Here is a link to the ASU Parking and Transit Services newsletter for August. This is a really busy week for incoming students! The newsletter has info on Zipcar, the Orbit shuttle service, parking permits, ASU light rail information, inter campus shuttles etc etc. Take a second to check it out...

At Rail Life, we want to welcome all of the incoming ASU students. We look forward to being your resource for Decembers opening of light rail. At ASU, you will soon be able to say... "Your Life Is On The Line!"

Also, here is a copy of an email that went out at ASU today that might be helpful...

We appreciate your cooperation and understanding during this time of increased activity on campus."

Rail Life has a "Phoenix Light Rail Group on Flickr." Basically, we want to share some of our pictures from the community and to allow people to add their pics as well. These can be light rail related but we also want a favorite spot, restaurant, sports team, community etc.  

On Sunday morning, we choose a "pic of the week" and share it with everyone. Each week, new pictures will be added to the group and I will pick a favorite to post on the blog along with a brief description. If you add something to the group prior to Saturday afternoon, your picture will be eligible.

The pic for this week shows the new "Taylor Place" at ASU. This is an exciting new place for ASU students. I got to take a tour of Taylor Place yesterday (more on that SOON!) and was really impressed. Downtown is changing like crazy! There was a good article today in the paper (yep, Jahna Berry mentioned the light rail line) titled "At last, ASU Downtown takes shape." Take a look.

I have a few pics of Taylor Place here as well...

Recently, I wrote a post about Flickr where Rail Life announced the "Phoenix Light Rail Group on Flickr." Basically, we wanted to share some of our pictures from the community and to allow people to add their pics as well. Thanks to the people that have joined the group!

As a new Sunday morning ritual, I have decided to take a "pic of the week" and share it with everyone. Each week, new pictures will be added to the group and I will pick a favorite to post on the blog along with a brief description. If you enter a pic prior to Saturday afternoon, your pics will be eligible.

Since the Centerpoint Condominiums have been in the news quite a bit lately, I chose this pic that I took from Centerpoint looking over to the ASU football stadium. I am really looking forward to watching the Devil's this year so I thought that was another reason to include this shot. In fact, the football season will be the last season before the opening of our light rail system. Next year, people can use the trains to get to the games which might help with some of the traffic and parking nightmares we are use to. It will also be a great way for the students living at the Phoenix campus to get to the games. I am pretty sure they will be glad they don't have to drive. :-)

Come join us! For residents of Arizona, or anywhere else, if you would like to show your pictures of light rail cars or of the fun places, businesses, housing, restaurants, hotel's, schools, entertainment etc along the 20 mile light rail route, we have just created a "Phoenix Light Rail" group on Flickr. Please join in and participate! I KNOW some of you have some great pictures to share!

In addition to the group, you can view all of Rail Life's pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/raillifepics/

Do you live near the line? Do you have a favorite restaurant on the light rail line? Are you a student that will be using light rail? Sports fans that can't wait to take the light rail trains to the games? Serious, the choices are endless. We will post links to the best ones from time to time right here on the blog. Hey, there's an idea; maybe a weekly link to our favorite pics?!? We want to help show some excitement for the changes coming to our communities.  So, click on THIS PHOENIX LIGHT RAIL GROUP to join in and share pics as you take them. If you already have some good pics, go ahead and add them..

Basic rules are.. Keep it clean, keep it relevant to life on the line. Have fun! We will be adding pictures regularly and hope you will too. Thanks for stopping by!