[Source: Megan Finnerty, Arizona Republic] — Unless happy hour is your idea of a late night, the trains of Metro light rail will not help you get home from the bars. While many Valley residents approved light-rail plans assuming the trains would run after last call, restaurant, club, and bar patrons will have to find alternate ways to get home safely.
The $1.4 billion, 20-mile light-rail line launches Saturday. Starting Monday, the last trains on most nights will leave their stations in Phoenix and Mesa at 11 p.m., finishing their journeys around 11:45 — long before last call at 2 a.m. Trains begin service again at 4:40 a.m. The timing has some bar owners apoplectic.
“Absolutely ludicrous,” said David Wimberley, owner of the George and Dragon English Restaurant and Pub along Central Avenue. “What’s the point of having it?” [Note: To read the full article, click here. To read the Downtown Voices Coalition August 2008 statement on this matter, click here.]
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