I found this interesting article today talking about how cities are embracing public transportation more than ever. “The American Public Transportation Association reports that Americans took 2.6 billion trips on public transportation in the first three months of 2008 — nearly 85 million more trips than last year for the same time period. In total, […]
Tempe Town Lake’s Light Rail Bridge
We took this short video of a Light Rail car crossing the Tempe Town Lake Bridge north bound on the 4th of July. The area is shown here in a pic from a little earlier in the day. Next year, I am sure the trains will be full of people heading to the 4th of July fireworks […]
Baseball, Hotdogs, Apple Pie and…
No matter how you are getting around today, we hope you have a very Happy Independence Day! May you enjoy everything this fun holiday has to offer and may God bless America!
$6 Billion and our .02 Cents
As we get closer to the big day in December when the light rail trains begin to carry passengers in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, we are seeing a lot more media coverage. Recently, there was a story in the AZ Republic talking about the development along the 20 mile route and the amount of public […]
Public Transportation – One (funny) man’s opinion
How ironic that, last night, some of us from Rail Life were leaving a really cool place on Mill Avenue called La Bocca Urban Pizzeria and Wine Bar. As we left, we were stopped by “G-Money,” who asked our opinion of public transportation! 🙂 We chatted for a minute and then decided, as any blogger would, that we […]
Light Rail Safety talk at ASU – More testing coming soon
At ASU, it is going to be very important to talk about “safety” along and near the lines. Metro is offering a seminar on Friday, June 13th in the ASU Biodesign Institute Auditorium. (click here for ASU Biodesing map) Heres the deal… Friday, June 13, 2008 Metro Light Rail Safety Brown Bag Seminar “Safety Around the Tracks” […]
Tempe South Transit Study- Public Input Welcome
Recently, we talked about the public involvement meetings for the Northwest Extension. Soon, there be two more public meetings in Tempe to discuss the "Tempe South Study" where we will have an opportunity to learn more about future routes and transit modes to connect South Tempe and parts of Chandler to the upcoming 20 mile Light […]
Someone getting torched for $600k..
Not sure who is gonna pay the final tab for the 31 sections of rail that were damaged by “improper use of torches,” but it sounds like most of the sections have already been replaced. (30 of the 31 cracked/damaged sections replaced so far) Metro spokesperson Hillary Foose said.. “”The new rail is in, and they […]
Bridge work to close 101 Freeway
Just an “FYI.” Bridge Construction will close the Loop 101 Freeway As part of final construction for the METRO light rail system in Tempe, a small section of the Loop 101 and Apache Boulevard will be closed. Construction crews will install the bridge under deck lighting and work on the replacement of auxiliary lanes. […]
Phoenix Business Journal to feature Light Rail
Light Rail fans might want to make sure and take a look at the upcoming, May 16 issue of the Phoenix Business Journal. They will be doing a feature called "Block by Block by Light Rail" which sounds pretty darn cool.. Our friend Karen sent us this brief description of what to expect.. "The Phoenix […]