Valley Metro Bus

Founded	1993
Headquarters	U.S. Bank Center Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.[1]
Service area	Maricopa County
Service type	Local, express, shuttle, paratransit
Routes	104[2]
Hubs	17[3]
Fleet	1,061 buses[4]
Daily ridership	83,300 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[5]
Annual ridership	24,215,700 (2023)[6]
Fuel type	Diesel, Diesel-electric Hybrid, CNG, LNG
Operator	See below
Website	valleymetro.org

Valley Metro Bus^[7] is a transit bus system for public transport in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 24,215,700, or about 83,300 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024. Buses are operated by private companies contracted by Valley Metro and the City of Phoenix. Service currently operates throughout the broader Phoenix Metropolitan Area. All buses have wheelchair ramps or lifts, and except for paratransit vehicles, all buses have bike racks.

Operations

There are over 100 bus routes contracted by Valley Metro, including regular routes, limited-stop routes, and community circulators. Bus frequency, hours, and days of operation vary by route. The most heavily used routes have peak service frequency of every 10 minutes and run as late as 1:00 am,^[8] while less used routes run every 30 minutes off-peak, with service ending at midnight.

Route types and naming conventions

There are currently 60 local bus routes that form Valley Metro's super-grid bus system. They are numbered roughly according to the address on the Phoenix area's street grid on which they travel. For example:

• Route 35 is a north–south route which runs along 35th Avenue, which is the 3500 block, west, on the street grid.
• Route 0 runs north–south along Central Avenue, which is the dividing street or "zero point" separating east and west Phoenix on the street grid.
• Route 50 runs east–west along Camelback Road, which is the 5000 block, north, on the street grid
• Route 72 runs north–south along Scottsdale and Rural Roads, which are the 7200 block, east, on the street grid.
• Route 104 runs north–south along Alma School Road, which corresponds to the 10400 block, east, on the street grid (but not in the city of Mesa itself, which uses a different street numbering/zero point origin from the city of Phoenix).
• Routes 7 and 8 each run on 7th Street and 7th Avenue respectively. Given that Phoenix has numbered thoroughfares designated as "Avenues" west of Central and "Streets" east of Central, Route 8 is one digit higher to avoid confusion with Route 7 which are both the 700 blocks.
• Route 17 runs east–west along McDowell Road, which actually is the 1600 block, north, on the street grid. Route 17 is one digit higher to avoid confusion with Route 16, which runs north–south along 16th Street which is the 1600 block, east, on the street grid.
• Route 81 runs north-south on Hayden Road and McClintock Drive, which is the 8000 block, east, on the street grid. Route 81 is one digit higher to avoid confusion with Route 80, which runs east-west along Northern Avenue, which is the 8000 block, north, on the street grid.

The community circulator routes are mostly a free service, the exceptions being the Avondale Zoom routes with a 50 cent fare each; formerly the Glendale Urban Shuttle (GUS) routes had a 25 cent fare each to ride; this fare was eliminated on October 23, 2017. They supplement the standard grid service with routes that connect neighborhoods to nearby business districts. Circulator vehicles are typically minibusses, with the Avondale Zoom routes, Scottsdale Trolley routes, and select Tempe Orbit routes using mid-size buses and the DASH circulator serving Downtown Phoenix using 40-foot buses. The naming convention varies by the communities they serve, such as the Scottsdale Neighborhood Trolley, Tempe Orbit Jupiter, and Phoenix SMART.

The LINK routes were limited-stop, streamlined bus connections to transit centers served by Valley Metro Rail. These routes used upgraded bus shelters that have LED "Next Bus" signs and bus rapid transit-styled vehicles with traffic signal priority. They were named after the street they travel on. The two routes were the Main Street LINK and the Arizona Avenue LINK. LINK service was discontinued on October 24, 2016, and was replaced by enhanced local service on Routes 40 and 112.

The six RAPID routes are limited-stop commuter routes in the city of Phoenix that travel from Park and Ride lots in outlying neighborhoods near major freeways to RAPID stops in the downtown business core (including the Arizona State Capitol complex). These routes are mostly named for the freeway on which they travel, such as RAPID I-10 East and South Mountain RAPID routes (two routes connect newly developed neighborhoods along Baseline Road with downtown via 19th Avenue or 24th Street). They are unidirectional, traveling toward downtown in the morning and out of downtown in the afternoons. These routes use NABI 45C-LFW suburban buses with a special paint scheme.

The express routes are also limited-stop commuter routes. They operate similarly to the RAPID routes, from outlying Park and Ride lots and pick-up points in suburban areas outside the city of Phoenix, with higher fares than standard routes, but the same as RAPID routes. They are numbered in the 500s, with the second digit indicating the area they serve, using the following scheme:

• 51x – Scottsdale
• 52x – Tempe
• 53x – Mesa and Gilbert
• 54x – Chandler
• 56x – Southwest Valley (Avondale, Goodyear, Buckeye, and Tolleson)
• 57x – Northwest Valley (Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, and Sun Cities)

These routes use a mix of bus types, ranging from transit-style buses with hard seats to "semi-suburban" buses (with highback, non-reclining seats) to full suburban buses (with a single door, luggage racks, and personal reading lights). These routes are also unidirectional, traveling into downtown Phoenix and the State Capitol in the morning (using the major freeways after traveling on surface streets for part of the trip) and out of downtown in the afternoons.

Route list

Routes marked with an asterisk (*) are a part of the Frequent Bus Network (15 minute-or-better headways on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

Color key:

No.	Name	Type	Operator	Facilities	Terminal 1	Terminal 2	Length	Annual Ridership (FY2023)[9]	Note
0	Central Ave	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Central City Central Station	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	8.2 miles (13.2 km)	433,341 -4.7%
0A*	South Central Ave					South Mountain Heights S Central Av & Dobbins Rd	9 miles (14 km)
						South Mountain Heights S Central Av & Baseline Rd	5.3 miles (8.5 km)		Alternate weekday daytime trips
1	Washington/Jefferson St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South		East Phoenix Priest Drive/Washington station	7.1 miles (11.4 km)	78,792 8%
3*	Van Buren St	Local	First Transit-Phoenix	Phoenix West	Camelback East Phoenix Zoo	Avondale La Canada Bl & 4th St (Weekdays and Saturdays)	24.8 miles (39.9 km)	682,802 -13%	No service east of Galvin Parkway when Phoenix Zoo is closed.
						Tolleson Van Buren St & 83rd Av (Alternate Saturday trips and Sundays)	16.9 miles (27.2 km)
					Camelback East Van Buren St & 44th St	West Phoenix Van Buren St & 35th Av	8.5 miles (13.7 km)		Alternate weekday daytime trips
7*	7th St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Deer Valley Deer Valley Rd & 19th Av	South Mountain Heights 7th St & Dobbins Rd	25.3 miles (40.7 km)	730,202 2.7%
					North Mountain Village 7th St & Dunlap Rd	South Mountain Village 7th St & Baseline Rd	14.5 miles (23.3 km)		Alternate weekday daytime trips
8	7th Ave	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	South Mountain Heights Baseline Rd & Central Av	15.3 miles (24.6 km)	338,549 -2.3%
10*	Roosevelt St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South	East Phoenix 32nd St & Roosevelt St	Central City Central Station	4.1 miles (6.6 km)	102,194 3.1%
12	12th St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	Central City Jefferson St & 12th St	11 miles (18 km)	200,715 2.9%
13	Buckeye Rd	Local	First Transit-Phoenix	Phoenix West	Central City Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport	Estrella Village Buckeye Rd & 75th Av	12.3 miles (19.8 km)	226,204 0.9%
15	15th Ave	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Alhambra 19th Avenue/Montebello station	Central City South 15th Av & Pima St	6.5 miles (10.5 km)	186,701 2%
16*	16th St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Paradise Valley North Paradise Valley Community College	South Mountain Heights Dobbins Rd & Central Av	22.6 miles (36.4 km)	602,323 1.6%
					Camelback East 16th St & Northern Av	South Mountain Village 16th St & Baseline Rd	12.2 miles (19.6 km)		Alternate weekday trips
17	McDowell Rd	Local	First Transit-Phoenix	Phoenix West	Scottsdale McDowell Rd & Pima Rd	Goodyear McDowell Rd & Pebble Creek Pkwy (Weekdays and Saturdays)	28.9 miles (46.5 km)	810,057 -11.4%	Alternate weekday trips run between 43rd Avenue and 44th Street Alternate weekday midday trips from Pima Road run to/from 83rd Avenue
						Tolleson McDowell Rd & 99th Av (Alternate Saturday trips and Sundays)	22 miles (35 km)
19*	19th Ave	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Norterra Happy Valley Rd & 23rd Av	Laveen Village 27th Avenue/Baseline P&R	25.8 miles (41.5 km)	1,190,672 2.8%
27	27th Ave	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Deer Valley 23rd Av & Rose Garden Ln	Estrella Village Lower Buckeye Rd & 27th Av	24.1 miles (38.8 km)	633,755 -0.8%	Every other rush hour trip & all off-peak trips alternate between 23rd Av-Rose Garden La and 27th Av-Deer Valley Rd Alternate rush hour trips run south of Bell Road
					Deer Valley 27th Av & Deer Valley Rd
28	Lower Buckeye Rd	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South	Bradley Ranch 22nd Av & Lower Buckeye Rd	South Tolleson Lower Buckeye Rd & 99th Av	9.8 miles (15.8 km)	60,351 25%
29*	Thomas Rd	Local	First Transit-Phoenix	Phoenix West	Scottsdale Pima Park	Maryvale Village Thomas Rd & 93rd Av	21 miles (34 km)	983,672 -9.9%
					Camelback East Village Thomas Rd & 44th St	Maryvale Village Desert Sky Transit Center	14.3 miles (23.0 km)		Alternate weekday daytime trips
30	University Dr	Local	First Transit-RPTA	Mesa, Tempe	Mesa University Dr & Power Rd	South Mountain Heights 24th Street/Baseline P&R	25.2 miles (40.6 km)	359,706 28.8%	Terminates at SMCC during school hours
32	32nd St/40th St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South	Camelback East 28th St & Camelback Rd	South Mountain Heights Baseline Rd & 40th St	11.9 miles (19.2 km)	301,036 0.7%
35*	35th Ave	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North	Norterra Happy Valley Rd & 23rd Av	South Mountain Heights 27th Avenue/Baseline P&R	27.8 miles (44.7 km)	914,114 5.7%
					North Mountain Village Thelda Williams Transit Center	Estrella Village 35th Av & Lower Buckeye Rd	11.7 miles (18.8 km)		Alternate weekday trips
39	North 40th St	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix North	Paradise Valley North Paradise Valley Community College	Paradise Valley Village Dreamy Draw P&R	4.6 miles (7.4 km)	35,055 -17%
40*	Main St	Local	First Transit-RPTA	Mesa, Tempe	Mesa Sycamore/Main station	Superstition Springs Superstition Springs Transit Center	13 miles (21 km)	304,582 -2.9%
					Mesa Gilbert/Main station		8.3 miles (13.4 km)		Alternate weekday daytime trips
41*	Indian School Rd	Local	First Transit-Phoenix	Phoenix West	Scottsdale Indian School Rd & Granite Reef Rd	Villa de Paz Indian School Rd & 107th Av	22.7 miles (36.5 km)	842,963 -12.2%
					Arcadia Lite Indian School Rd & 32nd St	Maryvale Village Indian School Rd & 59th Av	10.1 miles (16.3 km)		Alternate weekday daytime trips
43	43rd Ave	Local	First Transit-Phoenix	Phoenix West	Deer Valley Union Hills Dr & 43rd Av	Estrella Village Lower Buckeye Rd & 43rd Av	16 miles (26 km)	315,869 -12.1%
44	44th St/Tatum Blvd	Local	Transdev-Phoenix	Phoenix South, Phoenix North Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Valley_Metro_Bus Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia.  Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk | www.biologia.sk | www.botanika.sk | www.dejiny.sk | www.economy.sk | www.elektrotechnika.sk | www.estetika.sk | www.farmakologia.sk | www.filozofia.sk | Fyzika | www.futurologia.sk | www.genetika.sk | www.chemia.sk | www.lingvistika.sk | www.politologia.sk | www.psychologia.sk | www.sexuologia.sk | www.sociologia.sk | www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk