The Phoenix Light Rail system is a complete failure, right? Well, it must be, because a recent article in Forbes Magazine titled Urban Light Rail Fail tells us so. Whew, I’m glad to know it because so many people have clearly been mistaken here in sprawl city. We can now get back to driving on […]
Light Rail Riders Facing Surveys and Inspections
Phoenix light rail riders will face more fare inspections and will have opportunities to participate in an Origin and Destination Survey in October and November, respectively. Two news releases were put out recently by METRO and by Valley Metro RPTA as follows. First, we heard that increased fare inspections began to increase on Monday of […]
METRO Playing With A Full House
Early on, there were some pretty vocal naysayers that said the Phoenix light rail boondoggle was too big of a gamble. Today, as the METRO light rail ridership numbers continue to exceed expectations, METRO seems to be a pretty sure bet. From the looks of the recent September light rail boardings, they we not far […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – September 2010
As expected, the September of 2010 light rail ridership numbers were over the million mark for the second consecutive month. In fact, September was the second highest month on record. Each category posted record or near record numbers Totals look like this: Total Boardings for September: 1,179,952 vs 1,027,760 in August Avg. Weekday Boardings: 44,577 […]
Teamsters Kicked Off The Bus – Light Rail Not Shutting Down
The contract dispute between Veolia Transportation Services and the Teamsters’ Local 104 doesn’t sound like it’s all hugs and grins. From what we understand, roughly 1/3 of the routes Veolia operates could be in jeopardy. If you ride a bus to get to work or connect to the light rail, you might want to follow […]
Increased Enforcement Coming For METRO Fare Evasions
Everyone knows the saying that “crime doesn’t pay.” In Phoenix, there has recently been an increased police presence near several of METRO’s light rail stations, and it sounds like there will be increased enforcement on cheapskates trying to ride for free. According to a recent report, roughly 1/3 of the people that don’t buy a […]
Gene Urban Bringing More Magic Downtown
My good friend Gene Urban is simply amazing with his card tricks and mind games. Seriously. If you haven’t had a chance to meet Gene or to see him blow people’s minds with a deck of cards, you are missing out. Gene often performs for companies like Lucent, Google, UBS, The NFL, Microsoft and more, […]
FREE Stay at Hyatt Regency via METRO Max
Talk about a cool “stay and play” vacation… This week’s METRO Max promotion rewards a lucky winner with a FREE nights stay at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. All you have to do to enter their contest is send an email to max@metrolightrail.org and tell them why you deserve some rest and relaxation. You better hurry […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – August 2010
As expected, the August of 2010 light rail ridership numbers were over the million boardings mark after 3 consecutive months of missing that particular milestone. For August of 2010 the totals look like this: Total Boardings for August: 1,027,760 vs 858,404 in July Avg. Weekday Boardings: 38,137 vs 29,635 in July Avg Saturday Boardings: 26,460 […]
Tons of Cool Happening in the PHX
From large projects to small, there seems to be a lot of cool things happening in Downtown Phoenix neighborhoods lately. Last week’s grand opening of Lucky Strike at CityScape was definitely cool; the same weekend saw the opening of Bliss and ReBar at 4th St and Garfield. Thanks to some friends, I attended the Lucky […]