Valley Metro Bus

Operations

Route types and naming conventions

• 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.
• 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.

• 51x – Scottsdale
• 52x – Tempe
• 53x – Mesa and Gilbert
• 54x – Chandler
• 56x – Southwest Valley
• 57x – Northwest Valley

Route list