The City of Phoenix recently completed a 5.5-mile extension of the Valley Metro light rail, connecting South Phoenix to Downtown Phoenix.
The city can now brag about having a “two-line system” where the A line goes east/west and the B line goes north/south. Previously, the rail line was an L-shaped system that connected North Phoenix to Downtown Phoenix to the East Valley.
I live in South Phoenix, so I was excited for this project to be finished. Yes, I was looking forward to riding the light rail. But mostly, I was ready for the construction to be over…