My husband and I rode this on opening day and, although it was extremely crowded, we had a blast!
We got on at 38th Street and Washington and got off in the center of downtown where we walked around and had lunch. We hopped on and off at various stops and finally felt like we lived in a real city. I'm a New York City girl after all, so I'm a big fan of public transportation.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how the light rail (although I've decided I want to start calling it the Metro), will help to shape the city. Hopefully, this will create more real neighborhoods that will become a destination and maybe now Phoenix will start to built up instead of out. Let's hope so!