category archive listing Category Archives: Light Rail

Call Me a Dork

October 15, 2008 – 9:06 pm

OK, so I may be a total dork but I am truly excited about the coming of the light rail. Many blog posts say that the rail is a waste of money and “too little too late” but I think they’re wrong. It is true that the light rail will NOT change the face of [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Phoenix, Tempe | Comments (3)

New Light Rail Tool on WKU

August 26, 2008 – 8:36 pm

WeKnowUrban just launched a new light rail tool that urban enthusiasts are sure to love. Using Google Maps technology we plotted every light rail stop and indicated which is a park and ride station. Next we plotted every high rise and loft condo community that runs along the Phoenix and Tempe light rail line. For [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in What's New | Comments (1)

Phoenix Light Rail Moving Forward

August 26, 2008 – 9:29 am

About a month ago the mayor celebrated the launch of the new Phoenix Light Rail by taking a ride in one of the cars as far south as McDowell Road. It was mostly a PR media event but that’s why it’s noteworthy. For over a year we have been stating that despite whether or not [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Phoenix, Tempe | Comments (1)

Alternative Transportation Rapidly Gaining Popularity in Phoenix

August 18, 2008 – 7:56 am

Yes. Fuel slightly went down in the last few months, but alternative transportation is rapidly growing in popularity right here in the desert sprawl city. In this past week’s Business Journal, an article explained that while gas grew over a dollar since July of last year, the number of Valley workers riding the bus, biking, [...]

By Mitch | Also posted in What's New | Comments (1)

Hope for Tempe Mill Avenue

August 10, 2008 – 6:59 pm

The Bad News Many retail stores along Tempe Mill Avenue have failed and closed and some people say that the area is the most “depressed” that it has been in the last thirty five years. How did this happen? Well clearly part of the reason is that retail sales across the country are down. But [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Tempe | Comments (2)

Light Rail Update in Phoenix

August 2, 2008 – 7:54 am

This is a long way off but a new study has been ordered to research the feasibility and need for a passenger rail line running along Grand Avenue from the soon to be completed light rail system to Wickenberg. The study will take about a year and should answer such questions as costs, infrastructure options, [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Lofts, Phoenix | Comments (0)

Midtown Phoenix High Rise and Loft Tour a Success

July 15, 2008 – 9:25 pm

Almost thirty urban living enthusiasts joined us last Saturday (July 12th) for our high rise and loft condo tour, this time touring Midtown Phoenix. We started at a fantastic modern infill condo project called MEZZO located on 12th Street just north of Osborn. The community has very clean lines, radically contrasting materials, unexpected spaces and [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in High Rise Condos, Phoenix, Tour | Comments (0)

Phoenix Sky Harbor Connects to Light Rail

March 24, 2008 – 12:51 pm

There has been wild speculation about why the Phoenix Light Rail does not directly serve Phoenix Sky Harbor. Blog participants/commentors have written things ranging from suggestions of a conspiracy on the part of the city to keep travelers dependent on taxi’s and thereby protecting the tax revenue generated by taxi fares, to ineptitude on the [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Phoenix | Comments (0)

Reason for Light Rail Cracks Determined

March 17, 2008 – 8:42 am

About four months ago 17 cracks were discovered in the newly laid rail of the Phoenix light rail system. The cracks ranged in size from about half an inch to seven inches. This lead to all sorts of speculation on inept planning and design, inevitable delays, safety issues, and skyrocketing construction costs. Fortunately, the source [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Mesa, Phoenix, Tempe, Trouble | Comments (0)

NOT Copper Point: DNA

March 13, 2008 – 4:15 pm

We posted last week that it appeared that Copper Pointe High Rise Condominiums were not moving forward. We have confirmation that we were correct. A man representing the former developer of Copper Pointe contacted us to let us know that in fact Copper Pointe would not be built but instead a community called DNA Condominiums [...]

By Will Daly | Also posted in Hot Deals, In-Fill Developments, Phoenix, What's New | Comments (0)
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