Yesterday, I got to do a 40 mile round trip of the entirenew light rail system. (more on that soon) This weeks pic is actually a video that I shot as we drove up to US Airways Center and then proceeded to the light rail stop between it and Chase Field. As a huge sports […]
CenPho.tv – Rockin’ the Rail Life
This recent addition on CenPho.tv is awesome (as usual). Check out the cool information on the Luhrs block and learn more about "Buy Local Week!" CenPho.tv tells us that Mayor Gordon has proclaimed December 8th – 14th as Buy Local Week and will be announcing it at a press conference tomorrow, December 2nd at the […]
Metro’s Hillary Foose talks Light Rail Safety and Etiquette
Metro’s Hillary Foose was kind enough to speak to us about some more safety and etiquette tips to think about when riding the light rail line. We have tried to keep you informed about light rail safety but it is great to have someone like Hillary to give us some more valuable information. Thanks Hillary! Some […]
Light Rail and the Arts Community via “Ms. Herr”
Back in January, I wrote a post titled “The Arts and Light Rail” trying to give people an idea of some of the many things there are to do along the upcoming line. Engaging the community in conversation and sharing fun tings to do is something that we really enjoy here at Rail Life. I was fortunate to catch […]
Walkable Neighborhoods & Phoenix Light Rail
It’s probably no big secret that I am excited for Metro’s Light Rail system to begin service here in the valley. You could say that I have been looking forward to this for a really long time. Having grown up in Arizona, I have seen many changes. While I love this state and all it […]
Radiate Phoenix Rockin’ the Rail Life
Last night, I attended another Radiate Phoenix meeting held at Portland’s Wine Bar which is located directly across from the light rail stop at Roosevelt / Central Avenue. What I love about Radiate Phoenix is their passion for all that is downtown. This is a group of creative, entrepreneurial, care about how Phoenix develops, appreciate […]
Downtown Phoenix Public Market – Great stuff goin’ on!
Located between the Roosevelt / Central Ave and the Van Buren / Central Ave light rail stations you will find the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. This past Saturday, I took my first trip to the Market to see what all of the fuss was about. You see, a couple of friends had mentioned it to me, […]
Special thanks to the “Phoenix Real Estate Guy!”
Our friend, Jay Thompson is known the world over as the Phoenix Real Estate Guy. I say the “world over” because he really does have one of the best real estate blogs around and has been recognized many times for the great work he does. His wife once told me that she doesn’t like to […]
End of the line… What’s there?
For quite some time, there has been a lot of discussion (and a lot of controversy) over the choice of where the light rail line should run. This past weekend, the newspaper had an article titled “Route choice aims to draw passengers” which covered the topic pretty well. Of course, you have the people that […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Safety overload
Metro has asked that people try to help spread the safety word. This past week, we went downtown and took some pictures of a few of the new safety signs and some changes in the road ways that people should be aware of. With all of the testing going on, they are still in a pretty […]