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 […]
Take Light Rail to AZ Diamondbacks Fan Fest Saturday!
I have talked to many people who are excited to take the light rail line to see the D-backs play baseball this year. If you are anxious to try out the new system to get you to the ballpark, you might want to check out the 5th annual D-backs Fan Fest being held this Saturday, February 7th […]
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 […]
New 1st for Phoenix Light Rail – No Pants Day
It has been a pretty exciting around here in the short time since the shiny new 1.4 billion dollar light rail system rolled into town on December 27th. It was the first grand opening of it's kind in the valley; we have had the first Light Rail New Year's Eve, the first Light Rail crash, and […]
Phoenix light rail creating city within cities
I recently had an opportunity to attend a meeting with several well respected “Urban Planning” experts in Tempe. The meeting’s main focus was centered on the Brickyard area of Tempe. We discussed design, function, location, future potentials etc and were introduced to a really cool program called Spaceshaper which can help developers get great feedback on their […]
Light Rail Travel Times – A work in progress
A 20 mile light rail trip should eventually take about an hour. A while back, we posted some information from Metro concerning travel times between a few destinations along the route. This morning, I was reading some "Twitter" updates and saw that my good friend Calie was going to take a "quick trip" via light […]
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 […]
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. […]
METRO Light Rail to and from Sky Harbor Airport
The cool people at Friends of Transit just sent us an email describing more details on traveling between METRO Light Rail and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. This free shuttle service will be great for people attending events in downtown Phoenix and Tempe. Soon, thousands of travelers attending events like the 2009 NBA All Star Game […]