By now, I am sure you have heard of the No Pants AZ Light Rail Ride coming up this weekend. Without a doubt, a good time is in store for all. Butt, (pun intended) what could be more fun than joining a bunch of friends for a cold drink and some great food afterwards? Join […]
New Valley Metro Changes to Transit Service Effective January 25
Big service changes coming to bus routes January 25th. If you ride the bus to connect to light rail, you will want to take a look! Today we see the following press release from Valley Metro: New Transit Book Provides Details for January 25 Service Changes Phoenix, AZ (Jan. 5, 2010) Valley Metro passengers riding […]
No Pants AZ Light Rail Ride – Round 2
The No Pants AZ Light Rail Ride is back for more fun this Sunday, January 10th, 2010 beginning at 2:00 pm. Last year’s No Pants Light Rail ride was the first annual AZ trip in joining Improv Everywhere’s “9th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride.” At first, it might sound a bit odd, or even obscene, […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Light Rail Ride New Year’s Eve
Happy New Year to all! With a short week and a nice little vacation for myself and my family, I almost passed on the “pic of the week.” Thanks to our friends at Right Brain Photography for posting this video to our group and making it easy for me to share this classic light rail […]
Motion Theatre Company Rockin’ the Rail Life
We mentioned the Motion Theatre Company a while back when Katie Charland told us more about their cool performance on the light rail this past summer. Turns out, they are at it again. This time, you have several opportunities to check them out. The Motion Theatre Company is proud to present their Winter Repertoire! After […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – A year of fun with friends
Since today is the one year anniversary of light rail in Arizona, I thought I’d have some fun with several really cool pictures this week. Below, I have added a Flickr set of pics taken this past year of friends “Rockin’ the Rail Life.” Big thanks to Jack Smith at The Social Latte for first […]
Happy Birthday to METRO light rail
One year ago, METRO light rail arrived in the valley amid much fan fare, speculation, criticism, joy, fear and excitement. This past year has been mostly good news for light rail, but challenges have been many and will continue to face a new METRO CEO. Metro celebrated their birthday about a week early by working […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – November 09’
METRO just published year to date and monthly light rail ridership numbers showing total weekly boardings of 40,211 for this past month which is the second highest average weekday number of the year. Total boardings for November of 2009 came in at 1,003,503. METRO sounds pretty happy with the million plus number. A breakdown from […]
It’s official – METRO hires new CEO, Steve Banta
We talked about Metro’s new CEO Steve Banta last week but now, it’s official: PHOENIX — An employment contract has been finalized between METRO light rail and its new CEO Steve Banta. Banta is expected to start work on January 20, 2010. On Wednesday, the METRO Board ratified the negotiated employment contract and submitted it […]
Final ride for Metro CEO Rick Simonetta
Metro light rail outgoing CEO Rick Simonetta was honored this past week with a “farewell” ride and reception at the Phoenix Art Museum. The shindig was made possible by a lot of “transportation geeks” pulling out all the stops to thank Rick for his hard work on our light rail system. Simonetta was honored by […]