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Love Dogs, Not Cars
Posted on 25. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
For almost two years, Light Rail Blogger has become known as the guy who blogs about the METRO light rail and the carfare experience in Phoenix. Continuing in that tradition is guest blogger, friend, and neighbor Sean Sweat. In this post which originally ran on Blooming Rock, Sweat talks about future plans for the Sahara [...]
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Phoenix Light Rail Featured on PBS
Posted on 24. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
My first time telling the story about the METRO light rail and the car-free experience to a national audience and I end get cut from the story. Ugh. You may remember, I mentioned over on the Facebook page how PBS was in town doing a story about transportation, transit oriented development and the foreclosure crisis in Phoenix. [...]
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Phoenix Light Rail App No Longer Available
Posted on 23. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
There was an app for that… An app for the iPhone which provided important Phoenix light rail station information is no longer available in the iTunes store, according to a post on Examiner.com (Phoenix light rail app for iPhone no longer available) and verified by LRB. The app, which I reviewed in this post, allowed the [...]
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3rd Street / Jefferson METRO Station
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
Phoenix Light Rail 3rd Street / Jefferson METRO Station Dining: The Duce Sports/Entertainment Chase Field US Airways Center View Phoenix Light Rail Destinations in a larger map
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September 2010 Ridership
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
METRO Light Rail experienced its second highest month for ridership during the month of September 2010. METRO posted the information on its Twitter profile and also on the METRO Light Rail website here. Here are the rest of the numbers for September: Total boardings: 1,179,952 (+12% from Sept ’09) Average Weekday: 44,577 (+9% from Sept [...]
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Increased Fare Inspections on Light Rail
Posted on 17. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
Expect to see increased fare inspections on the light rail starting Monday (10/18) and continuing over the next four weeks, according to information from METRO Light Rail. I mentioned in a previous post (Notes) how passengers might see transit police conducting fare inspections in the coming weeks, however we didn’t know the details until now. [...]
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Phoenix Bus Strike Update
Posted on 07. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
The Valley Metro website is reporting the Operating Engineers reached an agreement with Veolia Transportation Services. However, there is still no agreement with the other two unions. The Operating Engineers have reached a five-year agreement with Veolia Transportation Services! Negotiations are ongoing between Veolia and the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1433 (bus operators). Veolia issued [...]
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