Our Program Tempe in Motion (TIM) provides bus, bicycle, pedestrian and light rail facilities and encourages getting around Tempe in anything but a car. Our goal is to provide a balanced transportation system that is environmentally sustainable, accessible,  preserves neighborhoods, promotes transit-oriented development and involves citizens in the process. The city of Tempe actively supports Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings. The TIM program consists of traffic engineering, transportation planning,  ITS (signal timing coordination), bus operations, light rail transit and marketing.

Transportation Commission Tempe’s Transportation Commission, an advisory group of 15 residents, meets monthly to provide direction in implementing Tempe’s transportation program. The Commission has three committees: Accountability/Governance, Marketing/Public Involvement and Multi-Modal Planning/Project Review. Visit the City Clerk for meeting dates and times.  The Transportation Division Deputy Public Works Manager is  Carlos de Leon    Transportation Division Org Chart 

Light Rail Scheduled to open December 27, the 20-mile light rail line will connect Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. Light rail service will most likely operate seven days a week every 10 minutes during daylight hours (every 20 minutes during all other times) from about 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. Light rail  service will also be available on all major holidays.  Light rail vehicles will be wheelchair accessible and equipped with bike racks. The Light Rail Transit Deputy Public Works Manager is Jyme Sue McLaren   Light Rail Division Org Chart

One of the stations along the light rail line will be part of a new Tempe Transportation Center, which will provide connections between METRO light rail and more than a dozen bus routes, as well as passenger amenities, ticketing and bicycle parking.

• Get a free transit map mailed to you. Please include your name and mailing address.

Bus Service Bus service in Tempe operates seven days a week from about 4:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., Monday through Saturday and from 5 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. Most Tempe bus routes operate every 15 minutes from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Bus service is also available on all major holidays with service following Sunday schedules.  All Tempe buses are wheelchair accessible and equipped with bike racks. 

• Email bus service complaints or compliments to Valley Metro Customer Service. 

• Get a free transit map mailed to you. Please include your name and mailing address.

• To become a bus driver, contact Veolia Transportation at 480-858-7700.

• Learn more about Tempe's LEED Gold certified bus maintenance facility.

• Flash and Orbit information

Bicycling Tempe is a designated Bicycle Friendly Community with 165 miles of bikeways.

• To report a  hazardous bike path or call 480-350-8810.

• Get a free bikeway map mailed to you. Please include your name and mailing address.

Traffic Engineering Traffic Engineering is responsible for design of signage and pavement markings.  This group administers the city's traffic calming program, as well as barricading and traffic control projects.  Traffic Engineering is also responsible for conducting traffic signal warrant studies and  design.

ITS Transportation Systems Transportation Systems is responsible for monitoring and operating the city's traffic signal system. Technology is being applied to our transportation systems to make them safer and more efficient.