For April, METRO achieved an average weekday ridership of 37,386, average Saturday ridership of 32,720 and average Sunday and holiday ridership of 22,694.

These coincide with 32.6% over initial weekday ridership:
49.1% over projected Saturday ridership:
92.9% over projected Sunday / Holiday ridership.

For May, the numbers dipped under a million boardings as ASU goes on break, people head for cooler temps etc.

There is obviously a much higher "recreational" user taking advantage of the system than originally planned for. Yes, bikes are very popular on the trains and the TOD is an area of the Valley that still makes sense for some developers.

Many new business openings along Central Avenue are attributed to the line and sales tax revenue near by appears to be doing much better than most areas of the "city of sprawl."

I like to call the areas along our new system a "City Within Cities" because it has opened up so many more options to people living and working along the light rail line.

Great video!

Phoenix had over 60 million boardings a year before light rail. So roughly 1 million a week. Not bad for a system which stops at midnight.

Yes tons of bikes I have seen a record 8 bikes in one train car.
No surprise here, since you can do a combo ride and rest to make the 10 mile commute which is very common here.

The downside, even with the popularity we have now one car trains during peak ridership, fare hike in July, and sales tax which is going to delay future expansion.

As for planning they now are not going to the Metro Center mall but stopping short of it and using a bus connector how frikin sad. They will stop short about .4 miles. I might add there is a bus transit, park and ride, mall, and now no train.

Also it looks like they are not going to use I 10 for rapid transit but instead use the slow street. They already have the land reserved for this a 50 foot median, but want the slow street again how frikin sad.

Phoenix is extremely frustrating to live in with out a car. Two steps forward and one step back. If anything goes right hopefully we will get some like minded people to move here instead of the sprawlers.

In fact, I think I was happiest in Phoenix whenever I was on the light rail, lots of people, lots of bikes!

What a joke, the lex carries 1.3million people PER DAY