Valley Metro (Phoenix, AZ): METRO Rail 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒍 to Mesa (Sycamore/Main Street) | FULL RIDE!

[@arizonasky7566]

Love this video. I used to hate taking public trans. Nothing wrong with it, per se, it's just I wanted my wheels, my timing, my music, etc. A bit spoiled at the time maybe, lol. But now that I've been out of the country for over a year, I really appreciate videos like this, reminding me of home and how much I love Phoenix. I'll be coming back this year, 2016, and will be so happy to take the lightrail to show my new husband all around Phoenix! Thanks for recording this, it brings so many nostalgic feelings for me. Nice work! :)

[@raymond6646]

Now it’s 28.2 miles with an additional 1 miles extension to the northwest side, a 3 mile extension to south Phoenix. And the Tempe Streetcar is currently being constructed

[@dxlxrxz3166]

I absoulutly love the lightrail! it connects me and my freinds! I live in glendale so i take bus 70 down to the lightrail station and then im near his house where i can walk. I love it!

[@barbroolgerfeldt7757]

Miss my paradise Phx..love those light rail trips to Tempe,to old for going back to Phx

[@BlueBird2011]

Upcoming Phoenix Light Rail Stations: Mesa: Alma School Road/Main Street County Club Drive/Main Street Center Street/Main Street Mesa Drive/Main Street Stapley Drive/Main Street Gilbert Road/Main Street Phoenix: Glendale Avenue/19th Avenue Northern Avenue/19th Avenue Dunlap Avenue/19th Avenue Metrocenter

[@victorious_vic]

Metrocenter not yet but hopefully in a few years it does.

[@vsteele1672]

Victor Arevalo yeah they made it to Dunlap and 19 but not yet metrocenter.

[@marissap4659]

I like the way the cars glide smoothly and with very little noise. Here in Los Angeles the MTA uses high floor high platform rail cars that are noisy and the rides are a bit rough.

[@HalfB]

I lived in Metro Phoenix in the 90's and it never occurred to me not to have a car. Everything was so spread out but this video makes me pine for a solid visit soon to see how its grown and changed. I'd love to travel this and see the city. I'd still get a rental car since driving off the grid is a must.

[@kathrynannwattsfabofkitt]

I love the light rail trains! After all, they're modern day streetcars, very sleek and very shiney and quiet.

[@gregf415]

ii want to go home this makes me miss my home so much

[@janiceevans6846]

I use to live in phoenix over in the area of south broadway & 28th st i loved it but the apts there were expensive

[@dcseymour93]

wow, this runs fast for being in the center median of a road. VTA restricts LRT to 35 in unfenced areas and 45 in fenced, however those fenced spots are usually between two blocks and with the lack of a reliable signal priority system it usually stops, sometimes for a whole minute or two at some intersections

[@CJbrinkman602]

Donovan Seymour yeah, really fast and reliable. We use it every time we go to downtown Phoenix.

[@victorious_vic]

Next time when you come visit take it all the way to downtown Mesa as it got expanded to there and it too got expanded northwest bound as well but it opens this upcoming Spring.

[@MJofLakelandX]

+Victor Arevalo I'll be heading back to PHX sometime in 2017.

[@victorious_vic]

+MJofLakeland1 awesome hope you enjoy your visit when you come and the new openings and sites

[@AJonAir1]

+MJofLakeland1 Hey! Are you going to be going to Portland in the future and filming all of the lines there? I've tried finding full line videos, and unfortunately, no one seems to have any.

[@MJofLakelandX]

Alex Jirgens Yup. I would like to go there sometime in 2018 but it could very well be in 2017 considering I have ABQ/PHX/LV/Reno planned for that year but no other trips. My plan is to do Portland first, then up to Seattle, and lastly cross the border into Vancouver then head back home.

[@AJonAir1]

Righteous! Would love to seem some transit vids out there. Plus, by the time you go to Seattle, they'll have the University Link up and running!

[@marc5701]

brilliant,I love metro light rail.thanks for shooting.

[@irelandbloke]

Great videos

[@ciny23]

Not to discourage the riders, or the train system, as I'm the biggest proponent of using mass transit. But once you leave the downtown ASU campus and airport area, I really wonder where these folks are headed bc its MUCH too hot to walk around, plus this isn't a walkable city to begin with. Are they parked nearby, then again, that would sort of ruin the benefit of taking the train if you still had to have a car to bridge the gap. I lived in PHX for 2 years and never once considered the light rail bc things are just too spread out for it to be effective. I live in Seattle now where you can do without the car. But i applaud light rail riders in PHX anyhow for getting away from the car. P.S. I love these videos you do. Thanks!

[@TransitAndTeslas]

Buses. You transfer from the train to the bus.

[@mamatemari6061]

I used to live out there that was my favorite place to be is in Phoenix Arizona

[@jamesalt2575]

dang it must been awhile since I been to phx last time I knew the red line was still covering this area lol

[@jmheavymetal]

+James alt the last time a red line bus ran was over 7 years ago.

[@SoundMediaVibes]

Thanks for that scenic ride from Bournemouth in England! :-)

[@trolleyman0754]

I wanted to ride this train when I was visiting Arizona but I didn't get a chance to

[@rockypereztheautismawarene242]

0:54-1:23 A classic D60LF.

[@marc5701]

did you enjoy it,in the valley of the sun?

[@vtorialyn]

It's so weird to see hardly any people outside walking around. I live in Portland Oregon, and there are people outside everywhere, especially downtown.

[@MJofLakelandX]

Trust me, you wouldn't want to be walking in *120 degree* dry heat. Not a lot of shade to choose from either.

[@vtorialyn]

Eeeek. Doesn't sound good for using public transportation. My husband and I plan on moving there, also my brother. He is disabled and in a wheelchair, and relies on public transportation to get around when I'm not available to drive him. Hope that's not going to be a problem for him.

[@ralphjohnson3202]

Victoria Salek Downtown Phoenix is not a major destination the way downtown Portland or Seattle is downtown Phoenix is More of a place to go to work in

[@enticingmay435]

Victoria Salek Because the city is such an urban sprawl without adequate public transports. Yes, we have a light rail line but it only runs through the center of the city where no one actually lives. It doesn’t connect people to their work so traveling by car is much more efficient (and the only option in most cases). Everything is so far away from each other that walking would be a huge waste of time. It’s just the culture here. People drive EVERYWHERE, even if it is within walking distance. People don’t interact with each other, driving their cars waiting in traffic. Plus it is not very pleasant walking in Central Phoenix. Parts of it feels like a third world country with a crime rate to match. I’m so ready to leave this place lol

[@crazeyjoe]

This was shot during the middle of the summer and not too many people brave the middle of the afternoon heat. Between mid September and mid May, much more people are walking around.

[@8v71buses]

@MJofLakeland1 If you do come to Atlanta def. keep me posted so we could meet up and bus fan. But if not I will get a footage asap I just gotta get another camera before I upload the compilation

[@amerithaiphx]

it is a cool place. Edward Scissorhands was filmed there. Do you live in Phx?

[@xoxxobob]

Kudos to Phoenix for providing mass transit from One crap hole suburban un walkable area to another!

[@amerithaiphx]

Nice video. Lakeland what?

[@8v71buses]

Wow dude you got a good ride

[@marcmoore7724]

When it's so sunny that you can barely see the screen...XD ah, Phoenix.

[@amerithaiphx]

is Lakeland for a place Fl? just wondering was all

[@dellass4]

you need to take off that upper banner

[@brandontran5910]

the 19th Ave Connector is free

[@briansivley2001]

I have a to me a dumb question about this what's it like to ride a light rail train? Because I live in Chicago and we unfortunately don't have any light rail services here so I have been curious about the ride and experience riding it because of my huge love of trains.

[@MJofLakelandX]

It's not a dumb question. No questions are dumb unless it's rhetorical :). Light rail trains feel like articulated-buses on turns and curves, but a little more stiffer and windy. It has a flexible feel in-contrast to "subway" -style cars, which is a bit more loose, glide friendly. Light rail carriages are low enough to merely eliminate air from passing under, which causes it's stiff feel, while subway carriages is sitting around two-feet off the floor (or track's foundation) leading to the carriage to sway freely as more air shoots under - especially on box-faced carriages.

[@JRAFF145]

It is just an above ground subway.............

[@semenmendoza6271]

+Jim Rafferty yea something like that, its more swifter like a smooth relaxing roller coaster ride.

[@jmheavymetal]

+briansivley2001 you don't need them there you have subways

[@briansivley2001]

+James Murtagh I know that but in some parts in the Chicagoland area a light rail service would be more helpful especially in the suburbs.

[@scouttroop291]

need more bike space or one car just for bikes

[@ranloot]

Train Business Directory maps businesses near each station with a search directory

[@monazo89]

Hey nice video ! I live in south América, my city is around 9 millions people, its diverse got everything, im thinking about go to finish my studies in phoenix, what can you Tell me about this city ? Is fun ? Expensive ? I Will aprecciate your point of view !

[@MJofLakelandX]

Well Phoenix is very hot (100* F (or 38* C) but it's a flourishing and developing metropolis with around 4 million residents in it's area. It's that "just right" kind-of fun especially for college students. With the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, it's a great place if you can bare the extreme desert heat. I'm beginning to make Phoenix my little recording vacation place to go.

[@monazo89]

Thanks for your answer i saw vídeos, and looked in a few "what to do Pagés", i thing could be an interesting experience, is a safe place, beautiful, not annoying traffic, g definitely im going to study there ! Thanks for your opinión, i own you a beer lol ! And good look with new places and vídeos !

[@MJofLakelandX]

juan sebastian No problem, believe me you'll enjoy it.

[@monazo89]

De Bogotá colombia jdesparza

[@matrix2004]

Does this or another line go all the way to Queen Creek?

[@jmheavymetal]

+matrix2004 nope and never will.

[@CJbrinkman602]

matrix2004 there is talk of a commuter rail system.

[@amerithaiphx]

ok, cool. Thought it was a town in florida

[@burningexperience6031]

Is it difficult to pay for the ride or easy?

[@MJofLakelandX]

Very easy but the prices are definitely higher than my city's and especially after the hike couple of months ago.

[@vicmanato]

How do you pay the fare? The stations are just open.

[@coupleofbeers31]

Machines are on opposite ends of the platform. They take cash or credit.

[@kathrynannwattsfabofkitt]

vic manato There are kiosk machines on either side of every light rail station and you can also get a pass at Central Station.

[@amerithaiphx]

nice

[@superkid5921]

We should meet up

[@mikegross6107]

My gosh, can't you hold the camera steady?

[@MJofLakelandX]

No sir, I had a nerve issue in my hand at 18 years old - the time the recording took place - but I'm only getting better the further I venture into this hobby and through my healing process. You either be appreciative of what I could do in just my first few months of recording or find someone else with better a video; but look you didn't know and I'm sorry for not advising you or anyone else. I appreciate the comment.

[@fromRomaniaWithLove1]

How hot/cold is inside that train?Do they have AC?What about the busses?

[@MJofLakelandX]

Well outside was around 109 the two days I was there, so the trains and buses are specially equipped with a powerful HVAC unit. They had to be around 70* F inside.

[@RoadDawgLife]

Do they have AC? 🙄

[@Adumzzinthehouse]

@@RoadDawgLife He said they have a powerful HVAC unit. Or do you need baby words? I’ll translate it. He basically said there is a good AC unit.

[@coupleofbeers31]

I live in Phoenix and this city has a great potential to have a decent and efficient public transit system due to it being on a straight grid. Unfortunately the right-wing nature of the government does not want this and thus the transit system is not very efficient. When I moved here 6 months ago I had to use public transit but now drive. Driving is the only way to get around here. The buses basically stop running at 10 pm from east to west and as early as 8 pm from north to south. I had often been forced to call a green cab (those discount cabs) because I missed the last bus. It's obvious that there are bribes and kickbacks involved here with the taxis not wanting to lose business to late-running buses. The only area where the buses are a little better is in Tempe where they can run as late as midnight. Also taking public transit at night is pretty dangerous with Phoenix's large indigent population (ie ex-cons, drug addicts, troubled youth, dealers, violent criminals, homeless people) roaming the streets. I have seen things here that would make New York City's 1980s crack epidemic seem like a cakewalk. On the plus side the bus drivers are very friendly here.

[@ThePumpin1]

+coupleofbeers31 That's why you have to start voting for legislators who are pro-transit. Things don't change when you sit on the sidelines.

[@coupleofbeers31]

Yeah true. However the US as a whole is a country where cities and towns are built around cars. That's never going to change. The only way that would change is if we ran out of fossil fuels. Then we'd be forced to just walk or take public transit that is powered by electricity. Our cities were almost all built around the automobile since we are such a young country. Older cities like London and Mexico City were built before the car was invented and thus you can walk everywhere and never need a car. I lived in NY for a while and loved not having to have a car. Oh well.

[@michaelangelowalter8896]

coupleofbeers31 America once had a very extensive public transportation system... Then the automobile industry took over with cars and buses (that no one rides). Its a shame really especially in the western regions that are ripe with potential due to them being fairly young and developing cities. But no one votes so rip U.S public transport

[@RoadDawgLife]

@@michaelangelowalter8896 A city or two have opened their eyes to the necessity of a good public transit system. Los Angeles is one such city. LA's system is now one of the best on the west coast. It wasn't always like that.

[@LaNellaBolds]

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[@gavinproduction7433]

Light rial cool I can just get without a ticket it's Easy there are no ticket enforcement officers. Light rail is cool, but vulnerable. Just no how to shit the fuck up the whole ride.

[@crazeyjoe]

Transit police to check for valid fares (tickets) at random stops throughout the line. Fines range from $50- $500. If it is your first time, you will be booted off. If you are a repeat offender, you will get fined. The worst thing I have seen on the light rail is drunk people being stupid.