Storylines

What is microtransit, and is it coming to a neighborhood near you? Hear more about this new form of on-demand transportation and what Valley Metro is doing behind the scenes to bring it to you. Listen in as Brittany and Madeline sit down with Matt Dudley, Transit Manager for city of Avondale, and Aaron Xaevier, Service Planner with Valley Metro, to discuss microtransit.

Valley Metro Customer Experience Coordinators (CECs) assist light rail riders to create the ultimate riding experience. Listen in as the CECs share some of their most memorable and uplifting stories from riding light rail.

Every time you choose to ride Valley Metro you are making a choice to improve the environment. Learn about electric buses and what Valley Metro is doing to help combat climate change. Listen in as Brittany and Peter sit down with Scott Wisner, Director of Vehicle Electrification Solutions for Veregy, and Valley Metro’s own Sustainability Coordinator, Mackenzie McGuffie.

For more information about Valley Metro's sustainability efforts, go to valleymetro.org/about/sustainability.

How does public transit get paid for and what's your role? Brittany and guest host Peter find out all the ways public transit gets funded with help from Audra Koester Thomas from Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG). Discover where your tax dollars are going and how they can continue to improve public transit in the Valley.

Learn more about plans for the Prop 400 extension by visiting www.ourmomentumplan.com.

Valley Metro shares many statistics about economic development and light rail, but what does that mean to the community? Listen in as Brittany and Madeline sit down with small business owner Jamaris Kennedy and Shannon McBride, Executive Director of 19North, to discuss how rail construction impacts businesses and how Valley Metro is helping.

Don’t miss the update on Tempe Streetcar and other agency news you need to know.

Valley Metro brings you stories about how the transit system connects communities and enhances lives. The riders are diverse yet their lives all intersect on public transit. Storylines, hosted by Brittany Hoffman and Madeline Phipps, shares the stories about building and operating a transit system that brings people together and links them to their favorite destinations.

Bringing people together, one story at a time.