Light Rail is finally here!!!

So the METRO Light Rail is finally open!  I arrived at the 19th Avenue/Montebello station around 1:00 this afternoon and encountered a massive crowd of thousands and thousands who were there to see the wonder of the Light Rail....  I waited in line for about 2 1/2 hours for my ride...    

The new light rail route is 20 miles long, took 12 years of planning, 5 years of construction, and cost $1,400,000,000  (that's 1.4 Billion dollars).  But it has definitely all been worth it if the reactions of the crowds were any indication...

As you can see, the light rail is as popular as any ride at Cedar Point (I spent 2 1/2 hours in this line... this photo only reveals a small part of this massive line)

And the new light rail trains are still shiny...  Wouldn't that train look great in any city?

Crowds of onlookers standing on the platform at Mill Avenue in Tempe watched as the fireworks exploded overhead at dusk to celebrate a successful first-day launch of the light rail network...