January 28 Transit Service Changes Overview

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Listed below is an overview of all major January 28, 2008 service changes followed by the basic details for each bus route, route-by-route.

Some notations of adjustments refer to changes to the July 23 Bus Book. Check back for more detailed information as it becomes available.

• Implement Desert Ridge and Northwest Neighborhood Circulators.
• Implement additional RAPID trips to improve service and help alleviate overcrowding.
• Extend the ALEX Neighborhood Circulator service to 19th Avenue.
• Change Route 50—Camelback map to show service back on Camelback.
• Improve weekday hours of service by operating from 5 a.m. to midnight on 5 routes.  These routes include Route 8—7th Avenue, Route 10—Roosevelt/Grant, Route 15—15th Avenue, Route 43—43rd Avenue, and Route 77—Baseline.
• Implement Route 17A—McDowell from 75th Avenue to Litchfield Road.
• Change Route 70—Glendale/24th Street map to show short trips terminating at new Glendale Park-and-Ride instead of 91st Avenue loop.  Also re-route to serve South Mountain Community College by staying on 24th Street.
• GUS 1 and GUS 2 routing changes.
• Re-route westbound Route 572 on approach to park-and-ride.
• Route 573 adjusted to serve new Glendale Park-and-Ride.
• Change Route 60—Bethany Home map to reflect routing to 83rd Avenue/Glendale

Following are detailed route descriptions of service improvements for all transit routes in the Valley Metro service area.

Route-by-Route Service Changes

Local Routes

• Red Line
  No Change.
• Blue Line
  Schedule Adjustment
• Green Line
  Routing change on east end short trip turnaround.
• Green Line - Avondale
  No Change. 
• Grand Avenue Limited
  No Change. 
• Route 0—Central
  Schedule Adjustment
• Route 1—Washington
  No Change.
• Route 3—Van Buren
  Schedule Adjustment
• Route 3—Avondale
  Schedule Adjustment
• Route 7—7th Street
  No Change.
• Route 7 Limited
  No Change.
• Route 8—7th Avenue
  Extend weekday service to about midnight. Schedule adjustment (School trips).
• Route 10—Roosevelt/Grant
  Extend weekday service to about midnight.  
• Route 12—12th Street
  No Change.
• Route 13—Buckeye
  No Change. 
• Route 15—15th Avenue
  Extend weekday service to about midnight.
• Route 16—16th Street
  Schedule adjustment.
• Route 17—McDowell
  Implement 17A from Desert Sky Transit Center to Litchfield Road. Schedule adjustment.
• Route 19—19th Avenue
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 27—27th Avenue
  No Change.
• Route 30—University
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 32—32nd Street
  No Change.
• Route 35—35th Avenue
  No Change.
• Route 41—Indian School
  No Change.
• Route 41A – Avondale
  No Change.
• Route 43—43rd Avenue
  Extend weekday service to about midnight.
• Route 44—44th St./Tatum
  No Change.
• Route 45—Broadway
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 50—Camelback
  Change map to show back on Camelback. Schedule adjustments.
• Route 51—51st Avenue
  No Change.
• Route 52—Roeser
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 56—Priest
  No Change.
• Route 59—59th Avenue
  No change.
• Route 60—Bethany Home
  Change map to show service on 83rd Avenue to Glendale Avenue. Schedule adjustments.
• Route 61—Southern
  Schedule adjustments, map change.
• Route 62—Hardy
  No Change.
• Route 65—Mill/Kyrene
  No Change.
• Route 66—Mill/68th Street
  Schedule adjustments.  Routing change at Loloma Station.
• Route 67—67th Avenue
  No Change.
• Route 70—Glendale/24th St
  Change Route 70—Glendale/24th Street map to show short trips terminating at new Glendale Park-and-Ride instead of 91st Avenue loop.  Also re-route to serve South Mountain Community College by staying on 24th Street to layover far side Baseline.
• Route 72—Scottsdale/Rural
  Saturday schedule adjustments.
• Route 76—Miller
  No Change.
• Route 77—Baseline
  Extend weekday service to about midnight.              
• Route 80—Northern
  No Change.
• Route 81-Hayden/McClintock
  Schedule adjustments, eliminate Tempe Marketplace diversion and extend afternoon trips to Chandler.
• Route 84—Granite Reef
  No Change. 
• Route 90—Dunlap/Cave Creek
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 92—48th St/Guadalupe
  No Change. 
• Route 96—Dobson
  No Change.
• Route 104—Alma School
  No Change.
• Route 106—Peoria/Shea
  No Change. 
• Route 108—Elliot
  No Change.
• Route 112—Country Club/Arizona
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 114—Via Linda
  No Change.
• Route 120—Mesa Drive
  No Change. 
• Route 122—Cactus/39th Ave
  No Change. 
• Route 128—Stapley
  No Change.
• Route 131—START
  No Change.
• Route 136—Gilbert
  No Change.
• Route 138—Thunderbird
  No Change.
• Route 154—Greenway
  No Change.
• Route 156—Chandler Blvd.
  No Change.
• Route 170—Bell
  Schedule adjustments.
• Route 186—Union Hills
  No Change.

Local Shuttles and Circulators

• GUS 1&2
  Routing Change on GUS 1.
• GUS 3
  No Change.
• DASH
  No Change.
• FLASH
  No Change.
• ORBIT
  Schedule changes for Mercury and Venus and new schedule for Jupiter.
• ALEX
  Extend on Chandler Boulevard to 19th Avenue.
• MARY
  No Change.
• SMART
  Schedule adjustments.
• Desert Ridge
  Implement new Neighborhood Circulator.
• Northwest
  Implement new Neighborhood Circulator.

Express Routes

• Express Route 510
  Schedule adjustments.
• Express Route 512
  Schedule adjustments
• Express Route 520
  Map change to show route starting from Broadway at Price westbound far side.
• Express Route 521
  Map change to show route starting from Price at Broadway southbound far side.
• Express Route 531
  No Change.
• Express Route 532
  No Change.
• Express Route 533
  Correct map for new PNR-Possible schedule adjustments.
• Express Route 534
  Eliminated as of 8-24-07.
• Express Route 540
  No Change.
• Express Route 541
  No Change.
• Express Route 560
  No Change.
• Express Route 570
  No Change.
• Express Route 571
  No Change.
• Express Route 572
  Schedule adjustments and reroute westbound trips to travel South on Litchfield; West on Statler/Tierra Buena to park-and-ride.
• Express Route 573
  Schedule adjustments and re-route to serve new Glendale Park-and-Ride.
• Express Route 581
  No Change.
• Express Route 582
  Schedule adjustments.
• Express Route 590
  No Change.

RAPID Service

• SR-51 RAPID Service
  Schedule adjustments.
• I-10 East RAPID Service
  Schedule adjustments.
• I-10 West RAPID Service
  Schedule adjustments.
• I-17 RAPID Service
  Schedule adjustments.

Regional Connectors

• Route 660 - Wickenberg
  Schedule adjustments and schedule to be added to Bus Book.
• Route 685 - Gila Bend
  Re-routed to travel on 91st Avenue and Saturday service added.  Schedule to be added to Bus Book.