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Getting Around Phoenix: New light rail system makes travel a breeze

Travel with ease from the Airport to Hotels & Phoenix Convention Center on the new light rail

It’s easier than ever to travel around Phoenix for Imaging USA ’09. Why? The Valley's brand-new METRO light rail system. When you arrive in January, you can ride virtually door-to-door, from the Phoenix Airport via a bus link to the METRO that will take you directly to the Convention Center and our following hotels:

  • Sheraton Phoenix
  • Crowne Plaza Phoenix Airport
  • Hilton Garden Inn
  • Hilton Suites Phoenix
  • Holiday Inn Express/Suites Downtown
  • Holiday Inn Midtown
  • Radisson Hotel Phoenix City Center
  • Hyatt Regency Phoenix Hotel
  • Four Points by Sheraton hotels 

The METRO will also take you to great destinations in the evening or in your spare time, including uptown and downtown Phoenix and Tempe restaurants, Arizona State University, downtown Tempe's Mill Avenue shopping district, Heard Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Diamondbacks baseball or Phoenix Suns basketball games, and the Dodge Theater.Trains run daily from 5am to midnight

METRO Prices
All-Day Pass: $2.50
3-Day Pass: $7.50
7-Day Pass: $17.50, which gets you unlimited rides

Purchase tickets at vending machines on any station platform with cash or credit card. For more information, visit www.MetroLightRail.org on the Web.   

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