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transit information & Trip Planner: 602-262-RIDE (7433) 602-262-RIDE (7433) (602) 254-RAIL (7245) |
TRANSIT STOPS: • Regular weekday transit service will be available on Martin Luther King Day--Monday, January 21, 2008 • West Valley Service Extended for Super Bowl Week Jan 28-Feb 3. More 5am-Midnight on Five Routes New! Transit Service Changes Start Jan 28 Valley Metro riders asked for more transit service and starting January 28, 2008, we’ll deliver! Highlighting the service increase are five Valley Metro bus routes that will hit the streets at 5:00am and run until midnight. Two new neighborhood circulator routes will also begin rolling—DART in the north Phoenix Desert Ridge area and Deer Run in northwest Phoenix. Additional RAPID trips will be added to improve service and ease overcrowding. The five routes with extended 5am-Midnight service are: --Route 8 (7th Ave.) Check the Valley Metro Website to preview transit service changes and find out if your route or schedule is changing. The new Bus Book will be available on buses starting Jan 21. 31-Day Pass Replaces Monthly Pass New Valley Metro fares took effect on December 1, 2007. One of the changes is that the “Monthly Pass” has been discontinued and replaced by the 31-Day Pass. The new 31-Day Pass is activated when used on the bus for the first time, and is good for the next 31 days. Because the 31-Day Pass is not for a specific calendar month, you can purchase more than one at a time. The 31-Day pass and other Valley Metro fares are available through Online Fare Purchase, Transit Centers and participating sales outlets listed on the Valley Metro Website. Transit Info 24/7 on Your Cell or Mobile Device! Tired of wasting time searching for a bus book and lugging it around everywhere you go? Valley Metro has a better idea! You can now access transit information 24/7 from your web-enabled handheld device or cell phone. All Valley Metro bus schedules, the online trip planner, rider alerts and agency news are featured in mobile view format at www.valleymetro.org. The site also has a “text only” feature for the visually impaired. Riders can still get bus routes, schedules and other information in the Bus Book, online at www.valleymetro.org or by calling 602-253-5000. ASU Basketball-Hot Tickets to Hot Games In case you haven’t heard, the ASU Men’s basketball team is turning up the heat this season and you have a chance to win a pair of tickets and see the blazing Sun Devils in person! ASU is off to a 3-0 start in the Pac 10 Conference, has a 9-game winning streak and just crashed the AP poll ranked at #22. If you’re an Alternative Mode User, enter the ASU Basketball Contest on the Valley Metro Website. For each remaining home game, two winners will be selected and receive two tickets. You can also enter to win tickets to ASU Women’s basketball. The Lady Sun Devils are also having a great season. They’re 5-0 in the Pac 10 and ranked #25 in the country. Valley Metro to the Rescue (Essay Contest) Once upon a time, you were fighting the freeway at rush hour… Stressed to the max. Then you discovered Valley Metro and now you ride the bus or vanpool to work… or maybe you found a new carpool buddy at ShareTheRide.com. Whatever your story, we’re interested. Enter the Valley Metro To The Rescue Essay Contest and tell us in 150-200 words how Valley Metro helped relieve your stress, saved you time, money, or changed your life. We’ll select three semi-finalists and post their photos and essays on our Website. The public will vote online and the essay with the most votes wins the Grand Prize-- a relaxing, luxurious Two-Night Stay at the Scottsdale Fairmont Princess Resort, a AAA-Five Diamond resort. Runner-up prizes will also be awarded. So get those creative juices flowing and enter on the Valley Metro Website! The deadline is Friday, February 8, 2008. Carpoolers, Vanpoolers, Bus Riders… Be a Star! Valley Metro is looking for individuals who found new friendships, business deals, a hiking buddy, even love with someone they met through a carpool, vanpool or bus ride. Do you know someone with an interesting story about how carpooling, vanpooling or riding the bus brought unexpected "benefits" into their lives? Valley Metro is working with local media to tell these stories throughout the month of February. If you have a story or know someone who does, call us right away! Contact Tara La Bouff at 480-317-6064 or e-mail: tara.labouff@rrpartners.com Valley Bike Month April 1-30, 2008 • Avondale Spring Fling • Bike-a-Palooza • Peoria “Pioneer Days” Family Bike Ride • Glendale Family Bike Ride • Bike to Work/School Day • Great Bike Chase Family Fun Ride TCs-Click Here to go to the Blue Notes-TC Section | ||
