The City of Phoenix Public Transit Department provides local bus, RAPID, Express, Neighborhood Circulator, and Dial-A-Ride service to the public. Each of these services is provided by the city through contracts with private companies, which are responsible for hiring employees, scheduling and staffing routes, and negotiating employee benefits and compensation as part of their agreements.
Currently one of the city's contractors for local bus and circulator service, Veolia Transportation Services, is in negotiations with three unions representing its employees. Contracts with each union ended in June, and negotiations are ongoing. It is possible that if negotiations should reach an impasse, transit service in Phoenix could be disrupted as early as July 25.
In light of that possibility, Phoenix Public Transit is recommending passengers begin researching alternate transportation plans to get to work, or other regular destinations of travel. Below are additional resources about possible service interruptions, and alternate methods of transportation.
list of routes below operated by Veolia Transportation.
Bus Routes Operated by Veolia Transportation Services (Phoenix)
which may be impacted by a possible transit union strike
Veolia Transportation is a private company contracted to the city of Phoenix Public Transit Department to operate transit services on 33 of the 99 Valley Metro bus routes. If there is a transit union strike by VTS employees these are anticipated to run on a Sunday bus schedule. These are a list of routes operate by Veolia as of July 26, 2010.
Rt. 0 – Central
Rt. 1 – Washington / Jefferson
Rt. 7 – 7th St.
Rt. 8 – 7th Ave.
Rt. 10 – Roosevelt / Grant
Rt. 12 – 12th St.
Rt. 15 – 15th Ave.
Rt. 16 – 16th St.
Rt. 19 – 19th Ave.
Rt. 27 – 27th Ave.
Rt. 35 – 35th Ave.
Rt. 39 – 39th Ave.
Rt. 44 – 44th St. / Tatum
Rt. 50 – Camelback
Rt. 52 - Roeser
Rt. 60 – Bethany Home
Rt. 70 – Glendale / 24th St.
Rt. 80 – Northern
Rt. 90 – Dunlap / Cave Creek
Rt. 106 – Peoria / Shea
Rt. 122 – Cactus / 39th Ave
Rt. 138 – Thunderbird
Rt. 154 - Greenway
Rt. 170 – Bell
Rt. 186 – Union Hills
DASH – Government Loop – Business Circulator (Downtown Phoenix)
SMART (Sunnyslope) – Neighborhood Circulator
Schedule to be announced
Rt. 581 – N. Mountain Express
Rt. 582 – N. Mountain Express
Rt. 590 – Deer Valley Express
RAPID SR-51
RAPID I-10 East
RAPID I-17
list of routes below not operated by Veolia Transportation; service not anticipated to be interrupted.
Bus Routes Not Operated by Veolia Transportation Services (Phoenix)
Of the 99 Valley Metro Bus Routes, 66 of them are not operated by Veolia Transportation Services (Phoenix) but by other contractors. If there is a transit union strike by VTS employees these are anticipated to run on a regular schedule. These routes are as of July 26, 2010.
Local Bus
Rt. 3 – Van Buren
Rt. 13 – Buckeye
Rt. 17 – McDowell
Rt. 17A – McDowell (Avondale)
Rt. 29 – Thomas Rd.
Rt. 30 – University
Rt. 40 – Apache / Main St.
Rt. 41 – Indian School
Rt. 43 – 43rd Ave.
Rt. 45 – Broadway
Rt. 48 – 48th St/Rio Salado
Rt. 51 – 51st Ave.
Rt. 56 – Priest Dr.
Rt. 59 – 59th Ave.
Rt. 61 – Southern
Rt. 62 – Hardy/Guadalupe
Rt. 65 – Mill / Kyrene
Rt. 66 – Mill / 68th St. / Kyrene
Rt. 67 – 67th Ave.
Rt. 72 – Scottsdale / Rural
Rt. 76 – Miller
Rt. 77 – Baseline
Rt. 81 – Hayden / McClintock
Rt. 96 – Dobson
Rt. 104 – Alma School
Rt. 108 – Elliot Rd.
Rt. 112 – Country Club / Arizona Ave.
Rt. 120 – Mesa Dr.
Rt. 128 – Stapley
Rt. 131 – START (southwest Valley)
Rt. 136 – Gilbert Road
Rt. 156 – Chandler Blvd / Williams Field Road
LINK
LINK – Main St.
Limited Service Bus
Grand Avenue Limited
RAPID Bus
I-10 West RAPID
Express Bus
Rt. 510 – Scottsdale Express
Rt. 511 – Chandler / Scottsdale Airpark Express
Rt. 512 – Scottsdale Express
Rt. 520 – Tempe Express
Rt. 521 – Tempe Express
Rt. 531 – Mesa / Gilbert Express
Rt. 532 – Mesa Express
Rt. 533 – Mesa Express
Rt. 535 – Northeast Mesa / Downtown Express
Rt. 540 – Chandler Express
Rt. 541 – Chandler Express
Rt. 542 – Chandler / Downtown Express
Rt. 560 – Avondale Express
Rt. 562 – Goodyear / Downtown Express
Rt. 570 – Glendale Express
Rt. 571 – Surprise Express
Rt. 573 – Northwest Valley / Downtown Express
Rt. 575 - Northwest Valley / Downtown Express
Circulators
Glendale - Gus 1 & 2, Gus 3
Mesa - Buzz
Scottsdale - Downtown Trolley, Neighborhood Circulator
Tempe – Flash, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter
Other Information
Press Release on Possible Transit Strike
This press release provides information the possible strike, as well as travel alternatives for passengers.
Background Information
Background information about Phoenix Public Transit services and contractors.
Phoenix Public Transit and Its Contractors
An organizational chart that shows the relationship between The City of Phoenix and its transit contractors.
Passenger Information
Use the Trip Planner on ValleyMetro.org for bus and METRO schedules
Go to ValleyMetro.org to check the schedules of non-affected bus routes and for the METRO schedule - passengers may be able to use an alternative route. Also check a map of unaffected bus routes below.
You can also call Valley Metro Customer Service at 602-253-5000, TTY 602-261-8208.