In Arizona, we are ORANGE. Especially when our beloved Suns make a playoff run as they are doing now. Monday’s game against the Spurs will be a LOT of fun to watch. We all know these two teams have some history, and we all know those stupid history books can be thrown out the window […]
More Sweeps – Less Transportation Service
Valley Metro Holds Public Hearings on Proposed Changes Bus Service Impacted by Loss of Lottery Funds Phoenix, AZ (April 29, 2010) The impacts from the loss of State Lottery funds and ongoing sales tax revenue decreases could be felt as early as July 26, 2010. As of February, the State legislature swept funds that had […]
Red Rox Condominiums – Neighborhood Spotlight
The Red Rox Condominium complex in Phoenix has come up in several conversations lately. While it isn’t exactly right on the light rail line, it appears to be close enough for many. Red Rox is about one mile from the Priest and Washington light rail station, and approximately 1.5 miles from the 44th Street and […]
Introducing the Green Rail Corridor
Check out this press release from the Global Institute of Sustainability at ASU. This new partnership will create jobs and focus on the green light rail corridor in Phoenix. We talk a lot about business along the light rail line and about how communities along the line are being transformed. This project will be a […]
The Business of Light Rail – A PIRG Study
Today, the Arizona PIRG released a comprehensive study of economic and other benefits that light rail has provided local businesses along the 20 mile light rail line in Arizona. The study, called The Business of Light Rail shows a very interesting insight to development and ridership along the Phoenix light rail line. 14 business owners […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – March 2010
In March, METRO had highest light rail ridership since opening with 1,161,733 boardings with the first week averaging 40,000+ EACH day. One interesting thing to note is the fact that ridership from Jan-Mar 2010 was over 10% greater than Jan-Mar of 09. In fact, March of 2010 was 19% higher than March of 2009. Back […]
Diamondbacks Rollin’ in to Chase Field
Opening day is just about here for the Arizona Diamondbacks and baseball fans will be rolling into the arena in big numbers. The success of the spring games brings renewed excitement to a club that had a somewhat forgettable year last season. I hope you have tickets for opening day, because this sold out game […]
With Light Rail, Misconceptions Abound
Whenever you have large public projects, information can get cloudy. For METRO Light Rail, there has long been a challenge of providing service AND information. Over the past few years, I have been to a LOT of public meetings at the Metro offices, city council chambers, schools, our Chamber of Commerce, etc. and I have […]
Light Rail Delays Can Be Good
We get caught up in our own little worlds and sometimes forget to check things before making assumptions. I learned this lesson the hard way recently. ( probably not for the first time ) As I was heading from Tempe to the Phoenix Public Market with friends the other day, the train stopped at the […]
Let’s turn this thing GREEN
Green, it means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To the Gordon Gekko’s of the world, it’s all about the cash, to many “transportation geeks,” it’s about a lifestyle and to millions of others, it’s about corned beef hash and a frosty mug on St Paddy’s Day! No matter what […]