TRANSIT SERVICE: NEGOTIATIONS UNDERWAY BETWEEN ATC PHOENIX AND UNIONS

SERVICIO DE TRANSPORTE: NEGOCIACIONES EN CAMINO
ENTRE SINDICATOS Y ATC DE PHOENIX

Labor union agreement negotiations are on-going between ATC Phoenix, a company contracted to provide much of the transit service to the City, and their three labor unions. The labor union agreements are set to expire on June 30, 2005. Transit passengers can receive updates in a variety of ways.

• Phoenix.gov/publictransit for customer information from the City of Phoenix
• ValleyMetro.org for routes, maps, and trip planner and links to information
• phoenix.gov/MAILLIST/PUBTRANS/subscrbe.html transit listserv sign up for e-mail updates
• Phoenix 11 (Cox Cable) for televised updates
• Valley Metro Transit Information at (602) 253-5000 (English and Spanish)
• For hearing impaired with text telephones (602)261-8208.

Ya se están realizando las negociaciones de contrato entre ATC de Phoenix, compañía en contratación para proveer la mayoría del servicio de transporte a la ciudad, y los tres sindicatos que trabajan con la ciudad.  Los contratos con los sindicatos pierden vigencia el 30 de junio del 2005.  Todos los pasajeros de transporte público pueden recibir actualizaciones informativas de varias maneras.

• Portal electrónico municipal: Phoenix.gov/publictransit, ofrece información oficial pública.
• ValleyMetro.org para saber las rutas de recorrido, mapas, ayuda para planificar un viaje y enlaces informativos.
• phoenix.gov/MAILLIST/PUBTRANS/subscrbe.html enlace en donde suscribirse para recibir comunicados del departamento de tránsito.
• Canal televisivo Phoenix 11 (Cox Cable) para información actualizada por televisión.
• Información de tránsito de Valley Metro: (602) 253-5000 (en inglés y español.)
• Línea telefónica de texto para discapacitados: (602)261-8208.

Plan Alternatives for Bus Riders

Valley Metro encourages you to help your bus-riding employees in advance by helping them with alternatives for getting to work. Following is a list of tips to help get employees to work should the labor negotiations affect bus service.

1.      Once you've identified your regular bus riders, provide them with a list of other employees that live in or in close proximity to their zip code. Encourage them to contact fellow co-workers about carpooling if their bus service is affected (see list of ATC Phoenix routes below). 

2.      If you have an internal carpool matching system, identify your regular bus riders and have them "matched" for carpools with co-workers.

3.      Suggest that co-workers who set-up "contingency carpools" make arrangements in advance by discussing pick-up times and locations, and have them exchange phone numbers.

4.      Consider working with companies that are in close proximity to help place your regular bus riders in existing carpools or with drive-alone commuters.

5. Promote the Web site, SharetheRide.com, to regular bus riders and other commuters and encourage them to register for a matchlist of potential carpool partners.

6.      Arrange for employees to telework if they have the types of jobs allowing them to work remotely.

These are routes operated by ATC Phoenix
ATC Phoenix dará servicio a las siguientes rutas:

Local Routes/Rutas Locales

Red Line (Monday - Friday); Blue Line; and Green Line,

0, 1, 3, 7, 7Ltd., 8 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 24, 27, 32, 35, 41, 44, 50, 52, and 131-START

Express routes / Rutas de servicio exprés

510-Scottsdale, 512-Scottsdale, 560-Avondale, 570-Glendale, 581-North Mountain, 582-North Mountain,
and 590-Deer Valley

RAPID Routes / Rutas de servicio 'RAPID'

I-10 East, I-10 West, SR-51, and I-17

Circulators and Shuttles / Autobuses de cortesía y servicio gratis

DASH - Downtown Area Shuttle (downtown Phoenix and State Capital)

Durango Shuttle