Press Releases

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• Public Transportation to Centennial Best Fest Events Feb.11-12

• Prepare for a Possible Service Disruption on Buses

• Centennial Transit Pass Celebration & Giveaway

• Transit Services Continues In Unicorporated Areas

• Transit Receives $4 Million in Federal Grants for Green Projects

• Give Input at Fare Change Public Hearings

• Board Moves Towards Single CEO for Transit Agencies

• Clean Air Campaign winners announced

• New Park-and-Rides for Mesa and Buckeye

• Find out more about your NextRide

• Mesa Conducts Public Hearing on Buzz Circulator

• Valley Metro Receives Statewide and National Honors

• New park-and-ride lot now open at 7th Ave & Camelback

• Rural Bus Route 660 Surveys Begin in December

• Tell Your Transit Story

• Historical fleet depart Central Station

• New Mobility Center Approved

• New Transit Book Details Service Changes

• WTS Woman of the Year Announced

• Phoenix Offers Taxi Voucher Pilot Program

• Transit Ridership Exceeds 71 Million

• 2009 Clean Air Campaign Awards Luncheon

• Buy Fares at 150 Locations in the Valley

• Free online tool matches carpoolers

• Transportation Public Hearing

• New Fares for Bus and Rail Transit Riders on July 1

• METRO Extends Weekend Service

• Hearings On ADA Paratransit Eligibility Process

• Chandler Park-and-Ride Ribbon Cutting on Jan. 28

• Fare Changes Q & A

• Ridership solid on new routes

• Public Hearings on Transit Service Changes

• More than 7,500 signs across Valley point to NextRide

• Partnership with Diamondbacks results in new bike racks

• Provide Input on Tempe Streetcar Stop Features

• Free Webinar About Vanpools on Jan. 31

• Service changes begin on Jan. 23

• Avondale Zoom Makes Service Adjustments on Jan. 23

• Tempe Hosts Meetings on Proposed Changes to Service

• Effective January 23, 2012

• Update on East Valley Dial-a-Ride

• Phoenix 10K Day-of-Race Bus Detours and METRO Light Rail Service Delays

• METRO Receives Grant Award for South Central Corridor

• METRO Ridership Peaks in September

• New Mobile Site to Find Local Businesses Along Light Rail

• Effective October 24, 2011

• Kudos to Valley Employers for Clean Air Efforts

• Route 660 Rural Connector to Make Final Stop Oct. 21

• Route 685 Survives Service Cuts

• Tempe Introduces Hybrid-Electric Buses

• METRO to Commemorate 9/11

• Decision by judge says state must reinstate transit funds

• Avondale’s Zoom bus is a Winner

• Open House to Review Tempe Streetcar Track and Stop Locations

• 3rd Grade Transit Designs Needed for 2012 Calendar

• Phoenix Public Transit Solicits Comment on Future Bus Route Changes

• Walgreens Now Sells Transit Passes

• Annual Transit Ridership Released

• METRO Takes Design-Build Approach with Central Mesa Extension

• METRO Light Rail Serves 200,000 Across the Five Days of MLB All-Star

• Central Mesa Light Rail Extension Receives Environmental Clearance

• Changes to bus service effective July 25

• Avondale’s Zoom Circulator Bus Route Gets the Green Flag

• Chandler Seeks Input on Bus Service Reductions

• Central Station Reopens on July 4

• Cool Off at the 3rd/Washington Light Rail Station

• East Valley Dial-a-Ride Fares Increase on July 1

• Service Changes Effective July 25, 2011

• “Dump the Pump” on June 16

• Design of Central Mesa Light Rail Extension Underway

• Ozone HPA in Effect

• Be Safe Video Not Just for the Birds

• METRO light rail to conduct emergency drill in Tempe

• Trevor Browne High School Student’s Art is Onboard

• Transit Watch

• METRO Opens New Park-and-Ride Lot at 7th Avenue and Camelback

• Ozone Season Begins April 1

• Federal Transit Administration Officials Visit METRO Light Rail

• Valley employers are successful in cutting commutes

• Notes videos are an award winning program

• Newest Valley Metro video has “polite” theme

• Executive Director Honored as WTS 2010 Member of the Year

• All Buses in Phoenix Back to Normal Schedule

• Public meeting set to review transit mode and route recommendation for I-10 West corridor

• Central Mesa extension identified in President’s budget for $38M

• Valley Metro’s Unique Indoor Facility Aids in Assisting Passengers

• Two new travel options in the East Valley

• Valley Metro Board Elects New Officers

• I-17 RAPID goes to Happy Valley Park-and-Ride on Jan. 24

• Join us on January 19 to celebrate a new LINK bus route

• Service Changes Effective January 24, 2011

• Power Road Route 184 Service Begins January 24

• New Transit Book Announces Service Changes

• METRO 2010 milestones

• Get the year off to a great start

• Tempe requests feedback about future transit service changes

• New LINK bus service to Chandler & Gilbert

• Valley Metro To Provide ADA Service to Replace SCAT

• Two new park-and-rides open in December

• 2010-2011 Holiday Service Schedule