Happy holidays! We are so appreciative of your partnership over this year and the many years that light rail has been embedded in our community.… The post Valley Metro Rail’s 15th birthday! appeared first on Greater Phoenix Chamber.
Happy holidays! We are so appreciative of your partnership over this year and the many years that light rail has been embedded in our community. Next week, Wednesday, December 27, is Valley Metro Rail’s 15th anniversary or birthday, having opened in Dec. 2008! My, how the years have flown by and it’s been amazing to see how our regional rail investment has paid dividends—to our thousands of daily riders, our three rail communities, our region’s economic activity and to the workforce who we connect and who makes the service possible every day.
If you’re so inclined, please add this date to your social calendars and we encourage you to post celebrating this milestone! Static post, video or reel—thank you for celebrating with us. Below are a few fun talking points and attached a few images—a few oldies (from our opening day) to more current. If you need, you can also find many more images within our Flickr albums and video b-roll footage on our YouTube page.
Valley Metro Rail serves 35,000 riders each weekday—34M total boardings across FY23. Connects thousands to work and school with 50% of all trips taken being bound for these destinations. Generates significant return on investment with more than $17B in economic development within a half-mile of the light rail corridor.
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