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MOUNTAIN LINE IMPLEMENTING SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS ON JULY 27, 2025

Graphic promoting Prop 488 for Mountain Line transit, featuring an electric bus and the slogan “Delivering More Transit,” highlighting service enhancements launching July 27, 2025, with a mountain lion logo.

FLAGSTAFF, AZ (July 23, 2025) – Public transit in Flagstaff is getting an upgrade on July 27 when Mountain Line launches services enhancements on several routes.

These service enhancements are designed to make the overall transit system more efficient, and several are made possible by Proposition 488 – Delivering More Transit.

“We are thrilled to deliver on several of the components of Proposition 488, including increased frequency and convenience, and service to new areas,” said Mountain Line CEO and General Manager Heather Dalmolin. “This is just the beginning of the transit transformation we will implement over the next few years.”

Service enhancements include:

Route 5 – Increased Frequency
Route 5 weekday peak frequency is currently 60 minutes, and it will increase to 30 minutes, meaning a bus will arrive every half hour instead of every hour. The morning and afternoon supplemental service that operated on school days will be eliminated due to this increased frequency.

Route 8 – Service to New Area
Route 8 will extend along West Route 66 and Woody Mountain Rd. to provide new transit service to this growing area. The service will run every 30 minutes, seven days a week. Due to ongoing construction in this corridor, the new service will launch with a few modifications:

  • Stop 7 (Woody Mountain Rd. / Patio del Presidio): The housing complex associated with this new stop is still under construction and the stop area is inaccessible. A temp stop will be set up across the street, on Woody Mountain Rd., south of Patio del Presidio.
  • Stop 8 (Rt. 66/Northwestern St. – Wildwood Hills): Stop will not be served until August 3.
  • Stop 9 (Rt. 66/Railroad Spring Blvd. – Kit Carson): Stop will not be served until this fall.

Route 8 riders should always board the bus on your side of the street and exit the bus on the same side of the street as your final destination. Stay safe – never run across the street to shorten your ride time. Stay on the bus and loop around the route – it only adds five minutes to your travel time.

Route 2 – Service Enhancement
The eastbound (toward the mall) deviation to Gemini Rd. and BASIS/FJA will become a permanent part of the route, and all Route 2 buses will use this route on each run of the day. The westbound (toward downtown) deviation will be eliminated, and all buses will remain on Cedar Ave. Both stops at Cedar Ave. / Gemini Rd. will continue to be served in both directions on every run. This service change allows Mountain Line to more effectively serve the growing McMillan Mesa area, while taking the time to engage in a feasibility study about a left turn from Pine Cliff to Cedar Ave. that would enable the route to run in this corridor in both directions.

Routes 4/14 – Service Enhancement
With the completion of the new Beulah Blvd. roundabout and construction of a bus only lane, Mountain Line is shifting Routes 4 and 14 to use this new road network. Two new bus stops will be added on Beulah Blvd. at the roundabout, and the following stops will be closed and removed due to the reroute:

  • Route 4, Stop 4 (Milton/Forest Meadows)
  • Route 14, Stop 15 (Milton Rd./I-17 – Mobil)

Visit www.mountainline.az.gov/servicechanges for full details on the service enhancements.
Mountain Line is the transit agency in northern Arizona operating fixed route bus service on nine routes, paratransit service, vanpool, and seasonal Mountain Express service to Arizona Snowbowl. www.mountainline.az.gov for more information.