METRO October light rail ridership – another record-breaking month: PHOENIX — METRO ridership reaches an all-time high with 1,124,924 riders in October. With 70,000 more riders than the high in September, daily ridership peaked at 41,077 for the average weekday, 30,517 for the average Saturday and 17,160 for the average Sunday/holiday in October. In September, […]
Join The Annual Rail Life Turkey Drive For 2009
Our community rocks. Unfortunately, there are many of us struggling to make ends meet this year. How can you make a difference? Join us in the annual Rail Life Turkey Drive. During last year’s turkey drive we gathered approximately 875 pounds of turkey for needy families! I sincerely believe that many people have a desire […]
A Texas Sized Light Rail Land Dispute?
While we continue to watch the local real real estate market here in Arizona, it is fun to keep an eye on how “Transit Oriented Development” is doing in other states, as well. I have mentioned that Denver land values have increased near light rail and I have heard similar things about Houston and other […]
FREE tickets for todays ASU – USC game
I have two FREE ASU Football tickets for tonight’s game against USC! All you have to do is be the first to come to meet me at our RailGating spot any time after 4:00 this afternoon! Well, that’s not really ALL you have to do. You have to show a light rail ticket stub and […]
Does Public Transit help “Walk-ability”
In case you haven’t noticed, I happen to think the METRO light rail system has and will continue to significantly change the way many people live in Phoenix, Tempe and in Mesa. Having been in the real estate business for the past 17 years, I have seen a LOT of changes in the industry. I […]
Some people suck – we prefer to rock!
If you are like me, the news of some low life loser stealing a computer and camera equipment from our long time friends at CenPho.tv just about made you want to puke. After all, these guys just want to share information about cool things happening in the city. For someone to steal their equipment, it […]
Daves Electric Brewpub in Tempe Looking for Beer Drinkers
Dave’s Electric Brewpub is finally here and yes, it is cool! The food is good, the beer is cold and the location is about as good as it gets for light rail riders and Sun Devil fans. Update! Dave’s Electric has been replaced by The Mad Hatter! Check them out, too! While there was a slight […]
I-10 West light rail discussion brings out NIMBY’s?
Last week, I attended another METRO I-10 West study meeting to learn more about the light rail extension plans which will take light rail from the existing line and travel out the middle of I-10 to (approximately) 79th Avenue. How to get to I-10 is a big topic of discussion. The reasoning for traveling along […]
ASU Homecoming, Railgating and SparkyCentral
Who’s ready for some RailGating action and a Homecoming showdown with the Cal Bears on Halloween? Come hang out with Rail Life as we are joined by the cool AT&T SparkyCentral camera man before, during (if you don’t have tickets") and after the game. While there, you will have a chance to enter their “Grand […]
You like trains, Joel?
I was reminded of this famous line from the 1983 movie, Risky Business recently when METRO put out a “Tweet” asking people what fantasy feature we would want incorporated into the METRO. People responded to the request on METRO’S Facebook page with things like: a ticker or some screens for news. display how many minutes […]