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Ethan Rauch

Ethan Rauch To me the light rail is surprisingly fast, considering that most of it is on-street. I know one of the traffic engineers who designed the signal system along the route. They did a great job.

Mitch Karren

Mitch Karren Attention iPhone users: I have just submitted the Phoenix Light Rail iPhone App...it will be available for FREE at the App Store as soon as it gets approved! Check out my website for more information www.elixir-enterprises.com!!

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Joey Schwegel

Joey Schwegel
My only issues are: Route maps should be posted above EACH door. Should be extended to other parts of city. Should goto 2am. I was a big skeptic, but I am totally pleased with the results. And construction finished on time. I watched a remodel of the L station on Howard in Chicago take twice as long than the entire li...ght-rail construction. Would it be better if it was free? was a subway? had wings and flew between it's destinations? Yes.Read More

Dean

Dean If you ride the light rail on the weekends expect people coughing like they have the Ebola virus.

Tommy

Tommy take that
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/09/16/20090916railsuit0916-ON.html

Light-rail contractor sues Metro for $19 million
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Light-rail contractor sues Metro for $19 million, Lawsuit alleges that Metro rail failed to properly disclose where the utilities were before crews dug in the streets.
Nathan

Nathan just be careful at night during the weekend, a lot of weido's on there. To me its just another transit

Alex Ozers

Alex Ozers car on tracks

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this is the first photo taken of this jackass after driving his car the wrong way on the lightrail tracks... from roosevelt to the bridge by the library, where the tracks are exposed.he bounced bak and forth in the concrete enclosed tracks at the roosevelt station. ...
Alex Ozers

Alex Ozers first friday incident, dumb ass drives wrong way on tracks... wait, isn't an direction the wrong way if you're in a car?

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cops hadn't arrived yet, but the next train had... oops!
September 5 at 12:16am
Joey Schwegel
Joey Schwegel
wealthy people in phoenix really do think they can do whatever they want. How much you want to bet this jack@ss is from Scottsdale?
October 13 at 12:30am
Eric Russell

Eric Russell I thought light rail was going to have 3 cars on dbacks home games. Becuase I took it from ASU Saturday and it only had two and it so packed that I barely got in and at other stations, people didn't even try to get in. It was dangerous because if someone lost their footing or if the driver slammed on the brakes, people could of gotten injured.

Victoria Perkins

Victoria Perkins Using the light rail in Tempe is great, we take a orbit bus (free) that stops right outside our house to the light rail station and take it to downtown Phoenix, for the stuff going on there. It's almost always to capacity on the weekends, I guess that's a good sign.

Ben Tyler Folsom

Ben Tyler Folsom
Price hikes are a go. The ASU U-Pass is no longer free. Well I guess 5 years of sales tax and tuition hikes aren't enough to subsidize it anymore. I think $3.50 a pop would be too much for a roller coaster, much less for a lift down the block. I've been a huge supporter of the light rail since they were having foc...us groups about it in 2001, but this situation is starting to look blatantly lame. I say boycott-bring a jar full of retail receipts as proof of fare and refuse to accept citations until prices aren't set arbitrarily . http://www.asu.edu/parking/pdf/news/2009-06_PTS-News.pdfRead More

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June 22 at 2:59pm
Ben Tyler Folsom
Ben Tyler Folsom
And aren't they just kidding themselves-2.50 was already pushing it for the casual rider trying to go green. How about charging a dollar or two for park 'n' ride? They're generally going more than a mile or two anyway.
June 22 at 3:06pm
Arik M. Benson
Arik M. Benson
i hear that it's going to be 5.25 for bus riders who do not purchase a ticket at a keosk or at the grocery store.
June 22 at 5:50pm
Josh

Josh All of the comments below seem to be negative. Is there anything good about Phoenix Light Rail?

June 16 at 11:45pm · Report
Phoenix Light Rail
Phoenix Light Rail
I believe that the majority of riders love the rail, but the mismanagement of the rail frustrates us. Its a great service that could be even better.
June 18 at 2:13pm
Phoenix Light Rail

Phoenix Light Rail About the light rail: Has it fulfilled its promise? Are there any surprising benefits or drawbacks? Has it changed the city/region in a profound way?

June 14 at 5:31pm
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Phoenix Light Rail
Phoenix Light Rail
Article about fair hikes: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=73645351616&h=87F99&u=cMKUn&ref=mf
June 15 at 9:48am
Sylbia Garza
Sylbia Garza
This article is old news and these rate hikes are no longer proposed, they are in fact going to go into effect in July. The folks who thought this one up are really not functioning out of a reality mind set. Things like expecting an increase in ridership from things like sporting events is ineffective because these types of events do not take into ... Read Moreconsideration that the light rail and the bus does not only run for these particular events and up keep, maintance and fuel as well as salaries for personnel are all constant costs. The city and the Transit Authority need to take a look at other cities and what they do that works.
June 15 at 12:55pm
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