Phoenix's Light Rail Network Evolution

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From its beginning in 2008, Phoenix's light rail network has grown to 38 stations, spanning 28 miles (45 kilometers). This animated video takes you through the timeline of when new stations were opened, forming the Valley Metro network that we know today.
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@rockym9981 2 года назад

As somebody who lives in a Phoenix suburb without a car I will say that the bus system is very extensive. It is not as frequent as it should be but it covers the city really well!

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

I agree. I own a car and very rarely use it because the bus and LRT system gets me almost everywhere I need to go! Only time I drive really now is if I need to carry stuff.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

That suburb must not be Surprise or Gilbert.

@Mantis858585 2 года назад

Unless you live north of Happy Valley. City of Phoenix runs to Anthem but there's no service.

@grahamturner2640 Год назад

@@danieldaniels7571 even Peoria isn’t all that good, though Gilbert probably has slightly better cover. The only time you’re taking a bus to/from Surprise is if you’re working in the government district or in downtown Phoenix, during normal hours. Anything west of Peoria or Maryvale in Phoenix has hardly any bus service.

@danieldaniels7571 Год назад

@@grahamturner2640 this might come as a surprise to you, but people live in Surprise. Those people have no option to take the bus anywhere, and there’s no way for anyone to take the bus to visit them. And Peoria has notably more bus service than Gilbert, although in both areas the service is abysmally low with most residents living over a two mile walk to the nearest bus stop where service is offered infrequently for only half of the day.

@BeansRUs 2 года назад

I never thought you would make a video on our humble light rail network. I'm happy to have had the chance to have been able to work up in the Operations Control Center. I was there for about three years haha.

@saintjameson 2 года назад

"network" hehehehheeee

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

@@saintjameson -_-

@RoboJules 2 года назад

My favorite feature of this LRT is how it spits in the face of the Koch brothers and their paid activists.

@theanonymousman3406 2 года назад

Yes sir

@FernandoMartinez-qe8yf 2 года назад

What's even better is how the Koch brothers wasted millions in Phoenix for a voter proposal to stop light rail construction, but that initiative failed miserably.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

I hope that this example that Phoenix set will set examples across the whole country.

@QuarioQuario54321 2 года назад

@@FernandoMartinez-qe8yf What were they doing exactly?

@paxundpeace9970 2 года назад

You might name the line after the koch brothers.

@Nam3y123 2 года назад

As tempting as it initially was to mock Phoenix for only having one line, I think this video helped me to realize that it's not as bad as I thought. With a city so large and a transit system so small, I always thought they were just anti-transit, but it seems like they're invested in expanding their infrastructure. Thus, it seems more like they were just late to the game. Here's hoping the system continues to grow!

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

The one we should mock is Buffalo, NY

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

This video is missing the Capitol and I-10 extension too. There’s even more than shown here! As well as the SkyTrain system which is an airport train but is integrated into Valley Metro as well. There are also planned bus rapid transit segments as well on 35th Ave.

@urbanpreppie05 2 года назад

@@CityLifeinAmerica is that fair though? buffalo is a small city and the line they have does well, but they can’t really get major expansions. (i know a tiny one is happening and one is being planned out)

@chriswalker1993 2 года назад

Phoenix has a lot of sprawl which makes serving that large of a city with transit inefficient.

@SpaceboyYT 2 года назад

@@CityLifeinAmerica The reason it’s probably not there is because there’s no opening year, month, season of a year, date, etc.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

The thing about Phoenix’s light rail network is that there is also an expansive bus network to compliment it. I literally can get anywhere on public transit which I do 5 days a week. I drive to the park and ride and then hop the bus to the train and go from there.

@QuarioQuario54321 2 года назад

OK but can you get to the station by another bus, walking, or biking?

@spewmuffin 2 года назад

@@QuarioQuario54321 Virtually all light rail stations also have bus stops in the vicinity of the station, so the answer would be yes.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

@@QuarioQuario54321 The answer would be yes. I use my car because I live in a rural area and have to drive into the city. Once I’m in the city though, I use public transit exclusively.

@RipCityBassWorks 2 года назад

What? When I was in Chandler, the bus to get to the light rail station was once every 30 minutes and took nearly an hour to get there. Not very good IMO.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

@@RipCityBassWorks The 112 runs every 15 mins, and the 72 runs every 20. These are the best options to get to light rail from Chandler. There’s a park and ride at the bottom of the 112 for this purpose.

@SAMann729 2 года назад

As someone who lives in Phoenix and wants to see more transit options then just buses I hope they develop the system some more with more lines in the east, north, south, and west valleys. Maybe even get an express line that goes across The Valley. Currently with fuel prices continuing to rise my commute would be so much better if there was fast, further out Transite lines.

@wesleycanada3675 Год назад

Seeing old town get connected would be a dream for me! Maybe a line from Tempe to old town and one from Indian school to downtown

@jimpern Год назад

Phoenix was a late-starter but seems to be catching up. I hope those trains have good air conditioning!

@user-cr1iz8fw6h 6 месяцев назад

I was able to ride em just fine on a 117F day lol.

@SCANNO21 2 года назад

Nice to see you back ! The evolution of teh network videos are really my favorites ! Hoping your new work is going fine ! Thank you

@toastymarshmello9925 2 года назад

Hey @Vanishing Underground! I wanted to tell you missed on future extension. It was the Capitol/I-10 West Extension with the first phase completed in 2024 and the second phase completed in 2030. Phase I goes from Jefferson/1st Avenue, Jefferson/3rd Avenue, 7th Avenue, and 17th Avenue. Phase II goes from 21st Avenue/Van Buren, 35th Avenue, 51st Avenue, 59th Avenue, 67th Avenue, and 79th Avenue.

@VanishingUnderground 2 года назад

Thanks for the info! I usually only include extensions for which a construction tender has been awarded, which is why these two weren’t shown.

@toastymarshmello9925 2 года назад

Also @Vanishing Underground You’ve missed the BRT systems that we also have. Those are I-10E RAPID which starts at 40th St./Pecos and ends at the Arizona Capitol Museum which is at N 17th St./ and W Adams St. I-10W RAPID which starts at the Desert Sky Transit Center, which is at N 79th Avenue and Thomas Road and ends at the same stop as the I-10 E RAPID. SMW (South Mountain West) Rapid starts a W Baseline Road and S 27th Avenue and ends at N Central Avenue and West Van Buren Street. The SME (South Mountain East) RAPID starts at S 24th St. and E Baseline Road and ends at the same I-10 E RAPID. I-17 RAPID starts at N 5th St. And E Van Buren St. by the Arizona Center and ends at W Happy Valley Road. SR51 RAPID starts at E Deer Valley Road and E Marriott Drive and ends at the same stop where the I-10E RAPID Ends

@spewmuffin 2 года назад

The Rapid System is not considered a BRT because they are rush hour commuter services. There were two temporary BRTs that were setup (one along Main St to Superstition Mall and the other along Arizona Ave to Pecos) that ran for a few years after the light rail first opened up. I would say this is around 2010 or so and ran for a few years. However, I am unable to find much information about it nowadays. It featured 1 mile spaced stops, level boarding queue jumping bus only lane at traffic light, off vehicle ticket payment system 15 minute headways during the day, etc... everything other than isolated ROW system.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

@@spewmuffin That project was nixed because too many people didn’t understand the difference between that and the local bus :-(. A “real BRT” is coming though on 35th avenue with its own right of way and everything. They figured they just run the local buses every 15 minutes on those routes now, which is fine, but I miss the one mile spaced stops.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

@@VanishingUnderground Those have been approved by voters though through the T2050 ballot measure. So those are coming regardless.

@herschelwright4663 2 года назад

Great to see you back and great video!

@jackurbani5851 2 года назад

Interesting. My brother lived in Scottsdale. I visited him often while the system was under construction. We had heated arguments over it. He hated money was being spent on it. I was thrilled and spent my days there walking up and down the line. I tried to explain to him but I think we've all been there. I'm a little disappointed the red line doesn't continue to the north as the Valley Line did. Perhaps increasing 2 lines could run on the same track I would think. Or perhaps a future extension west? Continuation and connectivity always seems important to me and transfers can be discouraging. I'm very curious as to how development along the line has progressed. I am hoping it is getting lined with some first-class "TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

Ugh Scottsdale. They will never think far beyond car dependency

@basedoz5745 2 года назад

Scottsdale where they take pride in being NIMBYs, and consider 7 floors a high rise and 150’ tall buildings skyscrapers. I’ve never seen so many people complain about parking in a city where I’ve never had a problem finding free parking if you are willing to walk a couple blocks. They like to pride themselves on being a walkable city, but they never want to actually walk more than 20’ from the parking spot directly in front of the place they want to go.

@jackurbani5851 2 года назад

@@basedoz5745 I like to think that this single line will, eventually, spur a walkable district around it. Frankly, it's the only district that is capable of becoming truly walkable. I hope the zoning around the line is compatable with such a dream. It will take generations but with the fast growth of Phoenix it will become necessary (until they completely run out of water)

@basedoz5745 2 года назад

@@jackurbani5851 yea, funny thing is denser development saves water over single family homes, but the nimbys would rather dry up their water resources than block their Mountain View.

@SAMann729 2 года назад

I grew up and worked in Scottsdale. It really annoyed me they voted down having the light rail run north. When I worked up at Scottsdale Airport it would have been nice to have a line run up that way. Maybe eventually once enough people stop wanting to drive they’ll get a spur line down Scottsdale Rd. Like someone said it might take a few generations.

@arandomyoutubechannel2940 2 года назад

Hey, welcome back! Glad to see you making videos again. Can't wait to see your next video, love your transit videos

@amfm889 2 года назад

With the direct Skytrain line to the airport, Valley Metro should add "Airport" to the 44th St./Washington Station, as other cities do with lines that either connect or directly enter an airport.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

Sky Harbor International Airport is in the announcement and station signage. The maps also show a little picture of a plane.

@Gdavras 2 года назад

They do

@grahamturner2640 9 месяцев назад

It’s standard practice in Phoenix for light rail stops to be named after the cross streets, and secondary names (names which are on the platforms and stated In announcements) are there for important destinations (e.g., 44th St/Washington having Sky Harbor Airport, and University Dr/Rural are having ASU’s Tempe campus). Of course, Metrocenter will be the one huge exception, though there isn’t a better name for that.

@nihouma11 2 года назад

Great video as always!

@themovietheatre 2 года назад

Awaiting your New York Subway and LIRR history next.

@SpaceboyYT 2 года назад

That will most likely come at the end of this year or January-February 2022.

@ytjmg81 2 года назад

Don’t forget about Metro-North Railroad please! Thanks.

@cruisemasterdoesgames Год назад

I am a operator of the light rail in Phoenix it has definitely grown recently and more extensions being made it will definitely need another one of your videos lol

@garcjr 2 года назад

This should be extended to the Cardinals stadium and have lines going to the casinos.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

There should also be connectivity to Old Town Scottsdale

@user-nv2mr6nn7c 2 года назад

@@danieldaniels7571 That would make a lot of sense and serve a lot of people but Scottsdale would never let that happen.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

@@user-nv2mr6nn7c Yep. Sad.

@grahamturner2640 9 месяцев назад

Tbh, with that stadium, the best option would be to take the red line from the future Thomas/79th Avenue station to 91st Avenue/Northern via 91st Avenue from Thomas to Camelback, then 95th Avenue/the area adjacent to the casino from Camelback to Northern).

@jonahanderson9101 Год назад

As a Phoenician this seems bad, but it’s really not the train goes through all the relevant walkable areas of the metro area. I think and hope the “street car” smaller tram gets expanded in Tempe and maybe a version of that can loop around downtown Phoenix as well

@maxwellsmith9988 2 года назад

while it's good they're doing something, it's not enough for a city that is facing as many car-sprawl caused issues as it is. It desperately needs a rail network that is capable of going much faster, the light rail vehicles have a maximum speed of only 35mph and they usually run at a pathetic 22. it's very hard to justify walking and waiting at a stop in 120°+ weather for a train that often travels at a speed lower than the speed limit on a residential street. it needs both a high speed light metro system that is cost and space efficiently grade seperated,and a high speed heavy passenger rail network, as well as upgrading some bus routes to BRT. Light rail has a purpose, and should have a place in the VM transit network, but it's best for traveling short distances, which has limited use in a city as sprawling as phoinex. Phoenix needs rail that is faster than taking a car and can realistically cover more of its sprawling borders. Since phoinex doesn't have a lot of space for building railroad, I'd use the same Guage for all the modes. I'd also invest in signaling devices on light rail and busses that allow them to always get a green light, mixed with smart scheduling. also they need to improve pedestrian and cycling infrastructure as that is really important for good transit networks.

@SAMann729 2 года назад

I agree. We need more lines serving the different parts of The Valley as well as express trains that traverse the whole city.

@gaveman5051 Год назад

@@SAMann729 An express train running from Surprise all the way downtown might be doable, running alongside Grand Ave, maybe on the existing freight train tracks there or alongside them.

@GustavSvard 2 года назад

My own city's (Stockholm) main Light Rail line is about half as long, with about 3/4 as many stations and has about twice the ridership. Which actually makes me very impressed by the Valley Metro! Stockholm is in way, waaaay more transit-focused a metro area (including much of the suburbs) and has several other rail lines with transfers to our light rail line. Pheonix has none of that and still manages to not only do decently, but actually do so well that there's three (3!) expansions in the works. A question to the locals: are there residential (etc) developments going on near existing & planned stations?

@ScenicMirage 2 года назад

There's a mixed use development planned at the future terminus at Metrocenter.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

Tempe and downtown has tons of residential developments. I’m moving into one of them myself n

@grahamturner2640 Год назад

Yeah. There’s even a pedestiranized mix-use development on Apache Boulevard in Tempe, called Culdesac Tempe, that’s being built.

@JORDMAN1001 2 года назад

New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco (BART) systems are a must for these types of videos. When is your upload schedule? Looking forward to your next video.

@SpaceboyYT 2 года назад

San Francisco (BART & MUNI) is out already if you want to watch it.

@JORDMAN1001 2 года назад

@@SpaceboyYT I wrote this before the video came out.

@SpaceboyYT 2 года назад

Oh ok.

@MrFreddy61 2 года назад

They needed to extend this out to west valley and beyond, with so many people here now traffic is just a nightmare everyday. Imagine a sky train above the entire 17 and 10. People would really change thier minds. America in general should really pay attention to China on HSR (high speed rail)

@grahamturner2640 5 месяцев назад

Update: the new western terminus is called Metro Parkway. The extension opened up on January 27, 2024.

@rellsimon 2 года назад

Awesome Vid. i visited PHX from 9.13-9.16.21 and rode on the line lol

@dmann5938 2 года назад

YOU LIVE!!!!! Also, I miss your second intro :(

@thewheatgreatness 2 года назад

The music is copyrighted, so he can't use it anymore.

@thewheatgreatness 2 года назад

Why did you not include the PHX Sky Train?

@thewheatgreatness 2 года назад

It is connected to the Light Rail by the way.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

This does seem like a glaring omission. As underwhelming as ValleyMetro Light Rail is, the connection to SkyTrain and Sky Harbor at the 44th St Station is one of its best features. I just did a video about it showing how it’s also the best connection to the Route 44 bus.

@dannycarson6122 2 года назад

Happy you are back! Can you please so Chicago next ? Ya got to show some love for the best city in the world

@QuarioQuario54321 2 года назад

What’s next? Seems it’ll be DFW, BART, Muni, or Portland

@SpaceboyYT 2 года назад

Check the latest community post.

@brendanu1680 2 года назад

Correct, But You Forgot Minneapolis Between Portland And Dfw. Also, Orlando Came 5th After Phoenix, And Either Detroit Or Nashville Will Be 6th(Because Silver Streak, Mi Train, MTA Gallatin Road,Murfreesboro Pike,Charlotte Pike & Nolensville Pike Exist).

@mxderate 2 года назад

Phoenix now has the new Streetcars!!

@static4939 2 года назад

If only Valtrans had been approved this video and system would’ve been so much better

@toastymarshmello9925 2 года назад

@Vanishing Underground I was wondering the source on the part where there going to split into two light rail lines? Just out of Curiosity

@VanishingUnderground 2 года назад

It was from the Fall 2019 Public Meeting Materials for the South Central Extension: drupal-space.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/s3fs-public/uploads/event-resources/sc_public_mtg_boards_0919_final_reduced_0.pdf

@OpaSpielt 2 года назад

Soon, it will be a network. But ... a net is more than a single string. So, now being just one light rail line, can it be a network already? English isn't my mother's language, so maybe it doesn't matter, and one light rail line already is a light rail network. Thanks for the video. 🖐🏼👴🏼

@georgerascon4446 Год назад

there’s also plans on taking it westward towards mary vale i’m so excited for the future of rail in phx !!!

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

Finally!!

@himbourbanist 8 месяцев назад

With Pheonix being as large as it is, I would really like to see them put energy into building a bonified, grade separated Regional Rail system like similarly sprawling cities like Denver have been pushing for. The city has a lot of potential, and a lot of critically underused land that would be great for upzoning and turning the region into a polycentric city-scape.

@Jesus-kc5is 5 месяцев назад

Metrocenter just opened and there is an extension to the state capital building being built

@nicholaswyatt9013 2 года назад

Please do Minneapolis!

@minnbeef 2 года назад

He’s waiting for the Orange Line to open later this year.

@jmheavymetal 2 года назад

Tempe streetcar opens for passengers on May 20, 2022. You can ride free for one year.

@cmhcoder Год назад

PHX sky train also goes from 44th/Washington to rental car center

@Bus_em 2 месяца назад

I was one of the few that was getting voter signatures petitioned for it. The Goldwater institute did everything they could to get voters against it, it's nice to see a project come through for the people of the Valley,. Hopefully they can get the leg running down I-10 also, as planned. I was a VM bus operator for 10 years & miss the people, due to diabetes. Hopefully others will step up & carry on.

@sadiep788 Год назад

Am I able to buy a one day pass when I board a bus?

@raritania7581 2 года назад

Funny timing given the Nascar championship weekend

@chasechristophermurraydola9314 2 года назад

Just saying but I am surprised that there is not a station on the valley line at Sky Harbor International Airport.

@collinmasters9339 2 года назад

the 44th st/washington station is only a few blocks from sky harbor. it has a connection to the "sky train" which goes to/from to the airport

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

There is a station, 44th and Washington. There’s escalators there that bring you right into the SkyTrain which take you right into the airport.

@JustinRm6820 2 месяца назад

🚊I wish there was spread the light rail from Phoenix area to Flagstaff. They can make stops and places like blank Canyon.

@brendanu1680 2 года назад

When Will Dallas Come Out?

@QuarioQuario54321 2 года назад

It’s coming relatively soon. Supposedly. I assume it’ll be DART light rail, TRE, TexRail, A-train, and DART silver line all combined.

@GDImperiaI 2 года назад

👌

@AdamFaruqi 2 года назад

One line does not a network make

@justinhandberry145 2 года назад

I'm still waiting for Philadelphia

@minnbeef 2 года назад

Does the one line really service 4.4 million people?

@James_Moton 2 года назад

The population is figure is given by adding up the populations of "all counties and independent cities with stations in them". Actual coverage may vary.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

Throw in the buses, actually yes it does very well. You transfer either to or from the buses but light rail would generally be part of your transfer somewhere.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

Not really. Less than 2% of the Phoenix area population uses it or transit in general. Almost everyone here drives. Only second-class citizens don’t.

@ianhomerpura8937 2 года назад

@@danieldaniels7571 car maintenance is costly nowadays. It's cheaper to commute.

@xaviercopeland2789 2 года назад

@@ianhomerpura8937 it’s not.

@alfredtso6073 2 года назад

When Phoenicians voted for the light rail what was also on the ticket,anybody remember

@ggcab5 2 года назад

Do New Orleans!

@brandonabc2022 2 года назад

Do septa

@gtavstepfordcounty1733 2 года назад

Theat blue line is so stupid looking on the map was it worth building that tiny line like sheeesh

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

Yep. That area was already well served by busses, and the rail construction has destroyed the area.

@aoilpe 2 года назад

One line is not a network…

@thewheatgreatness 2 года назад

He should have included the PHX Sky Train. It is connected directly to the light rail line.

@juwan3113 Год назад

City of cactus Phoenix 🇺🇸 🌵 👍

@anteeklund4159 2 года назад

Phoenix light rail “network”

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

The "network" part of the light rail is the hundreds of bus lines connected to the line's stations.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

@@onesevenninewest hundreds?

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

Sorry, *just over 100.* Does that answer your question?

@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 2 года назад

Videos on European public transport, please.

@shellydavis855 2 года назад

I'll be the downer by saying that the buses are unreliable especially on Sundays

@RipCityBassWorks 2 года назад

Phoenix has the second saddest transit system for a city it's side, only beating Houston.

@westville1916 2 года назад

It's called expansion dude it's not gonna happen overnight there's tons of planned expansions

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

Have you ridden it? It goes where most people need to go, if not directly, by literally transferring from this to a single bus. And there’s expansions literally being built right now.

@jamesparson 2 года назад

Check out Las Vegas.

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

@@jamesparson oh yeah a shitty monorail that’s really just a tourist Mobile.

@westville1916 2 года назад

@@CityLifeinAmerica I know right you can't even compare the two.

@joshuafajardo5697 5 месяцев назад

🚈🇺🇸

@AlexCab_49 2 года назад

I'm actually surprised anyone rides the train in PHX considering how car centric it is.

@westville1916 2 года назад

The light rail is always being used as well as the normal buses

@chris7285 2 года назад

It’s called being broke

@westville1916 2 года назад

@@chris7285 that's dumb

@CityLifeinAmerica 2 года назад

@@chris7285 I doubt the people who work in downtown etc are anywhere near broke. It’s called we are tired of driving everywhere too!

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

Most of the time it is filled with homeless people, drug addicts, and people who don’t speak English.

@raytylicki9001 2 года назад

Too many stops slow down the system

@CreatorPolar 2 года назад

I don’t know about you but I think that’s the point of the system

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

Agreed. Also, it never goes faster than 35 mph. Laughable in a city where most people drive on an extensive freeway network at average speeds of over 65 mph.

@AMPProf 9 месяцев назад

IF YOU RUNNING OUT: HART & Tecoline Hillsborough county Florida! Trust me its awesome & sad & happy & goofy & dumb & generic & !

@mattbosley3531 2 года назад

A single line serving only three cities is not a network. Get back to us when they have a couple of additional lines and serve more cities.

@AVeryRandomPerson 2 года назад

They'll have a streetcar in 2022, and 2 lines in 2024, as shown in the video

@urbanpreppie05 2 года назад

keep in mind- phoenixs growth and urbanity is relatively new when compared to other cities. starting with a 20 mile initial segment and planned growth like they’re getting is pretty great and is, in fact, a network .

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

Shut up, please. There are already extensions planned, the whole thing started just a bit more than a decade ago, and Phoenix is the 5th-largest city in the US. Don't take the light rail lightly.

@sgtdebones 2 года назад

The weakest system in the US next to Houston imo

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

Not the weakest when you consider that there's an extensive complementary bus and BRT system. Just because we're late to the game doesn't mean we're shit.

@sgtdebones 2 года назад

@@onesevenninewest Your BRT system is isolated from the rest of the rapid transit lines...

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

@@sgtdebones No they aren’t, they’re well connected with the rest of the system lol

@sgtdebones 2 года назад

@@onesevenninewest The Silver Line, really?

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

@@sgtdebones Bruh I’m talking about Phoenix

@Mantis858585 2 года назад

It's hard to get people on the light rail when the homeless ride it all day to escape the Phoenix heat. At least that's the general perception from Phoenicians.

@ianhomerpura8937 Год назад

Why do you Americans seem to ALWAYS have such sorry excuses? They're homeless? Push to build public housing then. All you do is complain and nothing else.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

This train is mostly filled with homeless vagrants, runs infrequently, is rarely on time, stops constantly, and never goes faster than 35 mph.

@onesevenninewest 2 года назад

In my personal experience riding the light rail, first point is false, second point is false, third point is false, fourth point is sometimes true, and fifth point probably false.

@danieldaniels7571 2 года назад

@@onesevenninewest You must not have much experience riding it then. I ride it almost daily, and Vlog about it. There are videos demonstrating everything I stated above to be fact on my channel. Of course, infrequent is subjective. And there is one and only one stretch where it goes over 35 mph, and that’s while crossing Tempe Town Lake. I often ride in the seats behind the operator, and can see the speedometer.

@user-cr1iz8fw6h 6 месяцев назад

Sounds like you went once lol.

@danieldaniels7571 6 месяцев назад

@@user-cr1iz8fw6h sounds like you’ve never watched my channel. I have literally hundreds of videos of me riding it for years.

@tfywmnftiadp Год назад

As someone who's needed and taken the bus and light rail before....stop expanding it. Seriously, wherever the lightrail goes becomes so ghetto it ruins entire areas. The part of Mesa I live in used to be quiet and chill. As soon as the lightrail went up so many homeless drug addicts popped up the area is just shitty now. I got threatened by some crackhead one night just walking my dog. I had to buy my fiance a gun and neither her or my daughter go out alone. That's not okay.

@ianhomerpura8937 Год назад

Hey, we have another NIMBY here. Why do you Americans ALWAYS have the mindset that transit = poor people and ghettos? You know what, travel more, see the world.

@gaveman5051 Год назад

@@ianhomerpura8937 Hey, we have another arrogant guy here. Why do you foreigners ALWAYS think you understand how everything works here in the states? Have YOU rode public transit in Phoenix? Because I have and yeah, sadly it is mostly poor people and the homeless that use it, it's not very pleasant trying to get to work or school and having to deal with drug addicts fighting with each other, screaming, asking for money, cigarettes, threatening you, etc. So I don't blame my fellow citizens that decide they'd rather just avoid those situations and use a personal vehicle, or the people that would rather not have a bunch of panhandlers and thieves show up in their neighborhoods. Something needs to be done about the poverty problem in this country, otherwise it will be impossible to encourage people to support expansion of public transit.

@mtmac57 2 года назад

Light Rail...moving trash from east to west and west to east. Total WT system and waste of money. If you want to be hassled, crazy people, little to no security and a rotten experience, then enjoy this ride.