today, I traveled the entire route, from the Sycamore and Main Street station to […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – 2009 NBA All Star Game another great test
The 2009 NBA All Star game brought a TON of fun and excitement to downtown Phoenix this week and it was another fun "first" for our new light rail system. The extended hours of operation were a welcome addition to many people who would love to see extended hours become a more permanent addition to the schedule. Phoenix […]
Rail Life Site Changes
Here at Rail Life, we like to continue to make things better for the community. We have a lot of changes planned for the future to make the site easy and better for everyone. And we hope to continue to expand our services as Valley Metro continues to expand its services throughout the valley of […]