We thought that Urban Realty’s first ride on the new light rail system this Saturday deserved to be filmed... even if only on a poor quality camera-phone! So, we filmed it, the video above was the result. ;-) Click the image above to see the movie.
After so many years of talking about and dreaming about the light rail, it was amazing to finally take the first ride. We boarded at the main Tempe Transit Center and headed West past Mill Avenue, crossed over the bridge at Tempe Town Lake, flew past Sky Harbor Airport, and stopped at the center of Downtown Phoenix. Only 25 minutes after we boarded the train we stepped off within view of the Diamondback’s Chase Field, the Phoenix Suns US Airways Center and the Phoenix Convention Center. We were particularly surprised by the large turn out of Phoenician’s so anxious to ride mass transit and so ready to cram into the busy light rail cars in true “New York Subway” style. Who would have thought that would ever happen in Arizona?
Congratulations Arizona on the new Metro light rail and for taking another giant step towards creating an authentic, urban living transportation option for Valley residents!
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