What is significant and historic about tonight's ASU football game? It is the last home game played in Tempe prior to the opening of Light Rail! Isn't that a great excuse to celebrate? We think so! Next season, people will be able to get to the ASU games via the light rail stop at 5th St / College Avenue. How […]
Rail Life welcomes Tempe Chamber of Commerce Members
Welcome to the readers of the "Monday Morning Update" from the Tempe Chamber of Commerce! We are glad you are here and we look forward to helping people find your business! As a reminder, this is what ran in the Chamber's "Update" this morning via email to the members. ADD YOUR BUSINESS PROFILE FOR FREE ON […]
More Metro Light Rail Grand Opening info!
We are getting more information concerning the events that will take place for Metro's Grand Opening Celebrations for our new light rail system. On Saturday morning, December 27th, there will be a "Ribbon Cutting" ceremony in the morning for "Mayors, Dignitaries etc." You know, the really cool people. After the private (see: not open to the […]
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers to perform in Tempe at Metro’s Grand Opening!
It just keeps getting better folks… Recently, azcentral.com reported that Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers will be playing at the Metro's Tempe Grand Opening Celebration on December 27th. I'll try to get more info and a list of other entertainment in the near future. I just thought this was cool. I remember watching these guys in […]
ASU Football fans, watch out for those Light Rail cars!
Hey ASU football fans, we just got word that Metro will be testing the cars during this Saturday's football game. For those of you that might not have seen a light rail car yet, it might be kind of fun to see them in action. This is a great opportunity for people to familiarize themselves with […]
Metro’s Light Rail Bridge wins award
AZ Central reported this morning that "Roads and Bridges Magazine named the Tempe Town Lake Light Rail Bridge the tenth best bridge built in 2008." They go on to say that "The Light Rail Bridge was selected from a group of 70 other nominees for its superior design and construction. In order to be considered for […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – How bout’ them Devils?!
By now, you can probably tell that I love ASU sports. Tailgating at ASU football games is bordering on obsession for me. (just ask my wife) Of course, the season isn’t going quite as well as we had drawn it up in the beginning of the year. In fact, the rest of the schedule isn’t […]
More fun near Tempe Light Rail
I saw in the Arizona Republic yesterday that a couple of our Tempe favorites are offering some enticing reasons to visit the Mill Avenue District. Montis La Casa Vieja is a long time Rail Life favorite. If you are a fan of Montis, like we are, this sounds like fun. They are doing a date night special: Dinner […]
100 days to Light Rail in Arizona
A press conference was held at the Van Buren/Central Avenue light rail stop in downtown Phoenix to celebrate 100 days until light rail. Metro CEO Rick Simonetta reminded us that these last 100 days will go by very quickly. By the end of October, the testing should be all the way up to the Spectrum […]
Wave of crashes near light rail
Recently, I have witnessed 2 major crashes near light rail that have upset me very much. The biggest one was this past Saturday night near the College Ave light rail station. Apparently, the Devil's were not paying attention and were looking ahead towards Georgia. In doing so, they got blindsided by the Rebels in a crash heard […]