City of Maricopa

City of Maricopa Volunteer Opportunities

Why should you consider volunteering?

The City of Maricopa offers many opportunities for volunteers to help build our city and provide services. Volunteers are needed at Copper Sky Multigenerational Center, Maricopa Library and Cultural Center, parks, events and many other areas. You can go to the website below to view our searchable volunteer website that will make it easier for you to find opportunities to help your city. Here are some great reasons to start volunteering:

. Because of your sense of commitment and pride for the community
. To give back to the community
. Recognition
. Receive on-the-job training
. Develop skills in a municipal environment
. Networking opportunities
. Because you believe in the cause

Explore your strengths and use your skills and experiences to help others

Maricopa's Historical California Zephyr Silver Horizon observation car

"It has been years now since anyone has ridden into town on a rail aboard the Zephyr. Since being decommissioned more than 35 years ago, the Maricopa landmark has had a bit part in a major motion picture, been altered to serve as a train depot and ticket station, been an awkward, tattered attraction and more recently sat forlorn awaiting transformation on land donated to the city by John and Mary Lou Smith near Maricopa’s former swimming pool, next to the city’s new museum.

Now a septuagenarian, the Zephyr is about to get new life showing off Maricopa’s railroad history."

Maricopa Express Transit (MET)

Maricopa Express Transit (MET)

Operates: Monday - Friday 8 am - 5 pm

Circulating bus within the City with no reservations required.

Arrives 5 mins. before and after the scheduled pick-up time. Bus may be delayed due to unforeseen traffic events.

Use the website below to view the City website with the current routes, times and information.

Riders must be 8 years old or older to use this service.

This service is equipped with a bike rack for bicycles.

LOCAL Dial-a-ride (City of Maricopa)

Operates: Monday - Friday from 9 am - 5 pm

This service operates anywhere within city limits (some exceptions may apply) and offers curbside pick-up.

Reservations can be made as early as 7-days in advance and 24-hour reservations are required.

Cancellations must be made 24 hours prior to pick up.

No shows are documented and may result in loss of riding privileges.

Riders must be 14 years or older to use this service.

Transit Fares and Observed Holidays:


MET Circular: FREE for the fixed route.

Local Dial-a-Ride: $1.00 one-way trip


MET does not provide service on the weekends or the following holidays:

New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

West Pinal County - City of Maricopa: Area Transportation Plan

Transportation Plan - Technical Memorandum #1

Tonight the Study/Planning team had an open house at Library and Cultural Center to hear about The Transportation Plan's Technical Memorandum #1.

This part of the study provides documentation on the recent survey conducted over a three-week period that received 431 responses from area residents. The survey collected respondent's thoughts on items that impede travel within the study area. Troublesome roads and intersections were also identified. The study team also identified levels of service on these roads from actual 2021 records. Levels of service is a metric used by transportation professionals to qualitatively describe the operating conditions of a roadway. They also performed a crash analysis on the same data developing a view of the dangerous intersections and road segments of the current roads. They documented the existence of bike lanes, multi-use paths and bus transportation in both the City and County segments of the study area. As the study moves forward the data collected will be used in modeling exercises to develop future projects based on different levels of forecast growth.

Western Pinal County, which includes the City of Maricopa, has been a past, current, and future focus of growth and urbanization. As a result, Pinal County and the City of Maricopa have recently initiated a collaborative effort to study the area and create a plan that updates the City’s current Area Transportation Plan (2015) to ensure the current and proposed transportation systems are aligned with the existing needs and anticipated growth and development – this effort is formally known as the West Pinal County - City of Maricopa Area Transportation Plan (WPMATP).

OBJECTIVES:
The primary objectives are to define the current circulation system, evaluate its performance, forecast future needs, and prepare a plan for fulfilling the identified multimodal transportation needs.