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 […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Keepin’ Cool
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 […]
Fat Tuesday on Mill Rockin the Mardi Gras
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 […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Light Rail Ride New Year’s Eve
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 […]
Changes Coming to Tempe Transit System
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 […]
Metro Light Rail Adopt A Station Program
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 […]
Metro CEO talks light rail
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 […]
Metro parking and Pass updates
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 […]
Light rail cars wrapped and ready for 2009 NBA All Star Game
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 […]
Metro’s Hillary Foose talks Light Rail Safety and Etiquette
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 […]