When we moved to Phoenix this past January from Las Vegas, my number one excitement factor, aside from Dbacks Baseball, was that I would finally have a light rail system of my own in the city I call home. That sounds better than I thought it would! We specifically chose a place to live that was close to the Metro rail line, and in a general central kinda location so that other transit options and various fun would always be close by. We found ourselves one mile from the Priest Dr and Washington stop.I've always been a fan of light rail and transit in general, but yeah, it does go a little slower than I hoped as I was imagining for those of you that have been there, most of the outer area TRAX lines in Salt Lake City that run fairly fast and in their own right of way. I can only hope that the west Phoenix Metro extention is chosen to follow the I-10 right-of-way and follow the middle of the freeway that is already open and waiting for rail so at least some parts of the line will run over 40 MPH.
On that note, yes, I do truely love this system and believe that it is an asset to this city and look forward to the day that it builds out more. For now it is nice to be able to leave the car behind and ride a bike to a station and not deal with any traffic at all, and it is VERY nice to be able to hop on after a Diamondback or Suns game or any other big event downtown and know we will be home in 10-15 minutes rather than wait in a parking garage for 30 minutes alone.
Prices are very affordable, only $2.00 one way or $4.00 for the whole day, you really can't beat that price!