Tag: light rail
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Commuter Chronicles #12: Extra Lighting
A few months back, in the height of the summer, I spotted this light rail passenger sitting at the stop with presumably a new purchase. From my vantage point across the street, it looked like a lamp. I was so glad to be taking the express bus home instead of the light rail that…
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Commuter Chronicles #9: MetroBench
This installment of Commuter Chronicles is a little different in that it isn’t about an actual experience I’ve had using public transit. Rather, I wanted to share an interesting article I came across while reading my twitter feed over the weekend.
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Commuter Chronicles #7: Friday on the Light Rail
Boss kicked me out early, light rail is the easiest option outta there. Get to light rail station – shouldn’t be that crowded at this hour but students are one by one descending upon the platform. At least I think all these people are students. At least half the people on the platform appear to…
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Commuter Chronicles #3: Bert Sugar
Sometime around mid- July, the All Star Major League Baseball event came to downtown Phoenix. Although the downtown area sees a good amount of people on any given day, an event such as this makes any given day look like a ghost town. People were everywhere, cars were everywhere and the light rail seemed to…