Possible Bus Strike as Early as July 25th

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.

For more information on routes and schedules, visit www.valleymetro.org, or call 602-253-5000.

Rt. 0 – Central

Rt. 1 – Washington / Jefferson

Rt. 7 – 7^th St.

Rt. 8 – 7^th Ave.

Rt. 10 – Roosevelt / Grant

Rt. 12 – 12^th St.

Rt. 15 – 15^th Ave.

Rt. 16 – 16^th St.

Rt. 19 – 19^th Ave.

Rt. 27 – 27^th Ave.

Rt. 35 – 35^th Ave.

Rt. 39 – 39^th Ave.

Rt. 44 – 44^th St. / Tatum

Rt. 50 – Camelback

Rt. 52 - Roeser

Rt. 60 – Bethany Home

Rt. 70 – Glendale / 24^th St.

Rt. 80 – Northern

Rt. 90 – Dunlap / Cave Creek

Rt. 106 – Peoria / Shea

Rt. 122 – Cactus / 39^th 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.

For more information on routes and schedules, visit www.valleymetro.org, or call 602-253-5000.

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 – 43^rd Ave.

Rt. 45 – Broadway

Rt. 48 – 48^th St/Rio Salado

Rt. 51 – 51^st Ave.

Rt. 56 – Priest Dr.

Rt. 59 – 59^th Ave.

Rt. 61 – Southern

Rt. 62 – Hardy/Guadalupe

Rt. 65 – Mill / Kyrene

Rt. 66 – Mill / 68^th St. / Kyrene

Rt. 67 – 67^th 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.