This week, I saw this video titled “Greg Stanton & Scott Smith: 2012 Best of the Capitol – Best Elected Officials”. I think it’s a great fit for the Rail Life pic / video of the week because both of these guys have been major supporters of “life along the line.” Obviously, their jobs have […]

So, Apple announced details of iOS 6 at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference this week, and it has been pointed out that public transit directions are NOT included. Of course, there are some people that don’t think this is too cool… Our friends at WalkScore definitely agree with us that transit information matters. On the […]

Bike riders seem to have been big users of the Phoenix light rail system since day one of operations. In fact, I believe there has been more interest from people riding bikes on light rail trains than what was originally anticipated. Heck, that makes sense because the system as a whole seems to be much […]

I read an article from our friends at Wrangler News recently titled, “Metro Light Rail Benefits surpass expectations.” The article starts out talking about the fact that we still have a long way to go in the Phoenix area if we want to make any real environmental impacts with our transportation system. Awareness of cool […]

For a while, it seemed like light rail accidents made the news fairly often. Cars and trains just didn’t seem to play well together when the system was new. Most of the time, we would hear that people were not paying attention to the road or were unfamiliar with the location of the tracks. It […]

Ho Ho Ho… All aboard the Holiday Train! METRO and Local First are at it again, looking to remind people to Shift the way they shop along the line. Get out there and find the Holiday Train, snap a few pics and be entered to win some cool stuff. Heck, it doesn’t get much easier […]

No big surprise here but you should be mindful that METRO will be running a holiday schedule on Thanksgiving. It IS a holiday, after all… They will return to a normal schedule for your Black Friday shopping experiences. 🙂 Light rail to run Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Returning to regular service on Friday METRO will […]

So, how would you like to be able to share your opinions on higher bus and light rail fares? Sounds like you will have ample opportunity to do so at some upcoming meetings. Can you change their mind? Does public input really make a difference? Time will tell. See the recent news from Valley Metro. […]

Arizona PIRG has shared a lot of information on passenger rail in Arizona and the public has had opportunities to attend meetings to discuss its pros and cons. We are being asked to share our comments with ADOT to let them know what people think about having passenger rail between Phoenix to Tucson: “Imagine riding […]

You may have noticed that I like to use Flickr to post photos of my life, my community, and, of course, pics of things along the light rail line. I began using Flickr a few years ago, shortly after I had the original idea for a Rail Life web site. I find it to be […]