text: I have got alot of nice and notsonice things to say about Phoenixs latest venture into building serious public transportationnnNice Thing Mainly because it is new the cars are really clean After living in LA and using the metro subway there anything seems cleaner than that Let us just hope they keep up the cleanliness of the light rail in the years to comennNice Thing It gets me from A to B with little to no problems It gets the job done Also it is one of Phoenixs more serious efforts at going green so it is worth backingnnNice Thing All of the current downtown stops are well thought out Once you step off something is always walking distancennNice Thing The price of the allday pass is worth itnnNice Thing Unlike public transportation in LA the light rail is generally on time and makes for a reliable means of getting around There do not seem to be any car companies that are trying to chokehold the city by shutting any stations down like they did in the s in LAnnThe consnnBad Thing The only logic in taking the light rail is that it is essentially a car you do not have to park or fill up on gas It is not that it is slow but it really only goes slightly faster than the cars driving next to it in the street Part of the sluggishness of the light rail stems from the fact that it has to stop at traffic lights like the cars you decided not to drive I think the smarter idea would have been to build the light rail above or under ground so it could have gone faster and not have to stop at lights or risk the chance of some idiot gunning it and Tboning one of the passenger carsnnBad Thing I know this experiment is still in its training wheels stage but I really wish that they would build a line that would go to North Phoenix Scottsdale or Glendale I have heard that they are planning a Glendale route but that is probably going to take another ten years Even though I live a few blocks from one of the stops I really wish I was not limited to downtown Tempe or MesannBad Thing No airport stop I mean there is but you have to take a shuttle to the actual airport Why not just build a stop there It would make more sensennBad thing Why does this thing shut off at Is Phoenix trying to kill any chance of building a real nightlife downtown We are not children This city should not set a curfew before midnight on thisnnIn all the Valley Metro Rail is more yay than nay It is got its kinks that it still needs to work out and it is kind of tough to judge something that is in what I hope is a very nascent form of what it will eventually become