The politics of light rail and transit development can create some pretty heated discussions and bring out some very strong opinions. I am often reminded of this as I attend planning meetings for extensions, listen to city officials talk of “their” projects, and read papers and blogs about the process, etc. This morning’s story in […]
Take a hike… Rail Life style
We are always up for fun things to do via light rail! Please join us Saturday, March 21st as we get together with you and with our friends from Take A Hike Arizona to meet at “A” Mountain in Tempe, for a fun morning hike, stroll or walk up Hayden Butte. The easiest way to […]
Light Rail Housing choices – Real estate realities
Homes near light rail come in many shapes, sizes, types and in price ranges to fit just about any budget. Since December of 2008, there have been over 150 homes sold near the 20 mile stretch of light rail running through Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa with a total value of nearly $24 million. While the […]
METRO service enhancement for NBA All-Star weekend
Hillary Foose, METRO Public Information Officer, sent us this email earlier this morning, letting us know of the light rail's extended hours during the NBA All-Star weekend. PHOENIX – METRO will extend its service hours Feb. 13 – 15 to better support patrons of the NBA All-Star 2009. "This is a rare opportunity for the […]
How far will Phoenix walk?
Our friends at Radiate Phoenix got together at the super cool SideBar off of 7th Avenue this past week. If you haven’t been to a Radiate Phoenix group, meeting, get together, you really are missing out! Basically, you have a group of people that are excited about downtown and “are creative, entrepreneurial, care about how Phoenix develops, appreciate […]
Light Rail impacting people and business
Light Rail has had a pretty interesting beginning here in Arizona. While I don’t believe we will see any official ridership numbers from Metro until some time in February, I do know that there has been a lot of interest in the system. The airport shuttle has exceeded early expectations, ASU students are riding light […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Just havin’ some fun!
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 […]
How to buy a light rail pass
We get a ton of questions about how to purchase light rail tickets. Hopefully, we can help out a little more. An all-day pass currently costs $2.50 and is good on both local bus and light rail. All-day passes are good for unlimited use for that particular day and expire at 2:59 a.m. the following day. A "one trip" ride is […]
A Light Rail New Year’s Eve – Part 2
Riding light rail should be a great way to get to some fun places this evening. My choice, is hanging out in Tempe for the “First Light Rail New Year’s Eve” although I might try to hit the ultra exclusive Team Reynolds-Fruscetta party for a bit. Sorry if you didn’t get the invite to that […]
When riding light rail, use common sense
Today, METRO issued a reminder for people when riding the new light rail line. Basically, it looks like they want everyone to be aware of the rules since there will be a lot of people using public transportation for the first time. As typical, most rules are things that many would consider as common sense items. […]