The new AZ light rail system opening in December looks pretty easy to use. Much of the 20 mile route contains 2 sets of tracks where the cars will pass each other. At each station, you simply board a train heading in your desired direction. For instance, most stations are built in the middle of the street. If you are in Tempe and want to ride to downtown Phoenix for work or for a sporting event, it is a pretty short trip and you have several options. Let's use boarding a train at one of the four Apache Boulevard stations as an example. You will enter the station and the west bound train will pick you up on the north side of the station while the east bound trains allow passengers to board at the south side of the station. 

Now, let's use a baseball game as an example: I have talked to a ton of sports fans that are looking forward to taking light rail to a Suns game or to see the Diamodbacks play at Chase. There is a stop at 3rd St/Jefferson near Chase Field but most people probably don't yet realize that this is an east bound train. Not to worry, you just need to know your way around. If coming from Tempe, you will NOT arrive right outside of the ballpark at 3rd/Jefferson. You will want to exit the stop at 3rd St/Washington  and walk about a block and a half to the stadium. By clicking on this pic of the 3rd St/Washington station, you might get a better idea of what I am talking about. However, when the game is over, you simply board the station at 3rd St/Jefferson (right outside the stadium) and head back to Tempe. Light rail will definitely be a benefit to the businesses close to the stadiums. To help you navigate and better understand these areas, our friends at RailLife.com have a light rail map that allows you to see the location of the stations and to zoom in/out to see views of the areas and stops. This map is a work in progress and they will be "tweaking it" for a while to make it even more user friendly.

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