So, I've spent the last two days in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area, a region built for and defined by cars. Everyplace is 30 minutes via expressway or huge arterial road from everyplace else, unless you're totally on the other side of town, then it's 60 minutes. Unless there's an accident or construction, which there always is. Having a good time nonetheless, going to Cactus League games, and eating at a great Mexican restaurant and hanging out with family and friends. But one highlight of the trip was this headline in today's Arizona Republic (and no, that paper's title is not missing an "an") :

Study: Put Light Rail On Downtown Mesa's Main Street

Main Street in Mesa, Arizona, home of the Cubs spring training complex and many a retiree (visit Arizona in your 40s and you will feel young again). Nice to see a town in a region dominated by cars doing it right—Main Street is not only the best place for such a train practically, it's also a symbolically important gesture of naming. Once upon a time, before mandatory car ownership, Main Street was Main Street because that was where the train stations were.