PHOENIX — This fall, public meetings are scheduled for METRO’s Central Mesa, I-10 West and Tempe South future corridor projects. Each of these projects is in the “Tier 2” or detailed analysis phase and results of this research will be revealed at the upcoming meetings. METRO and its city partners are committed to ensuring public […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – How bout’ them Devils?!
By now, you can probably tell that I love ASU sports. Tailgating at ASU football games is bordering on obsession for me. (just ask my wife) Of course, the season isn’t going quite as well as we had drawn it up in the beginning of the year. In fact, the rest of the schedule isn’t […]
Public Meeting – Review plans for Northwest Extension
PHOENIX — A public meeting will convene to brief residents and business owners between Northern and Dunlap avenues on the progress of route design and construction plans for METRO’s Northwest Extension. The 3.2-mile, locally-funded Northwest Extension will take light rail service further north on 19th Avenue to Dunlap. Plans for this mile section are 65% complete. […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Safety overload
Metro has asked that people try to help spread the safety word. This past week, we went downtown and took some pictures of a few of the new safety signs and some changes in the road ways that people should be aware of. With all of the testing going on, they are still in a pretty […]
Light Rail Safety – “Here’s Your Sign!”
Everyone knows the old “here’s your sign” joke. We have noticed a lot of new signs along the light rail line that many people are unaware of. Hopefully, we can all figure out, in a hurry, how to navigate the areas near the trains so that no one gets hurt. Metro has begun their safety […]
For Midtown Museum District, First Times a Charm
I first heard about the formation of a Midtown Museum District Association back in July of this year while reading Ed’s blog about Life at the ASU Downtown Phoenix Campus. In his blog, Ed described the idea for the new association as follows: “Our mission is to be a group of residents and businesses that […]
Communities near light rail have much to offer
I just got back from Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas where I met a lot of really amazing people and learned a ton of cool stuff about blogging and social media. To me, the most interesting part was learning more about community building and on line relationships etc. Don't get me wrong, the "technical" aspects were cool but sessions on Twitter […]
Mesa Announces Light Rail Grand Opening Celebration Info.
We have talked about the fact that the Grand Opening weekend for Light Rail will be a huge event in the valley. On December 27th and 28th, the public will be able to ride the light rail cars for free. Tens of thousands of people are expected to check out the festivities and ride on […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – 100 days until Light Rail in Phoenix
This past week, we got within 100 days of Light Rail opening in Phoenix. I took this pic at the press conference where we were updated by local leaders and by Rick Simonetta, Metro's CEO. The testing has been going well and this shot was taken at the Central/Van Buren stop near the downtown ASU campus in […]
More info on how to win FREE light rail passes from Metro
Recently, I wrote about a contest where people can win a free light rail pass that is good for one year. At yesterdays press conference, we learned about another way for people to win free 3 day passes for the light rail system. The contest is mentioned in the Tom Simplot video from this recent post as well. […]