Valley Metro Bus

Parent	Valley Metro
Founded	1993
Headquarters	US Bank Center Phoenix, Arizona, US
Service area	Maricopa County Ajo
Service type	Local, express, shuttle, paratransit
Routes	104
Hubs	17
Fleet	1,061 buses
Daily ridership	Template:American transit ridership (Template:American transit ridership)Template:American transit ridership
Annual ridership	Template:American transit ridership (Template:American transit ridership)Template:American transit ridership
Fuel type	Diesel, diesel-electric hybrid, CNG, LNG
Operator	See below
Website	valleymetro.org

Valley Metro Bus is the public transit bus service in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. Valley Metro Bus provides local, regional, express, and rural bus services in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area (as well as the community of Ajo in Pima County), covering a service area of 525 sq mi (1,360 km²). In Template:American transit ridership, the system had a ridership of Template:American transit ridership, or about Template:American transit ridership per weekday in Template:American transit ridership.

Valley Metro, officially known as the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority, is responsible for coordinating the bus system. Bus services are operated by private contractors and individual municipalities in the Phoenix area, branded as Valley Metro.

All Valley Metro Bus services are accessible to persons with disabilities, with ramps or lifts installed on all buses. Additionally, all fixed-route buses are equipped with bicycle racks.

Operations

There are over 100 bus routes contracted by Valley Metro, including regular routes, limited-stop routes, and community circulators. Bus frequency, hours, and days of operation vary by route. The most heavily used routes have peak 10-minute frequency and run until 1:00 am, while less-used routes run every 30 minutes off-peak, ending at midnight.

Route types and naming conventions

Template:No sources section As of 2026, sixty local bus routes form Valley Metro's super-grid bus system. They are numbered roughly according to the address on the Phoenix area's street grid on which they travel. For example:

• Route 35 is a north–south route which runs along 35th Avenue, which is the 3500 block, west, on the street grid.
• Route 0 runs north–south along Central Avenue, which is the dividing street or "zero point" separating east and west Phoenix on the street grid.
• Route 50 runs east–west along Camelback Road, which is the 5000 block, north, on the street grid
• Route 72 runs north–south along Scottsdale and Rural Roads, which are the 7200 block, east, on the street grid.
• Route 104 runs north–south along Alma School Road, which corresponds to the 10400 block, east, on the street grid (but not in the city of Mesa itself, which uses a different street numbering/zero point origin from the city of Phoenix).
• Routes 7 and 8 each run on 7th Street and 7th Avenue respectively. Given that Phoenix has numbered thoroughfares designated as "Avenues" west of Central and "Streets" east of Central, Route 8 is one digit higher to avoid confusion with Route 7 which are both the 700 blocks.
• Route 17 runs east–west along McDowell Road, which actually is the 1600 block, north, on the street grid. Route 17 is one digit higher to avoid confusion with Route 16, which runs north–south along 16th Street which is the 1600 block, east, on the street grid.
• Route 81 runs north–south on Hayden Road and McClintock Drive, which is the 8000 block, east, on the street grid. Route 81 is one digit higher to avoid confusion with Route 80, which runs east–west along Northern Avenue, which is the 8000 block, north, on the street grid.Template:Speculation?

The community circulator routes are free of charge except for the Avondale Zoom routes, each with a 50 cent fare; formerly the Glendale Urban Shuttle (GUS) routes had a 25 cent fare to ride, but this was dropped on October 23, 2017. They supplement the standard grid service with routes that connect neighborhoods to nearby business districts. The naming convention varies by the communities they serve, such as the Scottsdale Neighborhood Trolley, Tempe Orbit Jupiter, and Phoenix SMART.

The LINK routes were limited-stop, streamlined bus connections to transit centers served by Valley Metro Rail. These routes used upgraded bus shelters with illuminated "Next Bus" boards, and bus rapid transit-styled vehicles with traffic signal priority. They were named after the street they travel on. The two routes were the Main Street LINK and the Arizona Avenue LINK. LINK service was discontinued on October 24, 2016, and was replaced by enhanced local service on Routes 40 and 112.

The six RAPID routes are limited-stop commuter routes in the city of Phoenix that travel from Park and Ride lots in outlying neighborhoods near major freeways to RAPID stops in the downtown business core (including the Arizona State Capitol complex). These routes are mostly named for the freeway on which they travel, such as RAPID I-10 East and South Mountain RAPID routes (two routes connect newly developed neighborhoods along Baseline Road with downtown via 19th Avenue or 24th Street). They are unidirectional, traveling toward downtown in the morning and out of downtown in the afternoons.

The express routes are also limited-stop commuter routes with higher fares than standard routes, but the same routes and similar operation to RAPID, operating from outlying Park and Ride lots and pickup points in suburban areas outside the city of Phoenix. They are numbered in the 500s, with the second digit indicating the area they serve, using the following scheme:

• 51x – Scottsdale
• 52x – Tempe
• 53x – Mesa and Gilbert
• 54x – Chandler
• 56x – Southwest Valley (Avondale, Goodyear, Buckeye, and Tolleson)
• 57x – Northwest Valley (Glendale, Peoria, Surprise, and Sun Cities)

These routes are also unidirectional, traveling into downtown Phoenix and the State Capitol in the morning (using the major freeways after traveling on other streets for part of the trip) and out of downtown in the afternoons.

Route list

Color key

Color	Operator	Note
Blue	Transdev-Phoenix	Formerly Veolia-Phoenix. Operates the North and South Phoenix facilities.
Peach	Transdev-Phoenix (formerly First Transit)	Operates the West Phoenix facility.
Pear	Dunn Transportation	Operations only, maintenance performed in-house.
Plum	Keolis-RPTA (formerly First Transit)	Operates the Mesa and Tempe facilities.
Purple	National Express (formerly Total Transit)	Contracted by the RPTA. Operated from the Total Transit facility in southeast Glendale.
Turquoise	City of Glendale	Only non-contracted routes in the system. Also operates Glendale Dial-a-Ride.
Brown	National Express (formerly Ajo Transportation)	Contracted by the RPTA.

Routes marked with an asterisk (*) are a part of the Frequent Bus Network (15 minute-or-better headways on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.):

No.	Name	Type	Terminals		Annual ridership (FY2025)	Note
0*	Central Ave	Local	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	South Mountain Heights S Central Av & Dobbins Rd	419,687 Increase 12%
				South Mountain Heights S Central Av & Baseline Rd		Alternate weekday daytime trips
1	Washington/Jefferson St	Local	East Phoenix Priest Drive/Washington station	Central City Central Station	71,924 -3.7%
3*	Van Buren St	Local	Camelback East Phoenix Zoo	Avondale La Canada Bl & 4th St (weekdays and Saturdays)	843,211 Increase 15%	No service east of Galvin Parkway when Phoenix Zoo is closed.
				Tolleson Van Buren St & 83rd Av (Alternate Saturday trips and Sundays)
			Camelback East Van Buren St & 44th St	West Phoenix Van Buren St & 35th Av		Alternate weekday daytime trips
7*	7th St	Local	Deer Valley Deer Valley Rd & 19th Av	South Mountain Heights 7th St & Dobbins Rd	763,664 Increase 3.9%
			North Mountain Village 7th St & Dunlap Rd	South Mountain Village 7th St & Baseline Rd		Alternate weekday daytime trips
8	7th Ave	Local	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	South Mountain Heights Baseline Rd & Central Av	330,895 -2.3%
10*	Roosevelt St	Local	East Phoenix 32nd St & Roosevelt St	Central City Central Station	94,618 -2.8%
12	12th St	Local	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	Central City Jefferson St & 12th St	201,254 Increase 4.1%
13	Buckeye Rd	Local	Central City 24th Street SkyTrain station	Estrella Village Buckeye Rd & 75th Av	257,030 Increase 5.4%
15	15th Ave	Local	Alhambra Montebello/19th Avenue station	Central City South 15th Av & Pima St	187,869 -0.5%
16*	16th St	Local	Paradise Valley North Paradise Valley Community College	South Mountain Heights Dobbins Rd & Central Av	658,454 Increase 4.1%
			Camelback East 16th St & Northern Av	South Mountain Village 16th St & Baseline Rd		Alternate weekday trips
17	McDowell Rd	Local	Scottsdale McDowell Rd & Pima Rd	Goodyear McDowell Rd & Pebble Creek Pkwy (weekdays and Saturdays)	1,019,064 Increase 11%	Alternate weekday trips run between 43rd Avenue and 44th Street Alternate weekday midday trips from Pima Road run to/from 83rd Avenue
				Tolleson McDowell Rd & 99th Av (Alternate Saturday trips and Sundays)
19*	19th Ave	Local	Norterra Happy Valley Rd & 23rd Av	Laveen Village 27th Avenue/Baseline P&R	1,198,056 -0.6%
27	27th Ave	Local	Deer Valley 23rd Av & Rose Garden Ln	Estrella Village Lower Buckeye Rd & 27th Av	703,678 Increase 7.5%	Every other rush hour trip & all off-peak trips alternate between 23rd Av-Rose Garden La and 27th Av-Deer Valley Rd Alternate rush hour trips run south of Bell Road
			Deer Valley 27th Av & Deer Valley Rd
28	Lower Buckeye Rd	Local	Bradley Ranch 22nd Av & Lower Buckeye Rd	South Tolleson Lower Buckeye Rd & 99th Av	103,272 -4%
29*	Thomas Rd	Local	Scottsdale Pima Park	Maryvale Village Thomas Rd & 93rd Av	1,222,536 Increase 15%
			Camelback East Village Thomas Rd & 44th St	Maryvale Village Desert Sky Transit Center		Alternate weekday daytime trips
30	University Dr	Local	Mesa University Dr & Power Rd	South Mountain Heights 24th Street/Baseline P&R	443,902 Increase 15.3%	Terminates at SMCC during school hours
32	32nd St/40th St	Local	Camelback East 28th St & Camelback Rd	South Mountain Heights Baseline Rd & 40th St	346,437 Increase 7.8%
35*	35th Ave	Local	Norterra Happy Valley Rd & 23rd Av	South Mountain Heights 27th Avenue/Baseline P&R	950,286 Increase 3.4%
			North Mountain Village Thelda Williams Transit Center	Estrella Village 35th Av & Lower Buckeye Rd		Alternate weekday trips
39	North 40th St	Local	Paradise Valley North Paradise Valley Community College	Paradise Valley Village Dreamy Draw P&R	43,435 Increase 3.9%
40*	Main St	Local	Mesa Sycamore/Main station	Superstition Springs Superstition Springs Transit Center	289,428 -5.6%
			Mesa Gilbert/Main station			Alternate weekday daytime trips
41*	Indian School Rd	Local	Scottsdale Indian School Rd & Granite Reef Rd	Villa de Paz Indian School Rd & 107th Av	1,018,855 Increase 10.8%
			Arcadia Lite Indian School Rd & 32nd St	Maryvale Village Indian School Rd & 59th Av		Alternate weekday daytime trips
43	43rd Ave	Local	Deer Valley Union Hills Dr & 43rd Av	Estrella Village Lower Buckeye Rd & 43rd Av	398,884 Increase 16.1%
44	44th St/Tatum Blvd	Local	Desert Ridge Desert Ridge Marriott	Central City 44th Street/Washington station	366,442 -3%
45	Broadway Rd	Local	Superstition Springs Superstition Springs Transit Center	South Mountain Village 19th Av & Broadway Rd	653,041 Increase 24.5%	Alternate rush hour trips run west of Price Road
48	48th St	Local	Mesa Grande Mesa Riverview	South Tempe Priest Dr & Baseline Rd at Arizona Mills	119,100 Increase 23.7%
50*	Camelback Rd	Local	Scottsdale Scottsdale Community College	Camelback Ranch 107th Av & Camelback Rd	981,655 -0.9%
			Camelback East Village Camelback Rd & 44th St	Glendale Camelback Rd & 67th Av		Alternate weekday daytime trips
51	51st Ave	Local	North Mountain Village Arizona State University West campus	Laveen Village 51st Ave & Baseline Rd	451,489 Increase 14.7%	Trips alternate between each southern termini.
				Komatke Pecos Rd & 51st Ave via Komatke Health Center
52	Roeser Rd	Local	Patio Homes East 48th St & Roeser Rd	Park Phoenix 19th Av & Roeser Rd	77,776 -7.3%
56	Priest Dr	Local	Camelback East Desert Botanical Garden	Foothills Park Place Ray Rd & 48th St	282,834 Increase 27.4%	Alternate rush hour trips run between Elliot Road and Washington Street No service north of Washington Street when Desert Botanical Garden is closed
59	59th Ave	Local	Glendale 59th Av & Beardsley Rd	Freeport Center 59th Av & Buckeye Rd	327,114 Increase 16.9%
60	Bethany Home Rd	Local	Biltmore Camelback Rd & 24th St	Glendale 83rd Av & Bethany Home Rd	308,258 -5.8%
61	Southern Ave	Local	Superstition Springs Superstition Springs Transit Center	Laveen Village 51st Av & Southern Av	955,298 Increase 21.8%
62	Hardy Dr	Local	Tempe Tempe Marketplace	South Tempe Ruby Dr & IKEA	220,057 Increase 16.6%
66	Mill Ave/Kyrene Rd	Local	Tempe Tempe Transit Center	Gila River Indian Community Lone Butte Casino	223,247 Increase 19.6%	Alternate rush hour trips run north of Elliot Road
67	67th Ave	Local	Arrowhead Ranch Union Hills Dr & 67th Av	Sierra Vista Sierra Linda High School	264,465 Increase 9.1%
70*	24th St/Glendale Ave	Local	Glendale Luke Air Force Base	South Mountain Heights 24th Street/Baseline P&R	1,078,617 Increase 6.9%	Select weekday trips run east of Glendale P&R
			Alhambra/Glendale Glendale Av & 43rd Av			Alternate trips
72	Scottsdale Rd/Rural Rd	Local	Grayhawk HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center	Chandler Chandler Fashion Center	765,220 Increase 22.1%
75	75th Ave	Local	Maryvale Village Camelback Rd & 75th Av	Tuscano Lower Buckeye Rd & 75th Av	118,773 Increase 1.7%
77	Baseline Rd	Local	Mesa West Mesa P&R	Laveen Ranch Gila River Indian Community Service Center	598,400 Increase 42%	Serves SMCC during school hours
80	Northern Ave/Shea Blvd	Local	Scottsdale Mustang Transit Center	Glendale 59th Av & Northern Av	328,517 -0.7%
81	Hayden Rd/McClintock Dr	Local	Scottsdale Mustang Transit Center	Chandler Chandler Fashion Center (weekdays and Saturdays)	443,022 Increase 22.1%	Alternate rush hour trips run between Tempe Marketplace and ASU Research Park No Sunday service south of Warner Road (all trips run to/from ASU Research Park)
				Tempe ASU Research Park
83	83rd Ave	Local	Glendale Arrowhead Towne Center	Tolleson 83rd Av & Van Buren St	184,537 Increase 10.8%
90	Dunlap Ave/Cave Creek Rd	Local	Paradise Valley Village Rose Garden Ln & Cave Creek Rd	Glendale 67th Av & Olive Av	425,114 -3.9%
96	Dobson Rd	Local	Mesa Grande Mesa Riverview	Silverton Ranch Dobson Rd & Pecos Rd (weekdays and Saturdays)	241,895 Increase 2.5%	Rush hour trips alternate between and Snedigar Sports Complex and Baseline Road No Sunday service south of Baseline Road
				Dobson Ranch Dobson Rd & Baseline Rd
				South Chandler Snedigar Sports Complex
104	Alma School Rd	Local	Mesa Grande Mesa Riverview	Chandler Morelos St & Hamilton St (weekdays)	141,832 -2.8%
				Fiesta District Alma School Rd & Southern Av (weekends)
106	Peoria Ave	Local	Sunnyslope Sunnyslope Transit Center	Sun City Santa Fe Dr & 105th Ave (weekdays)	352,724 Increase 4.5%
				Sun City/Peoria Peoria Av & 99th Av (weekends)
108	Elliot Rd/48th St	Local	Superstition Springs Superstition Springs Transit Center	Ahwatukee Foothills Village Chandler Blvd & 48th St	164,515 -0.1%
112*	Country Club Dr/Arizona Ave	Local	North Center Neighborhood Center St & McKellips Rd	Chandler Chandler P&R	536,676 Increase 1.7%
			Mesa Center/Main station			Alternate weekday daytime trips
120	Mesa Dr	Local	Escobodo Neighborhood District Fitch Park	Mesa Lewis Ct & Coury Av	94,306 Increase 1.9%
122	Cactus Rd	Local	North Mountain Village 19th Avenue/Dunlap station	Glendale ASU Western Campus	105,078 -10.5%
128	Stapley Dr	Local	North Mesa McKellips Rd & Stapley Dr	Mesa Inverness Av & Stapley Dr	90,101 Increase 0.4%
136	Gilbert Rd	Local	Lehi Community Improvement Gilbert-McDowell P&R	Chandler Gilbert Rd & Ryan Rd (weekdays and Saturdays)	183,339 -1%
				Mesa/Gilbert Gilbert Rd & Baseline Rd (Sundays)
138	Thunderbird Rd	Local	Paradise Valley Village Thunderbird Rd & 32nd St	Sun City Santa Fe Dr & 105th Ave	288,373 Increase 4.8%
140	Ray Rd	Local	Gilbert Ray Rd & Gilbert Rd	Foothills Park Place Ray Rd & 48th St	67,592 Increase 12.4%	No Sunday service
154	Greenway Rd	Local	Paradise Valley Village Scottsdale P&R	Sunburst Farms 51st Av & Greenway Rd	243,979 -5.2%
156	Chandler Blvd	Local	Mesa Arizona State University Polytechnic campus	Ahwatukee Foothills Village Chandler Blvd & 48th St	244,543 Increase 15.5%	Alternate rush hour trips run west of McQueen Road
170	Bell Rd	Local	Northsight Raintree Dr & Northsight Blvd	Glendale Arrowhead Towne Center	550,032 Increase 1.8%
184	Power Rd	Local	Mesa Power Road P&R	Mesa ASU Polytechnic Campus via Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport	87,758 Increase 1%
186	Union Hills Dr/Mayo Blvd	Local	Windsong Mayo Blvd & Scottsdale Rd	Glendale Arrowhead Towne Center	193,123 Increase 3.1%
				Glendale Union Hills Dr & 51st Av		Alternate trips
514	Scottsdale	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Scottsdale Mustang Transit Center	2,985 Increase 10.4%
521	Central Tempe	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	South Tempe Tempe Library P&R	8,784 Increase 8.3%
522	South Tempe	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	South Tempe Tempe Sports Complex	7,666 -0.6%
531	Mesa/Gilbert	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Gilbert Gilbert Rd & Houston Av	15,865 Increase 2.7%
533	Mesa	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Superstition Springs Superstition Springs TC	22,803 Increase 4.6%
535	Northeast Mesa	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Mesa Power Rd P&R	20,971 Increase 5.5%
542	Chandler	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Chandler Chandler P&R	35,995 Increase 4.1%
562	Goodyear	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Goodyear Goodyear P&R	16,453 Increase 66.9%
563	Avondale/Buckeye	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Buckeye Buckeye P&R	17,266 Increase 22.5%
571	Surprise	Express	Central City Adams St & 17th Ave (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Surprise Surprise P&R	13,016 Increase 27.4%
573	West Glendale	Express	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Glendale Glendale P&R	6,573 Increase 8.4%
575	North Glendale	Express	Central City Central Station (last drop-off) Van Buren St & 1st St (first pickup)	Glendale Arrowhead Towne Center	9,801 Increase 10.2%
685	Gila Bend Regional Connector	Rural Route	Maryvale Village Desert Sky Transit Center	Ajo Esperanza Ave & Telera St	10,641 Increase 33.6%	No Sunday service
GL	Grand Avenue Limited	Express	Central City Central Station	Peoria Peoria P&R @ Old Town	4,253 -17.7%	Provides express service, but with a local fare.
GUS 1	Glendale Urban Shuttle 1	Circulator			74,737 Increase 15.2%
GUS 2	Glendale Urban Shuttle 2	Circulator
GUS 3	Glendale Urban Shuttle 3	Circulator
DBUZ	Mesa Downtown BUZZ	Circulator	Mesa Grande Mesa Riverview	Mesa 1st St & Centennial Way	140,766 Increase 14%	No Sunday service
FBUZ	Mesa Fiesta BUZZ	Circulator		Fiesta District Southern Ave & Alma School Rd	182,633 Increase 16.4%	Also serves Sycamore/Main Street station No Sunday service
ALEX	Phoenix Neighborhood Circulator – ALEX (Ahwatukee)	Circulator	Ahwatukee 51st St & Elliot Rd	Foothills Desert Foothills Pkwy & Liberty Ln	32,263 -12.2%	Select trips serve 40th St/Pecos Rd PNR
DASH	Phoenix Neighborhood Circulator – DASH (Gov. Loop)	Circulator	Governmental Mall 19th Ave and Jefferson St	Central City Central Station	132,150 Increase 15.8%	No weekend service
MARY	Phoenix Neighborhood Circulator – MARY (Maryvale)	Circulator	Maryvale Village Desert Sky Transit Center		58,498 Increase 22.1%	Bidirectional loop route that serves Maryvale Village neighborhoods
SMART	Phoenix Neighborhood Circulator – SMART (Sunnyslope)	Circulator	Sunnyslope 19th Ave & Cholla St	Sunnyslope 15th St & Cinnabar Ave	99,379 Increase 0.7%	Serves Sunnyslope Transit Center
68CM	Scottsdale 68th Street/Camelback Trolley	Circulator	Scottsdale Hayden Rd & Indian School Rd	Scottsdale Granite Reef Senior Center	160,715 Increase 20.4%	No weekend service
MLHD	Scottsdale Miller/Hayden Trolley	Circulator	Scottsdale Mustang Transit Center		118,887 Increase 16.1%
OLDT	Scottsdale Old Town Trolley	Circulator
MSTG	Scottsdale Mustang Trolley	Circulator	Northsight Raintree Dr & Northsight Blvd	Scottsdale Ranch Via Linda Senior Center	54,332 Increase 13.2%	Serves Mustang Transit Center No weekend service
FLSH	FLASH Forward (Arizona State University)	Circulator			40,305 -24.4%	Both routes part of bi-directional services around Downtown Tempe and Arizona State University Tempe Campus No weekend service
FLSH	FLASH Back (Arizona State University)	Circulator
EART	Tempe – Orbit Earth	Circulator	Tempe Tempe Transit Center	Tempe Tempe Marketplace	249,585 -2.6%
JUPI	Tempe – Orbit Jupiter	Circulator		Tempe McClintock High School	364,509 Increase 0.4%	Originally one bi-directional route split into two
MARS	Tempe – Orbit Mars	Circulator		Tempe Southern Ave & Evergreen Rd	544,892 -1%
MERC	Tempe – Orbit Mercury	Circulator		Tempe Escalante Community Center	382,955 -9.6%
VENU	Tempe – Orbit Venus	Circulator			318,951 -6.5%
STRN	Tempe – Orbit Saturn	Circulator	Tempe Tempe Public Library	South Tempe Priest Dr & Elliot Rd	117,514 Increase 10.8%
SR-51 (400)	SR-51 Rapid	Rapid	Central City 17th Ave & State Capitol (last drop-off) Jefferson St & 18th Ave (first pickup)	Desert Ridge Deer Valley Rd & Marriott Dr	32,813 -1.3%	Short trips serve Dreamy Draw P&R and SR-51/Bell Rd P&R
I-10E (450)	I-10 East Rapid	Rapid		Ahwatukee 40th St/Pecos Rd P&R	26,229 -20.5%
I-10W (460)	I-10 West Rapid	Rapid		Maryvale Village Desert Sky Transit Center	25,279 -6.3%	Short trips start and end at I-10/79th Ave P&R
I-17 (480)	I-17 Rapid	Rapid		Deer Valley Deer Valley P&R (I-17 & Happy Valley Rd)	72,107 -7.8%	Short trips go to Metrocenter TC and I-17/Bell Rd P&R
SME (452)	South Mountain East Rapid	Rapid		South Mountain Heights 24th Street/Baseline P&R	3,203 Increase 80.5%
SMW (451)	South Mountain West Rapid	Rapid		South Mountain Heights 27th Avenue/Baseline P&R	1,653 -59.3%

Note that the listed facility assignments for Transdev-Phoenix operated routes are normal assignments; however, routes normally operated from the South facility may occasionally be substituted with buses from the North facility and vice versa.Template:OR inline

Transit centers

Valley Metro Bus serves the following transit centers:

• 19th Ave and Montebello Transit Center, Phoenix
• Arrowhead Transit Center, Glendale
• Central Station, Phoenix
• Chandler Fashion Center Transit Center, Chandler
• Desert Sky Transit Center, Phoenix
• Ed Pastor Transit Center, Phoenix
• Gilbert Rd/Main St Transit Center, Mesa
• Main St and Sycamore Transit Center, Mesa
• Mustang Transit Center, Scottsdale
• Paradise Valley Mall Transit Center, Phoenix
• Sunnyslope Transit Center, Phoenix
• Superstition Springs Transit Center
• Tempe Transportation Center, Tempe
• Thelda Williams Transit Center, Phoenix

Customer service

The Transit Book (known until December 2008 as the Bus Book, and mentioned above) is a schedule and map book that is updated twice yearly.

An automated next scheduled arrival service, NextRide, provides future arrival times for routes that serve a bus stop or light rail station. It includes a text messaging service as well as an online tracker.

Fleet

Template:No sources section Valley Metro and member cities maintain a growing fleet of over 800 vehicles for public bus routes and nearly 200 for paratransit.

Type	Delivered	Notes
ENC E-Z Rider II BRT	2017-2019	Used on Tempe ORBIT circular routes
Gillig Trolley Replica	2013	Used on Scottsdale Trolley
Gillig Low Floor	2013-2025	Used on Tempe ORBIT circular routes Used on Mesa BUZZ circular routes
MCI D45 CRT LE	2020-2021
New Flyer C40LFR	2011-2014
New Flyer XD40	2020-2021
New Flyer XDE40	2024-2025
New Flyer XN40	2017-2021
New Flyer D40LFA	2010
New Flyer DE60LFR	2011
New Flyer XD60	2016–2020
New Flyer XN60	2016–2020	Used on RAPID routes