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Local Officials Greet Passengers
at New Valley
Metro Express Bus Routes
Ed Sharpe
Glendale Daily Planet - 2008 / Photos and charts
thanks to - Valley Metro
The Big Picture!
Mayors and Council members from Glendale,
Goodyear, Mesa and Scottsdale took or met the bus on July 28 to
celebrate the first day of new express bus service in their
communities.
Route
511 - Chandler to
Scottsdale Airpark - Scottsdale Mayor Mary Manross
Route
535 - Mesa to downtown
Phoenix Mesa - Councilmembers Scott Somers & Dina Higgins
Route 562 - Goodyear to
downtown Phoenix - Goodyear Councilmember Frank Cavalier &
Vice Mayor Rob Antoniak
Route
575 - Glendale to downtown
Phoenix - Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs
Lets get Local!
Glendale Mayor
Elaine Scruggs ( turquoise jacket) along with other city
transportation staff and Valley metro
officials joined the festivities met passengers waiting to
depart on route 575 - Glendale to downtown
Phoenix.
(GDP) (Glendale Arizona) -
Monday, July 28 2008, Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs along with other
city transportation staff and Valley metro officials joined
the festivities and met passengers waiting to depart on
route 575 - Glendale to downtown Phoenix. This
park-and-ride is at Church of Joy at 75th Avenue and
Beardsley.
This route
is funded by Proposition 400, the extension of the half-cent sales
approved by voters in November 2004, which allowed funding of the
Regional Transportation Plan developed by the Transportation Policy
Committee of the Maricopa Association of Governments. Mayor Scruggs
led the development of this plan while she was Chair at MAG regional
council.
Media was on hand to interview
officials and passengers about the new bus service and hear how it
will benefit their communities.
Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs
commented "Everyone I met was so
excited to have this new service. Most of the people had been
using Route 573, and reported that it is very, very crowded.
Route 575 is a welcome addition. I met two people who
were going to be riding the bus to work for the very first time.
They felt the convenience and the financial savings were both too
good to pass up."
This will help ease the pain
at the gas pump while improving air quality. We ask our readers to
consider this... You live in Arrowhead Ranch but work at the
capitol... Let them drive and you can kick back and read the
morning paper! A much more relaxing and satisfying commute
than driving your own vehicle!
Jamsheed Mehta -
Director of Transportation,, Cathy
Colbath - Transit Administrator
and
Matt Dudley - Transit
Manager, all from the City of Glendale, were
on hand for the kickoff!
L to R - Valley
Metro executive Director David A. Boggs,
from the City of Glendale, Jamsheed Mehta -
Director of Transportation
and Cathy
Colbath - Transit Administrator
The
ridership for Route 575 on the first day is noted below and is VERY
good.
There are three morning and three afternoon trips during the peak
commuter hours.
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Route
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Direction
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Time
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Boardings
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Misc
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575
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Inbound
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5:55am
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39
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575
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Inbound
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6:35am
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34
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575
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Inbound
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6:50am
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34
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575
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Outbound
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4:15pm
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41
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575
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Outbound
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4:45pm
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33
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575
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Outbound
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5:15pm
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22
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It’s
free for the first week of service...
How easy can it get?! |
Express 575—Northwest
Valley Express AM/Inbound
From Arrowhead Towne Center to Downtown Phoenix/State Capitol Area.
Exit East on Inner Loop; Exit East on East Mall Entrance; North on
75th Avenue; West on Joy Boulevard through the Community Church of Joy
parking lot. Exit Community Church of Joy; South on 75th Avenue to the
bus stop (just South of Rose Garden); East on Loop 101/Aqua Fria
Freeway; South on I-17/Black Canyon Freeway; Exit East on Jefferson
Street; North on Central Avenue to Van Buren Street.
Express 575—Northwest
Valley Express PM/Outbound
From Downtown Phoenix/State Capitol Area to 75th Avenue/Arrowhead
Towne Center
West on Van Buren Street; South on 1st Avenue; West on Washington
Street/Adams Street; North on I-17/Black Canyon Freeway; West on Loop
101/Aqua Fria Freeway; North on 75th Avenue; West on Joy Boulevard
into Church of Joy parking lot, exit Community Church of Joy parking
lot, South on 75th Avenue to bus stop; West into Arrowhead Towne
Center at the East Mall Entrance; Northwest on Inner Loop; South on
Sears entrance to the bus stop. (bus stop is the same as the local
stop)
Monday-Friday AM Inbound
Schedule
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Arrowhead
Towne Center
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75th Ave at
Beardsley Park-and-Ride
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17th Ave at
Jefferson
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Central
Station
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555a
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605a
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640a
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650a
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635a
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645a
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725a
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735a
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650a
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700a
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740a
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750a
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Monday-Friday PM Outbound
Schedule
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Central
Station
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State Capitol
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75th Ave at
Beardsley Park-and-Ride
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Arrowhead
Towne Center
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415p
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425p
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506p
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516p
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445p
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455p
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540p
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550p
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515p
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525p
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610p
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620p
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