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Rail Life “Flickr Pic” Of The Week – The Light Rail Song

November 7, 2010 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

This weeks pic of the week is actually a video I saw posted by our friend, Yuri Artibise. The video is titled light rail and is preformed by Jeremy Messersmith. In the video Jeremy tells us that “if your cars too spendy and your bikes to slow” you can take the light rail. OR, “if […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Videos, Phoenix Light Rail, Pic of the Week Tagged With: flickr pic of the week, Metro, Rail Life, urban living

Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Keepin’ Cool

July 11, 2010 by Nick Bastian 1 Comment

It’s no secret that the a/c works *really* well in the METRO cars in Phoenix. In fact, the people at METRO seem to be pretty proud about how well the air conditioning units on the trains keep us cool. METRO has said the system works “6x more than the typical AZ home” and have said […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Videos, Phoenix Light Rail, Pic of the Week Tagged With: air conditioning, flickr pic of the week, Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life

Fat Tuesday on Mill Rockin the Mardi Gras

February 5, 2010 by Nick Bastian 1 Comment

Fat Tuesday on Mill Avenue in Tempe has been around for 20 years! Why? Because they do things right. I’m pretty sure that our friends at Monti’s, are the only place along the Mill Avenue District that have been around longer. Yesterday, I met with my friend Chad who owns and manages Fat Tuesday in […]

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail Business Owners, Light Rail Videos, Restaurants Near Light Rail, Tempe Light Rail Tagged With: mill avenue, Rail Life, Tempe Light Rail

Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Light Rail Ride New Year’s Eve

January 3, 2010 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

Happy New Year to all! With a short week and a nice little vacation for myself and my family, I almost passed on the “pic of the week.” Thanks to our friends at Right Brain Photography for posting this video to our group and making it easy for me to share this classic light rail […]

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail Videos, Pic of the Week Tagged With: flickr pic of the week, Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life

Changes Coming to Tempe Transit System

December 22, 2009 by Nick Bastian 2 Comments

We often talk about the early success of our light rail system and how it appears to be changing the way many people look at transportation in Arizona. One interesting topic that comes up regularly  is the demographics of Phoenix light rail riders. According to a recent survey, 26 percent of AZ light rail riders […]

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail Videos, Phoenix Light Rail, Tempe Light Rail Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Orbit, Rail Life, Tempe Light Rail

Metro Light Rail Adopt A Station Program

August 28, 2009 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

This morning, Metro announced details of the new “Adopt A Station” program that is available to business owners along the light rail line. I had a chance to speak with Marty McNeil from Metro and was given the following bullet points for Metro’s Adopt A Station program. 1: Open to business adjacent to the station […]

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail Business Owners, Light Rail Videos, Mesa Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Tempe Light Rail Tagged With: adopt a station, Metro Light Rail, Rail Life

Metro CEO talks light rail

March 31, 2009 by Rail Life Leave a Comment

According to Metro CEO Rick Simonetta, it sounds like they are pleased with the early success of our light rail system. Makes sense for them to be pleased as Rick recently pointed out some interesting details about the still new light rail system. The following video was shot at a recent Mesa City Council meeting […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Videos, Mesa Light Rail Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life, Rick Simonetta

Metro parking and Pass updates

March 7, 2009 by Nick Bastian 1 Comment

East valley park and ride lots continue to handle to bulk of the parking demand for light rail riders. It is estimated that 12% of ridership is coming from the Sycamore and Main street station and that many overall trips are considered "high turnover" trips. High turnover in that, you might be hard pressed to […]

Filed Under: Light Rail Maps, Light Rail Videos, Park and Ride, Tempe Light Rail

Light rail cars wrapped and ready for 2009 NBA All Star Game

February 6, 2009 by Rail Life 1 Comment

The 2009 NBA All Star game will be here in just over a week. In fact, many of the festivities begin next Friday! I have heard officials from the Suns and from the city of Phoenix and from Metro ask people to ride the light rail to get to the game as it will greatly […]

Filed Under: Fun Stuff, Light Rail Videos, Phoenix Light Rail Tagged With: Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life

Metro’s Hillary Foose talks Light Rail Safety and Etiquette

November 21, 2008 by Nick Bastian Leave a Comment

Metro’s Hillary Foose was kind enough to speak to us about some more safety and etiquette tips to think about when riding the light rail line. We have tried to keep you informed about light rail safety but it is great to have someone like Hillary to give us some more valuable information. Thanks Hillary! Some […]

Filed Under: Light Rail, Light Rail safety, Light Rail Videos, Phoenix Light Rail Tagged With: Metro Light Rail, Phoenix Light Rail, Rail Life, safety

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