http://www.azrail.org Let's Get Arizona On Track To The Future Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:21:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-metro-march-2011-ridership/ http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-metro-march-2011-ridership/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:13:48 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=789 The Phoenix trolley (“light rail”) system had a good March even as weekday ridership declined slightly. Saturdays now see as many riders as weekdays did at the system’s opening, and Sunday ridership is nearly at the originally-projected weekday levels. Phoenicians are using the trolleys not just as “commuter trains” but as all-day-long trolleys for school, [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2011/phoenix-metro-march-2011-ridership/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-ridership-up-buses-down/ http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-ridership-up-buses-down/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:19:53 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=729 A year after bus use followed gasoline prices to record highs, ridership has fallen by the millions on the Valley’s most extensive mode of public transit… While bus ridership was down, more and more commuters climbed aboard light-rail trains in Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, sending ridership numbers above 12 million for fiscal [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2010/metro-ridership-up-buses-down/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2009/90000-riders-ride-metro-on-first-day/ http://www.azrail.org/2009/90000-riders-ride-metro-on-first-day/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:51:17 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/?p=495 Ninety thousand people showed up on opening day Saturday as Metro light rail made its debut through Phoenix, Mesa and Tempe. Curious crowds were out Sunday as well, helping push toward Metro’s prediction of nearly 200,000 riders on the rail line’s first weekend, said Hillary Foose, Metro’s public information officer, who was in the middle of [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2009/90000-riders-ride-metro-on-first-day/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/in-nm-long-haul-is-easy-ride/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/in-nm-long-haul-is-easy-ride/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:25:37 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/in-nm-long-haul-is-easy-ride/ New Mexico’s year-old Rail Runner Express [nmrailrunner.com] commuter-train system carries about 3,000 people a day into and out of downtown Albuquerque, removing cars from busy freeways and a lot of stress…Light rail debuts next year between Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. Commuter rail would connect outlying cities such as Buckeye and Queen Creek to metropolitan Phoenix [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/in-nm-long-haul-is-easy-ride/feed/ 0 http://www.azrail.org/2007/la-metrolink-facts/ http://www.azrail.org/2007/la-metrolink-facts/#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:46:29 +0000 wlindley http://www.azrail.org/2007/la-metrolink-facts/ from the Metrolink Fact Sheet, received May 2007 Metrolink operates 7 routes, serves 54 stations, and covers 388 route-miles (counting only once, track served by multiple routes). Metrolink operates 145 trains on weekdays, 40 on Saturdays, and 22 on Sundays. Trains average 40 miles per hour. In December 2006, 40,852 passengers rode Metrolink trains on an average weekday. [...]]]> http://www.azrail.org/2007/la-metrolink-facts/feed/ 0