One of the many Metro safety measures that we have found to be particularly useful is the design of the curbing along most of the route. Of course, the curbs can not cross intersections but they do create a barrier between motorists and the light rail cars. A while back, we wrote about "light rail and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Don’t Ever Forget
This past week, I went to check out the 9-11 memorial at Tempe Beach Park. The park is just north of the light rail stop at 3rd St/Mill Avenue and is a really great community asset. Once light rail opens, I am sure many people will enjoy the many things that Tempe has to offer […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Already having Light Rail Parking Concerns
There was an interesting article in todays paper titled, "What the Valley can expect from light rail." The article is getting a lot of comments on their site, some are pretty funny. The article actually brings up some interesting points in comparing the Arizona light rail system to the light rail system in Denver. Many […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – “Warm Up” games are good…
As we walked past the student section during ASU's football game last night we saw this cool sign reflecting NAU as "Not Actual University." I thought it was pretty cool so we are using it for the "pic of the week." The first ASU Football game of the year was considered by many to be a "warm up" […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – New Light Rail Express arrives in Tempe!
This weeks pic is courtesy of our friend, Michael Monti. (It’s great to see Michael blogging more these days) Anyone that knows anything about Arizona knows that Monti’s La Casa Vieja is an all time favorite. They have a new drink on the menu called “The Light Rail Express.” The Light Rail Express features Grey Goose L’Orange […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week
Rail Life has a “Phoenix Light Rail Group on Flickr.” Basically, we want to share some of our pictures from the community and to allow people to add their pics as well. These can be light rail related but we also want a favorite spot, restaurant, sports team, community etc. On Sunday morning, we choose a “light rail pic of the week” […]