The YavaLine Regional Transit System, known as “YAV,” has added a Prescott service area for its public transit rideshare service, which will give residents another option to get to medical offices, classes, stores and other locations within an expansive service area.
Residents and visitors can request service or prebook minivan rides from their phone by using the new Yav Connect app, available on Google Play or Apple’s App Store, or by calling 866.928.8726. The cost is $2 per ride, with discounted $1 fees for those 60 and older, ages 6 to 17 and for those with a disability. Children ages 5 and younger ride free.
Service hours are from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Once a ride is confirmed, users will be notified of when and where they should proceed to meet the clearly marked vehicle, usually on a nearby corner. Fares can be paid by credit or debit card on the app or with cash at the time of pickup — no change will be given.
All service vans are equipped with a wheelchair-accessible ramp, and door-to-door service can be requested through the app.
Prescott’s service boundaries are from roughly Iron Springs Road in the west, AZ-69/AZ-89 interchange in the east, Gail Gardner Way to the north and Copper Basin Road to the south. This includes downtown Prescott, Dignity Health YRMC hospital and medical offices, Yavapai and Prescott colleges, the Northern Arizona VA and several shopping centers.
The new service is administered by the Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization (CYMPO), after it began in 2022 as a division of the Town of Prescott Valley’s public works department. Rides continue to be available in Prescott Valley within a service area bounded on the north by AZ-89A, extending just south of AZ-69, and roughly between the western and eastern town limits. For more information visit www.yavconnect.org.
