Check out today’s press release from our friends at PIRG. What do you think about high speed rail in Arizona? As Arizona Gas Prices Increase, ‘Mad Men’ Make Pitch for High Speed Rail Two lead actors from the hit television show Mad Men throw their support behind high-speed rail in a humorous new online video […]
Relief For Mesa Light Rail Business Owners
We have been watching the news about funding for the Mesa light rail extension for quite some time. Yesterday, the East Valley Tribune reported about “Grants to aid Mesa merchants along light-rail route.” There has been a lot of discussion in the past about how to best help business owners along the line during a […]
Family Friendly Events Plentiful In March
It’s hard to beat the weather around here in March. Lots of sunny days and spectacular nights. I am often asked about family-friendly things to do along the light rail line and the obvious choices always come to mind. Catch a Suns or Diamondbacks game, head to a museum , play, or concert to enjoy […]
Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Getting Pumped
There has been some chatter about rising gas prices for a while now. Some people are predicting $4.00 soon, some people say $5.00 per gallon is right around the corner. Are they right? I don’t know. One thing is for sure, prices are up dramatically and are once again well above three bucks a gallon. […]
From LINK to Light Rail – Chandler to Phoenix live blog
(This is Tyler Hurst’s live blog about what it’s like to travel from downtown Chandler to downtown Phoenix using the Chandler BRT LINK and the Light Rail. He’s recently declared his candidacy to be Ashton Kutcher’s VP of Pop Culture with PopChips and he would love it if you voted for him here.) 3:03pm After […]
Great Arizona Beer Festival Coming To Tempe Beach Park
**Updated info for this years Great AZ Beer Fest in Tempe** The 2011 Great Arizona Beer Festival is coming to Tempe Beach Park THIS Saturday, March 5th. Hurry to get your Great Arizona Beer Festival Tickets prior to the 5th and save yourself some cash. Before Saturday, general admission tickets to the Tempe Beer Festival […]
Rail Life Pic Of The Week – Keep On Truckin’
Have you checked out food truck Friday’s yet? For the past few months, there have been food trucks gathering at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market bringing a bunch of good food at reasonable prices. The trucks set up in the parking lot at the Market and kind of surround an area where tables and chairs […]
Phoenix Blogger Speaks Out About I-10 West Extension: You Can Too
Recently, I read a blog post titled, “Light rail loses its way. “ In that post, we read about potential pitfalls of the extension as well as suggestions for alternatives. One thing that seems to resonate with just about everyone is the economic development opportunities that are available along certain routes. “Instead of moving through […]
Metro light rail ridership numbers – January 2011
While December 2011 boardings were shy of the 1 million mark, the January numbers rebounded quite well with a total of 1,074,803. Daily, weekend / holiday numbers were all up over the previous month. Positive numbers and growing ridership is almost getting boring, will we see a slowdown soon? Not likely. Gas prices continue to […]
West Sixth – New Name For Centerpoint In Tempe
Remember back in September when we talked about the Centerpoint Condominium towers being sold to the Zaremba Group for $30 MILLION only to later hear that the deal was off because of a little snafu over a measly $20 MILLION, or so? In November of last year, we heard stories that the developer was a […]