It’s been an eventful 2 weeks since the grand opening of our light rail system. You might even say that I have been more than a little busy trying to keep up. When I first heard of Saturday’s “No Pants Day” I was pretty sure that Rail Life should probably just watch and report from a […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Old and new
This past week, I got to enjoy the very first “Light Rail New Year’s Eve” in Tempe. The Fiesta Bowl Block Party was a huge success and a ton of people were able to ride light rail to Mill Avenue for the very first time. The headlining band for the evening was the long time […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Todd McFarlane’s Exclusive Ticket Commemorating Inaugural Light Rail Ride
Todd McFarlane (of Spawn, Spider-Man. Halo 3 and Guitar Hero fame) has created an original artwork for the limited-edition MERTO Light Rail Preview Pass. This pass will serve as the "golden ticket" to get ME in the door for the final public test/preview ride and an exclusive autograph session with McFarlane, other local celebrities, event sponsors, Metro and the […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Light Rail is coming soon!
The Grand Opening of light rail is less than two weeks away! Testing of the system appears to be going very well and the curiosity factor over this new mode of transportation is in full force. Prior to the grand opening, there is still testing underway, (each of the 50 light rail cars must under-go 1000 […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Light Rail rollin’ to the arenas!
Yesterday, I got to do a 40 mile round trip of the entirenew light rail system. (more on that soon) This weeks pic is actually a video that I shot as we drove up to US Airways Center and then proceeded to the light rail stop between it and Chase Field. As a huge sports […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – End of the line
Friday night was the last home game prior to the opening of light rail, the last home game of the season and last home game for Rudy Carpenter. For senior day, it was also the last home game for many students that have some great memories of ASU. Thankfully, ASU defeated UCLA 34-9 while playing some […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Devil’s back on track…
Ok, so last night's win wasn't the most impressive win in sports history but, it WAS a shut out and it was a lot of fun. Right now, any win is a GOOD win! This weeks picture reminded me that, teams can "play to their competition" and the first half certainly felt like it. It […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – What the heck is #podcampaz ??
The front of the t-shirt says "I know what you did last Podcamp." Problem is, for me, I still might not know exactly what some of these guys (and gals) are doing! 🙂 What I do know is, PODCAMPAZ rocks! Yesterday was day number one of this two day social networking extravaganza and in about an […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – My 1st Light Rail trip over Tempe Town Lake Bridge
At last weeks "Valley Forward" lunch, we got a chance to hear a lot of really good information about Metro's Light Rail system. The main reason for most attending the lunch wasn't really the speakers, heck it wasn't even the $50.00 piece of lasagna. We wanted a chance to ride in one of the light […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Long waits and Light Rail
As we enter the home stretch here in Phoenix, we will soon know if the long wait for light rail was worth it. I am going to use this "cheesy" analogy in comparison with one of the valley’s favorite restaurants; the "world famous," Pizzeria Bianco. (just a block north of the new light rail line!) […]