Great news for Rail Life coffee lovers, we just heard that Cartel Coffee is coming to Phoenix! According to our friends at the most rockin’ coffee blog on the planet, the newest Cartel Coffee Lab location is: 1 N. 1st St. #107 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Twitter: @cartelcoffeelab Sounds like Tuesday is the opening of downtown’s […]
Mesa Light Rail Extension – Check’s in the Mail
Mesa light rail fans should be pretty excited about yesterday’s news that crucial federal funds are likely coming soon. Even though our light rail system is just shy of one year old, we have been talking about expansion in Mesa for quite some time. Of course, funding is always a question, as is demand, economic […]
RailGating party of the year for ASU – UofA game
Leett’ss get ready to rruummmbblle!! The annual Duel in the Desert ASU-UofA football game is tomorrow and we all know it is the biggest game of the year for the Devils. Seasons have been determined by this annual rivalry and it makes no difference who has the better record. For the Devils, it is time […]
Phoenix Suns Tweet Up – Round Two
The second annual Suns tweet up is almost here! If you remember last years Suns tweet up, you remember a rockin’ good time. On Tuesday, December 15th, join a bunch of “tweeps” and the Phoenix Suns as they take on the San Antonio Spurs. Ticket prices are $32.00 for “upper-level” seats and “lower-level” tickets are […]
Explore light rail with these special and holiday events
For immediate release November 25, 2009 PHOENIX — With guests in town and time away from the daily grind this holiday season, consider METRO light rail as your connection to the Valley’s best special events and destinations. METRO has created an event listing featuring special and holiday-themed events taking place at venues located along the […]
Chickens or eggs?
For as long as I can remember, the rub on downtown Phoenix has been that it is deserted after dark. Why? Because there is “nothing” there. Over the past couple of years we have slowly felt a “revitalization” of sorts that has given hope to some that this might be changing, and that we could […]
Phoenix streets turning green
As the very successful Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up at the Phoenix Convention Center, residents are excited to be able to partake in our own Phoenix Green Streets Festival. The Green Streets Festival is a FREE community event happening tonight from 6PM to 10PM celebrating green living, sustainability, arts and an urban lifestyle. […]
Metro Light Rail Ridership Numbers – October 09’
METRO October light rail ridership – another record-breaking month: PHOENIX — METRO ridership reaches an all-time high with 1,124,924 riders in October. With 70,000 more riders than the high in September, daily ridership peaked at 41,077 for the average weekday, 30,517 for the average Saturday and 17,160 for the average Sunday/holiday in October. In September, […]
FREE tickets for todays ASU – USC game
I have two FREE ASU Football tickets for tonight’s game against USC! All you have to do is be the first to come to meet me at our RailGating spot any time after 4:00 this afternoon! Well, that’s not really ALL you have to do. You have to show a light rail ticket stub and […]
I-10 West light rail discussion brings out NIMBY’s?
Last week, I attended another METRO I-10 West study meeting to learn more about the light rail extension plans which will take light rail from the existing line and travel out the middle of I-10 to (approximately) 79th Avenue. How to get to I-10 is a big topic of discussion. The reasoning for traveling along […]