Tag Archives: car-free
The ‘Love Dogs, Not Cars’ Petition Tour
Posted on 26. Oct, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
Earlier, I mentioned the Blooming Rock blog post Love Dogs, Not Cars by Sean Sweat or @Phxdowntowner as he’s known on Twitter. I re-posted the piece on this blog and explained how Sweat is rallying the community to drum up support for his plan to turn the Sahara Hotel site into a dog park. The current [...]
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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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30 Days of Biking in Phoenix
Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
I noticed some bike advocates on Twitter talking about the hashtag #30daystobiking. Turns out, the thread is part of an event in Minneapolis aimed at getting people to bike somewhere for one month, from September 1st through the 30th – and Tweet about the experience with the hashtag #30daysofbiking. According to the 30 Days of [...]
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A Car-Lite Lifestyle in Downtown Phoenix
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Si Robins.
Si Robins is one of several guests bloggers this week on LRB. Si is the editor and a writer for Downtown Phoenix Journal, a website which covers issues and events in our urban core. Si, a downtown resident, prefers to rely on his bike to get around the city. Since I moved to downtown Phoenix [...]
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Holy Pinata, it’s Getting Hot in Phoenix!
Posted on 19. May, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
UPDATE: ENTRIES CLOSE AT NOON ON THURSDAY, MAY 20th Those who commute by light rail, bus, or bike in Phoenix are soaking up every last bit of this wonderful weather we’ve experienced this spring. During previous years, we typically see triple digit temps around the end of April or the beginning of May. 19 days [...]
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Carfree in Phoenix Part 6
Posted on 14. May, 2010 by Tony Arranaga.
As part of National Bike Month, I’m talking to professionals in Phoenix who live car-free. Whether you want to help clean the air, reduce congestion on the roads, or get better acquainted with your city – professionals all around downtown Phoenix want to experience life car-free in the urban core. Downtown Phoenix resident Joseph Perez is kind of [...]
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