We took this short video of a Light Rail car crossing the Tempe Town Lake Bridge north bound on the 4th of July. The area is shown here in a pic from a little earlier in the day. Next year, I am sure the trains will be full of people heading to the 4th of July fireworks […]
$6 Billion and our .02 Cents
As we get closer to the big day in December when the light rail trains begin to carry passengers in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, we are seeing a lot more media coverage. Recently, there was a story in the AZ Republic talking about the development along the 20 mile route and the amount of public […]
Some Light Rail FAQ’s & A Short Video
Last week was a really busy week for Light Rail meetings. As I get caught up, I’ll try to make some more stuff available. One of the more interesting meetings was held at ASU to discuss light rail safety near the campus. Gary Flunoy from Metro did a great job with his presentation and I was able […]
Public Transportation – One (funny) man’s opinion
How ironic that, last night, some of us from Rail Life were leaving a really cool place on Mill Avenue called La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Wine Bar. As we left, we were stopped by “G-Money,” who asked our opinion of public transportation! 🙂 We chatted for a minute and then decided, as any blogger would, that we […]
ah, let’s try it again. lights, camera, action?
ok, so not everything went perfect today when the testing began.. Sounds like the trains are doing fine but some of the testing equipment had a bit of a problem.. Here is the story as reported by AZ Central.. “Tempe-Mesa light rail test put on hold.” Hopefully, everything will be running smoothly in the near future. […]
testing of light rail cars coming soon to Mesa
Thanks to our friend, Michael Monti for posting this info concerning the next rounds of testing.. Subject: Live-wire test on expanded test track – Monday, June 9 Hello our ASU and Tempe colleagues- As a heads up, we are planning to expand the vehicle test track to the Mesa end of line in late June. […]
Clean, “Green” Machines – More pics & Videos
We have written before about the light rail cars and the new light rail maintenance facility. One of the fun features of the facility is the “car wash.” You should see this thing. It is a huge drive-thru building at the south end of the test track where the cars will be cleaned every few […]
Tempe South Transit Study- Public Input Welcome
Recently, we talked about the public involvement meetings for the Northwest Extension. Soon, there be two more public meetings in Tempe to discuss the "Tempe South Study" where we will have an opportunity to learn more about future routes and transit modes to connect South Tempe and parts of Chandler to the upcoming 20 mile Light […]
Phoenix Light Rail – Get ready for a party..
I came across this video tonight featuring the grand opening of the "LYNX" light rail line in Charlotte which shows a long line of people waiting to ride the train on opening day. This reminded me of a recent transportation committee meeting I attended where we discussed the grand opening weekend of our Phoenix light rail […]
Unchained? Many ways to market TO many different markets
Marketing takes on many different shapes and sizes and can reach audiences large and small. The upcoming “Unchained” Social Media Marketing Conference at the Heard Museum has a pretty interesting line up. I had some good conversations with Greg Swann last week after an Unchained Preview. I really like some of Greg’s marketing ideas and philosophies […]