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Northern Arizona

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  Prescott, Prescott Valley, Chino Valley, Dewey Humboldt, Wickenburg

   Every Saturday      Prescott Valley, AZ     BoSa Donuts - Hot Rods - Classics Meet and Greet - 6640 N Viewpoint Drive 7am - 9am ( Roberts Market North )  Year Round 

   1st Wednesday      Prescott, AZ.              In & Out Burgers Cruise - 6pm - Sponsored by Flat 4 Fetish Car Club - All Volkswagens welcomed    (Year Round)

   1st Friday               Chino Valley, Az.         24th Year - Chino Valley Cruise Night at McDonald's  1948 N. Hwy 89    4pm - 8pm  April - October   Event Flyer

   1st   Sunday              Wickenburg, Az.         Lydia's La Canasta   2023 Wickenburg Way - Show and Shine 1pm - 3pm  Year Round   

   2nd Friday              Prescott Valley, Az.     Sally B's Friday Night Cruise - 7680 East Hwy 69  4pm - 7pm (Apr - Sep)   Cruise Flyer

   2nd Saturday          Prescott, AZ.             Cool Whips - Findlay Subaru  3230 Willow Creek   9am - 11am   (Year Round)    Cruise Flyer

   2nd Saturday          Prescott Valley, AZ.    Park Collective Cars & Coffee - 7450 E. Pav Way  8am to 10am     (Year Round)

    3rd Thursday           Prescott, AZ.              Cruise-In With The PAAC  (April - Oct)    Cruise Flyer

   4th Saturday          Prescott, AZ.              Prescott Cars and Coffee - Gateway Mall - Third Shot Coffee  9:00am to 11am

  Cottonwood, Sedona, Camp Verde, Clarkdale, Cornville

  1st. Saturday         Cottonwood, AZ. -   Fire Creek Coffee  677 E. Mingus Ave.    8am - 10am

   2nd. Saturday       Cottonwood, AZ. -  Suzy-Q Market  962 S. Main St.   7am....   Next to KFC and across the street from Randall's Restaurant

   3rd. Saturday       Cottonwood, AZ. -   Annie's Restaurant 660 E. Mingus Ave.  7:30am .....   Next to Cottonwood Post Office -Back Parking Lot

   Last Saturday       Sedona, AZ.  - The Collective Sedona  7000, Route 179 Sedona  7am ....   Cruise Flyer

  Flagstaff, Heber-Overgaard, Winslow, Holbrook, Show Low 

   1st   Sunday        Flagstaff, Az.   Cars and Coffee - Single Speed Coffee Roasters  1000 E. Butler Ave Ste 111 8am - 11am    Event Flyer

  Every Friday       Flagstaff, AZ.    Park Santa Fe Shopping Center   3500 E. Rout 66  Starting at 4pm  (Year Around)

    Every Friday       Heber-Overgaard, AZ.    Napa Auto Parts  2828  AZ. 260  Overgaard   5pm - Dusk     (April - October)  Cruise Flyer  

  Every Friday       Show Low, AZ.   Show Low Cruise Night. May thru Oct Park Pineway Shopping Center next to Taco Bell  6 PM til 9PM

  Kingman, Bullhead City, Seligman

  Every Saturday      Kingman, AZ. - Mr. D's  -  7am - 9am  Mr. D's Classic Car Enthusiasts Breakfast - Downtown across from the Powerhouse    

  Every Saturday     Kingman, AZ. - Taco Bell     Kingman, Az.   4pm - ???  North parking lot ( on Stockton Hill Rd )

  Every Saturday     Bullhead City, AZ.- Cruise In / Coffee, Perkins Restaurant 2250 Hwy 95 Bullhead City, AZ.  7am to.... (Across the highway from the high school) 

      3rd Saturday     Chillin' on Beale Street     Cruise Flyer

  Lake Havasu City, Parker, Needles

  Every Saturday     Lake Havasu City, AZ.   Wienerschnitzel Cruise -   7am - 12pm

  Every Thursday     Lake Havasu City, AZ.   Wienerschnitzel Cruise -    2:30pm - 4:30pm

  Every Thursday      Lake Havasu City , AZ - Cruisin' On Main Street      5pm

  Phoenix & Tucson area cruises please visit   

   Phoenix Site 1     Phoenix Site 2

   Tucson Site 1    Tucson Site 2

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Car Show, Cruise-In & Race Calendar

Whether you’re looking to go cruising, enjoy a car show or go to a race, we have the full list of events going around in Arizona.

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MONTHLY CRUISE-INS & MEETUPS

Prescott – Prescott Valley – Chino Valley – Dewey

1ST WEDNESDAY MONTH

In & Out Burger VW Cruise, Prescott, 3040 Hwy 69, 4pm-?, hosted by Flat 4 Fetish Car Club

EVERY THURSDAY MONTH

Prescott Valley Car Cruise, Prescott Valley, 5-9pm, Culvers, 2544 N. Stoneridge Dr.

3RD THURSDAY MONTH

Cruise in with the PAAC, Prescott, Corner Montezuma St/Sheldon St. 4pm-Dark. (April thru October)

1ST FRIDAY MONTH

Chino Valley Cruise, McD’s, 4-8pm, 1948 N. HWY 89, (April thru October)

Cars & Coffee, Payson, 8am, Common Grounds Coffee, 219 S. Colcord Rd, 928-970-2540

2ND FRIDAY MONTH

Sally B’s Cruise (host Dewey Classic Cruisers), Sally B’s 7680 Rt 69 PV 4-7pm, (April thru September)

EVERY SATURDAY

Bosa Donuts Coffee & Cars, 7-9am, Prescott Valley, 6640 Viewpoint Dr.

Outlaws Donuts Cars & Coffee, Prescott, 6:30-8:30am, 414 W. Goodwin St.

2ND SATURDAY MONTH

Park Collective Coffee at the Park, PV, 8-10am, 7450 E Pav Way.

Porsches & Pancakes, Prescott, 9-10:30am, Prescott Junction, 1121 E Sheldon St., hosted by AZ Mountain Region PCA

Cool Whips, Prescott, 9-11am, Findlay Subaru, 3230 Willow Creek Rd

4TH SATURDAY MONTH

Prescott Coffee & Cars, Prescott, Gateway Mall, Third Shot Coffee, 8:30-11am

Cottonwood – Payson – Sedona – Flagstaff

EVERY FRIDAY MONTH

Spark Santa Fe Shopping Center, Flagstaff, 4-?pm, 3500 E. Route 66

NAPA Auto Parts Heber, Overgaard, 5pm Dusk, 2828 AZ 260.

Freddy’s Frozen Custard Steakburgers, Flagstaff, 4-7pm (May/Oct), 2675 S. Beulah Blvd…

1ST SATURDAY MONTH

Fire Creek Coffee, Cottonwood, 8-10am, 677 E. Mingus Ave.

Suzy Q Cruise-In, Cottonwood, 7-10 am, 962 S. Main St.

3RD SATURDAY MONTH

Rt. 66 Cruise (Cruise to N. AZ areas) hosted Route 66 Car Club Flagstaff, Flagstaff, 10am-5pm more info/dates route66carclub.org 1322 E. Rt 66

Annie’s Restaurant, Cottonwood, 7-?am, 962 Main St. (Except August)

LAST SATURDAY MONTH

The Collective Sedona, Sedona, 7-10am, 7000 Rt 179, Free coffee/donuts breakfast available

St. John Vianney Cars, Coffee & Concert, Sedona, 10am-Noon, 180 St. John Vianney Lane

Lake Havasu City – Bullhead City – Parker

EVERY THURSDAY

Pharaoh’s Lake Havasu City Cruisin the Island, 2-6pm, Boat House 801 Beachcomber Blvd, open to all motorheads!

Main Street Cruise, Lake Havasu City, 5-8pm, McCulloch Blvd downtown

Pharaohs Bullhead City Cruise In, 4-6pm, 2250 Hwy 95, Perkins Restaurant

Pharoah’s Cruise in, Blondeez SteakHouse, Lake Havasu City, 8-10am, 4501 London Bridge Rd.

American Legion Post #81 Open Coffee\Cars, Lake Havasu City, 9am- 2pm, “Swap meet lot, 181 paseo Del Sol. (hall open for coffee/spirits to all)

Perkins Bullhead City Cruise-in Coffee, hosted by Thurs Night Garage Assoc., Bullhead City 7am, 2250 AZ-95

EVERY SUNDAY

Bullhead City Cars and Coffee, Bullhead City, 8-?am, Hobby Lobby Parking Lot, 2250 AZ 95

Cruizin’ the Park, hosted by Crash Customs, Lake Havasu City, 9-11am, Rotary park North

1ST & 3RD SUNDAY

Refuge Cars N’ Coffee at Iron Wolf Golf Course, Lake Havasu City, 8-10am breakfast available, Arnold Palmer Dr.

Havasu Cars N Coffee, Lake Havasu, 7-10am, South Rotary Park.

Kingman – Seligman

EVERY TUESDAY

Maricopa Cruisers’ Weekly Cruise In, Kingman,4-9pm Burger King, 20699 N John Wayne Pkwy

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Sonic Meet up, Hosted Pharoah’s AZ, 4-6pm 3000 E Andy Devin Ave.

Culvers Meet Up, Kingman, 3pm-?, 1737 Airway Ave.

Mr. D’s, Kingman, 7-9am, 105 E Andy Devin Ave

Taco Bell, Kingman 4-?pm, 32220 Stockton Hill Rd.

1ST SATURDAY

Cars & Coffee/Swap meet, Hosted by Pharaohs AZ, Kingman 8-11am, Motor Pool 11814 S Foothill Blvd.

Cars & Coffee, Host Time Traveler’s CC, Kingman, 8am, Victoria’s Sugar Shack, 1455 E. Northern Ave.

3RD SATURDAY

Chillin’ On Beale Street, Kingman, 3-6pm, downtown

CAR SHOWS & EVENTS

Prescott-Prescott Valley-Chino Valley-Flagstaff-Sedona and Surrounding Areas

May 4: Mustang Project Car Show, Prescott Valley, 8/3pm, mustangprojectcarshow.com 7620 Hwy 69 (SallyB’s)

May 11: Motsy’s Memorial Car Show, Prescott Valley, Prescott Valley Elks Lodge #330, 6245 E 2nd St.

May 11: Larry Green Car Show, Cottonwood, host Verde Valley Vettes, 9/1pm, 847-650-0407

May 17: Findlay Buick GMC Community Car Show, Prescott, 5-7pm, 1006 Commerce Dr. Free Entry, to preenter call 928-445-7350

May 18: Sally B’s Spring Car Show, host Dewey Classic Cruisers, Prescott Valley, deweyclassiccruisers.com

May 18: Bob Sarkesian Memorial Car Show, Flagstaff, 9/2pm, 1808 E Rt 66, flagstaffcruiserscarclub.net

May 25: Righteous Rods Car Show, CV, by Life Pregnancy Resource Center; lifepregnancycv.com

May 25: 1st OffStreet Car Show, Pine Ridge Marketplace, Prescott, 10-2pm, limited 150 cars, prescott.org

May 26: Pizza & Apple Pie Memorial Day Weekend, Chino Valley, 312 Marketplace Dr, Noon-2pm, Free entry

May 31-June 1: Cruz’n the Rim Car Show, Show Low, 9-4pm, Frontier Park downtown, 200 Limit, [email protected]

Jun 7-8:  Williams Historic Route 66 Car Show, Williams, Host the American Legion, Cordova Post 13, williamshistoricroute66carshow.com

Jun 12: Living Faith Church Car Show, Prescott Valley, livingfaith.com

Lake Havasu City-Bullhead City-Parker-Kingman and Surrounding Areas

May 3-5: 35th Route 66 Fun Run, hosted by Historic 66 Assoc of AZ, Seligman/Topock, historic66az.com

May 4: Duck Duck Jeep Show, LHC, 4500 London Bridge Rd, 9am-2pm, FB“BlondZee’s SteakHouse”

May 10: Chillin’@ 66 Auto Sales Car Show, Kingman, 4-7pm, 1945 E Andy Devine, Rick 928-897-6051, awards

May 11: Willow Valley Cruiser Fest, Willow Valley Marina, Mohave Valley, 10/4pm. 928-768-6586

May 17-19: Kingman RT 66 Street Drags, kingmanrt66streetdrags.com

May 18: 2nd Ann. Cruise-In & Craft Show, Star Valley. 602-561-8511, 10/3pm

June 6-9: Buses by the Lake, Lyman Lake, 928-337-4441, Camping and  vendors, $10/Spectators, Music, Food, Raffle

June 15: 3rd Race to the Pines, Heber/Overgaard, 10-3, [email protected], Tall Timbers Park Hwy 260

GRAND SLAM SUPER CRUISE, Peoria 4-8pm, Denny’s, 8737 NW Grand Ave.

EVERY FRIDAY

HOT ROD NIGHTS, Surprise 5-8pm, SAM’S CLUB 16573 W. Bell Rd.

OLD DIEHARD GEARHEAD GATHERING Phoenix – Sunset, 3441 W. Northern Ave

WHITE TANK CUSTOMS & CLASSICS MEET Buckeye. 6-9pm. 19680 W. Indian School Rd.

LAST FRIDAY

MY CITY SALVAGE CLASSIC CAR CRUISE-IN, Phoenix. 5-9pm. 11649 N. Cave Creek Rd.

REBEL REAPER CLOTHING COMPANY MONTHLY CAR & BIKE SHOW Phoenix. 8am-12pm, 3102 E Cactus Rd.

PAVILIONS ROCK AND ROLL CAR SHOW 3-8pm Scottsdale. 9120 East Talking Stick Way. 480-277-1864.

SATURDAY NIGHT MIXTECA CRUISE IN Glendale, 5-9pm, 6731 W. Bell Rd. (602)843-3545.

WHITE TANK CARS N COFFEE Buckeye 8-10am, 4239 W. Main Pl.

SPEEDWAY MOTORS CARS AND COFFEE Phoenix. 9am-noon. 8701 W. McDowell Rd, Tolleson. Oct 5 • Nov 2• Dec 7

HIGHLINE AUTOS CARS & COFFEE Phoenix. 7:30-10am. 5415 E High St. 480-348-0777

GILBERT CARS & COFFEE 8-11am. 835 N. Gilbert Rd.

CARS-N-COFFEE-MORNING MEET Buckeye 8am. 4239 N Village St. 480-428-5444

ANTHEM CAR AND COFFEE Anthem Outlets. 7am-12pm. 4250 W. Anthem Way, (602) 770-7797

REDS CAR SHOW Mesa. 11am-2pm. 2015 N. Power Rd. 480-924-4877

RUSTY NUTS CAR CLUB CRUISE-IN CAR SHOW Chandler. 11am-2pm. 1837 W. Guadalupe Rd

CRUISE N CUISINE PHX. 5-8pm. 16461 S. 48th St.

2ND SATURDAY

ALPIO’S CARS AND COFFEE Scottsdale. 7am-10am, 10452 E Jomax. 916-412-2352.

EXTREME LOWZ & RETRO AZ MEETUP 6:30pm Batting cages parking lot, Kiwanis Park, Tempe.

CARS & COFFEE DESERT Z ASSOCIATION 7-10am. DutchBros, 2012 N Scottsdale Rd.

1ST & 3RD SATURDAY

SATURDAY NIGHT CRUISERS CRUISE-IN San Tan Valley. 3-6pm. 1746 W. Hunt Hwy.

1ST, 3RD & 4TH SATURDAY

CARS & BAGELS. Queen Creek. 8-9:30am. 20784 E. Victoria Ln. 480-250-4445

CARS AND COFFEE – EAST VALLEY DREAM MACHINES Gilbert. 7am-10am. 740 W. Guadalupe Rd.

4TH SATURDAY

ESTRELLA MTN CAR CLUB CARS & COFFEE Goodyear. 8am-11am. 9890 S. Estrella Pkwy.

LAST SATURDAY

CAFFEINE & CHROME GATEWAY CLASSIC CARS 9am-12pm. Scottsdale. 23305 N. 23rd Ave.

CRUISIN@PHIL’S Fountain Hills. 16852 E. Parkview. 8am-1pm

JUST SELL IT AUTOMOTIVE SWAP MEET 5am Glendale Comm. College.

CARSCOFFEEPEORIA.COM NE Corner Lake Pleasant Parkway & Happy Valley Rd. 7-10am. Free all Vehicles, UTVs & Motorcycles.

LAST SUNDAY

RIDES & COFFEE AT DETAIL GARAGE NORTH PHOENIX Phoenix. 9am-12pm. 2340 W. Bell Rd.

May 11 – FIRST MEET & GREET CAR SHOW The Hangout Garage, San Tan Valley 9:am-1:pm 4893 E Vista Grande 480-964-2398

FIRST WEDNESDAY

THE GIRLS ESTATE SALES CAR SHOW Tucson – 5-9pm, 330 S. Wilmot

May 11 – TUCSON DRAGWAY REUNION 12000 South Houghton Road, 6-10PM tucsondragway.com

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Kingman, Arizona Car Shows & Cruise-Ins + Bullhead City & Lake Havasu (Updated September 2023)

Looking to check out some sweet rides from Kingman to Lake Havasu?

You’ve got a few chances.

We’ve taken every Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu area car show and cruise-in we could find, and broken them up by month to help you get your Western Arizona car fix all year long.

First, let’s drive into the area’s annual car shows.

Kingman/Bullhead City/Lake Havasu Car Shows

These are the annual car shows that take place in & around the Kingman, Bullhead City, and Lake Havasu triangle each year:

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Run To The Sun

October 18-22, 2023 9 am-5 pm Bridgewater Links Golf Course 1477 Queens Bay Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Car Types: Classics Entry: $40 (First Vehicle) Admission: $10 (2-day pass) 12 & Under Free

Kingman/Bullhead City/Lake Havasu Cruise-Ins By Month

These are the regularly-occurring (weekly or monthly) cruise-ins in and around the Kingman/Bullhead City/Lake Havasu area:

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Pre-Car Show Cruise-In Coffee Meet

Every Saturday 7 am-? Perkins 2250 AZ-95 Bullhead City, AZ 86442 Car Types: All

Wienerschnitzel Cruise-In

Every Saturday 11 am-2 pm Wienerschnitzel 245 N Lake Havasu Ave Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403 Car Types: Hotrods

Chillin’ On Beale

3 rd Saturday of Month 5-8 pm Beale St (Downtown Kingman) Kingman, AZ 86401 Car Types: Varies by month

3 rd Saturday of Month 3-6 pm Beale St (Downtown Kingman) Kingman, AZ 86401 Car Types: Varies by month

Yuma Cars and Coffee

Every Sunday 8:30 am – 3 pm Coffee Bean/Crescent Center 2450 S 4th Ave #106 Yuma, AZ 85364 Car Types: All

Cruise-In's

Click on the day of the week to see all cruise-in's by city, friday cruise-in's, apache junction:.

Bashas 10715 E. Apache Trail Every Friday, October - April 3pm-7pm Info: Mike 480-703-6008

The Reef 2041 N Arizona Ave Fourth Friday of each month 5pm - 9pm Classic Cars, Custom Cars, Sports cars and motorcycles. Cruise-In and canned food drive to feed Arizona's hungry. Join us for music, food, drinks and the coolest cars in town. Hosted by Ron Rico of Cutthroat Customs & Classics Car Club Info: Ron 480-375-5979

Chino Valley:

McDonalds Restaurant 1978 North State Route 89 First Friday night of the month April through October 4pm - 8pm One free raffle ticket for each car attending Celebrating 15 years. Raffle time 6:45 approximately Info: Jim 928-636-2405

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 2675 S. Beulah Blvd. Every Friday night (May-Oct.), 2018 is our 8th year! All cars pre-1975 are welcome, 4pm - 7 p.m. Info: Robin 928-607-3225

Fountain Hills:

Phil's Filling Station 16852 E Parkview Ave. Car shows are back... Announcing “Summer Nights” sponsored by Racing 101. Save the dates: July 24th, August 21st and September 25th from 6:30-9:00 pm. Free Events located in the back parking lot. Cool cars, door prizes, fun and more Info: Todd 480-510-3113

Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 1405 N Arizona Ave. 4th Friday of month 6pm - 9pm Dine and donate car show event for Eagle Pathway. All proceeds will go to support our programs for youth who have experienced foster care and homelessness. We ask for a $5-donation but it is not required to participate. We will be collecting individually wrapped snack food items for the homeless each week as well. A free raffle ticket will be given when you donate or bring a food item. We will have trophies for 1st and 2nd place winners, activities, raffles and great food to purchase. Info: Angelese 916-380-1032

H&I Automotive Cruise-In for a Cause 4550 S Higley Rd. 2nd Friday night of every Month 6pm - 9pm All Customs and Classics Welcome No entry fee. Each Cruise night will benefit a charitable cause TBA. Live DJ and Raffle Prizes Info: Chris 480-985-9279

White Tank Customs & Classics Cruise-In at Canyon Trails Towne Center (Taco Bell) 16950 W Yuma Rd. Third Friday of every month 6pm - 9pm Open to all makes, models & years. Free to enter. Hang out, enjoy the culture and grab a bite at one of the surrounding restaurants. Look for the Blue Road Cones. Info: Tim 623-850-1693

Park Pineway Shopping Center 4431 S White Mountain Rd. Begins first Friday of May and continues until the snow flies 6pm - 9pm Info: Charlie 928-537-3311

Downtown Superior - Shops, Entertainment & Dining 2nd Friday of every month 5pm-8pm. Bring your classic car, hot rod, or any other unique vehicle for an evening of fun, live music, food and shopping. Park along Main Street to show it off. No entry fee, no awards, no prizes.... just fun. Info: Ted 602-679-9479

Sam's Club Parking Lot 16573 W Bell Road Hosted by Time Machines Car Club of Surprise. Every Friday evening from 5pm - 9pm Sam's Club Fuel Center. All makes, all models welcome. Car Show, Music, 50/50, McDonald's & Taco Bell within walking distance. Come join the fun! Info: Dwight 623-570-7891

Saturday Cruise-In's

Bullhead city:.

Cruise-In & Coffee Hosted by Thursday Night Garage Association Perkins Restaurant 2250 Highway 95 Every Saturday morning 7am - ? Come for breakfast, come for coffee, come to meet like-minded gear heads or just come to see the cars Info: Rich 928-754-2535

Kustom Karz for K9z and Katz 3rd Saturday of every month 7am - 9am The Kind Bean 1020 E. Pecos Rd. All makes, models and years invited. Meet some great folks, swap stories and solve world hunger... or at least that nagging kar problem! Info: Ralph 480-241-7622

4 C Car Club Cruise-In Coolidge Airport 6300 N Coolidge Airport Rd. 8am - noon. Take a scenic cruise in your favorite classic car to the monthly Coolidge Fly In and Pancake Breakfast. It's a fun family event and a good chance to see neat cars and fun people. Being held first Saturday of each month from October 2019 to April, 2020 Info. John 480-540-8084

Deer Valley:

Cruise into Gateway Classic Cars of Scottsdale (Cruisin' Arizona Sponsor) Caffeine and Chrome 23305 N. 23rd Ave. Last Saturday of every month. Indulge in coffee and donuts, while supplies last. Free Admission 9am to 12pm All makes and models are welcomed! Gather around the car community for an experience of a lifetime. Not to mention, we have a museum full of classic, exotic, and muscle cars. This is a family and pet friendly event!! Info: Mktg. 618-271-3000

K-Mart/Mixteca 6731 West Bell Road 5 p.m. - ? Weekly D.J, no alcohol, no burn outs Info: Nancy 602-809-1766

Cars & Conversation Cruise-In Hosted by Estrella Mountain Car Club at Safeway 9890 S Estrella Pkwy. Parking lot across from McDonald's 4th Saturday each month 8am - 10am All makes, models and years welcome. Larry 719-329-8501

Impala Bob's, the Falcon Warbirds, and the Civil Air Patrol Cadets Saturday March 21, April 18, and May 16 Pancake breakfast cruise-in and fly-in. Classic cars meet at Impala Bob's at 7:30am, and we'll cruise together through the security gate to park on the ramp facing the runways in front of the Warbirds WWII hangar. Info: Bob 480-981-1600

Fletcher Heights Market Place 20799 N 83rd Ave Meets weekly Begins 6pm summer and 4pm winter. Lots of restrooms and well-lit parking spaces. Park in front of Mariachi's Mexican Restaurant We have been cruising this location for more than 10 years. No Crowds, no vendors, no music, just cars and car people. Come Join Us! Info: Bob 623-363-5269

Fry's Marketplace 25401 N. Lake Pleasant Parkway Meets weekly 5pm - 9pm Hosted by the Northwest Valley Cruisers Come join us for an old fashioned car show with cool people checking out cars and hanging out!!!! Freshly paved Parking Lot with HUGE spaces and Fantastic Lighting! ALL MAKES AND MODELS ARE WELCOME! OLD AND NEW!

Northwest Valley Cruisers Fry's Marketplace Happy Valley & Lake Pleasant Parkway 25401 N. Lake Pleasant Parkway 5 pm to 9 pm Come join us for an old fashioned car show with cool people checking out cars and hanging out!!!! Freshly paved Parking Lot with HUGE spaces and Fantastic Lighting! ALL MAKES AND MODELS ARE WELCOME! OLD AND NEW! Contact: Jim [email protected]

San Tan Valley:

The Saturday Night Cruisers Cruise-In Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers 1746 W Hunt Hwy. 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month 3pm - 7pm Info: Jeff 480-250-4445

Scottsdale:

Rock and Roll Car and Bike Show McDonald's in the Scottsdale Pavilions Shopping Center 9140 East Indian Bend Road The longest consecutive Saturday cruise in the nation. Come out at 4:30pm Enjoy classic cars and motorcycles, free of charge. If you'd like to display, try to get there before 4pm. Enjoy our DJ's tunes and grab dinner or desert at our McDonald's restaurant. Don't forget to visit the stores in the Scottsdale Pavilions shopping center! Info: Larry 480 203-9973

Little Anthony's Diner Car Shows 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. Hosted by DJ John and broadcasting from The Little Tune Coupe. Info: 520-296-0456

Cars, coffee and golf hosted by Crown Concepts at TopGolf 4050 West Costco Drive 1st Saturday of every month, 6am - 9am. Complementary coffee, breakfast and lunch available. First floor open for golf at 8 am. All makes, models and years of vehicles are welcome. Be respectful of the hosts and property. Raffle. No Burnouts! Info: Christopher 520-900-7586

Sunday Cruise-In's

"CRUZ'N@PHIL'S" in downtown Fountain Hills, PHIL'S Filling Station Grill 16852 E. Parkview Ave 11:00am - 3:00pm Go to the back parking lot, park in any space. Then check in at the Registration Table for your FREE drawing ticket. Drawing starts at 1:30pm. You must be present to win and only (1) prize per individual. You have 15 minutes to claim your prize. Info: Darrel 480-209-5700

Monday Cruise-In's

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Tuesday Cruise-In's

Wednesday Cruise-In's

Westgate Hot Rod Nights Return to Westgate Entertainment District 6751 N. Sunset Blvd. (Glendale Ave. and Loop 101) Every other Wednesay January 29th to May 6th (Jan. 29, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, Mar, 11, Mar. 25, Apr. 8, Apr. 22, May 6) 5:00pm - 8:30pm gates open at 4:00pm Free! Great bands!Beautiful atmosphere! All welcome-- One street for 1990 and older vehicles and one for 1991 and newer. Great specials and Happy Hour at participating restaurants. Info: Nancy 602-809-1766

McDonalds 10040 W. Bell Rd. Every Wednesday at 4:30pm not before Hosted by Vintage Vehicles of Sun City Info: Richard 623-815-9274

Thursday Cruise-In's

Marana Marketplace 3651 W. Orange Grove Rd. Every Thursday 5:00pm - 8:00pm. All Makes/Models welcome. Free Custard from Freddy's Steak Burgers - Sponsored by Freddy's Steak Burgers(Orange Grove location) and Firehouse Subs Info: Christopher 480-544-1866

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Cruise is back driving autonomously for the first time since pedestrian-dragging incident

The gm-backed firm’s fleet has been grounded nationwide since an incident last year when a pedestrian was dragged by one of its driverless vehicles..

By Andrew J. Hawkins , transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State.

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Cruise’s autonomous vehicles are officially back on the road and driving autonomously for the first time since one of its driverless vehicles dragged a pedestrian over 20 feet in San Francisco.

Cruise said last month that it would resume testing with manually driven vehicles focused on mapping and gathering road information — minor tasks for a company with as many autonomous miles as Cruise. But Cruise needs to show local officials that it is suitably apologetic for the pedestrian-dragging incident by going slow and talking a lot about safety and trust . The company is deploying its vehicles in Phoenix, Arizona, which has long been a hotbed for autonomous vehicle testing.

Cruise needs to show local officials that it is suitably apologetic

Cruise spokesperson Tiffany Testo said the company is deploying only two autonomous vehicles with safety drivers behind the wheel. In addition, the company has eight manually driven vehicles in the city. Eventually, the service area will “gradually expand” to include Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, and Chandler — “measured against predetermined safety benchmarks.”

Cruise’s slow return to the road is noteworthy, given the huge hurdles facing the company in the wake of the October incident. Regulators accused the company of misleading them about the nature and severity of the incident, in which a pedestrian was dragged over 20 feet by a driverless Cruise after first being struck by a hit-and-run driver.

Several top executives have since left the company, including founder and CEO Kyle Vogt, and around a quarter of employees were laid off . GM has said it will reduce its spending on Cruise. And an outside report found evidence that a culture of antagonism toward regulators contributed to many of the failings.

With all that was going wrong, GM could have pulled the plug on Cruise . Indeed, the robotaxi company has been a huge financial drag on the automaker, losing $3.48 billion in 2023. Other car companies have pulled funding for their autonomous vehicle projects for much less. But instead, GM is sticking with it — and Cruise is gearing up to get back on the road — which is a sign that despite all its setbacks, the automaker is still intent on jockeying with Waymo, Tesla, and others for a spot in the race toward an autonomous future.

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Cruise expands Walmart autonomous delivery pilot in Arizona

Cruise, the self-driving car unit of General Motors, has expanded its autonomous delivery pilot with Walmart in Arizona . The company will now be doing limited deliveries for customers in Chandler, in addition to Scottsdale.

The news comes a couple of months after Cruise had teased the expansion at a public meeting with Arizona state legislators, wherein Carter Stern, Cruise’s senior government affairs manager, said the company would expand to eight Walmarts in the Phoenix and Scottsdale areas by the end of the year before exporting self-driving delivery to the rest of the country.

Cruise’s initial pilot with the Walmart located on Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community lands near Scottsdale began in November 2020. In April 2021, Walmart became an investor in Cruise to aid the development of its autonomous delivery ecosystem.

The expanded pilot, which now features the Walmart in north Chandler on Warner Road, will still have limited availability between the two stores. Cruise will offer delivery from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., in a service area that Cruise says is set by customer demand and varies by location. The company did not share its operational design domains in each city, which it says is constantly evolving.

Cruise did not respond to queries about how many vehicles are included in the pilot, but the company did confirm that it would be continuing to use its Chevy Bolt EVs, which will be chaperoned by a human safety driver.

The addition of Chandler brings Cruise’s potential addressable market in Arizona up to a respectable number. Chandler’s population was about 253,000 as of 2019, whereas Cruise’s initial pilot takes place in a less populated area.

Walmart customers are told that they’ll save money by opting to have their orders delivered by Cruise. To opt-in, they must place their Walmart order online and agree to receive SMS messages. If their order qualifies, they’ll receive a message from Cruise asking if they’d like to receive their parcel from one of Cruise’s vehicles.

If they say yes, they can track their order and receive notifications when the vehicle is two minutes away and when it has arrived. Customers then meet the car at the curb, using their phone to unlock the rear passenger door, grab the order and then, if polite, close the door.

The expansion of the self-driving delivery pilot in Arizona should bring in some much-needed revenue for Cruise as it sets out to increase both delivery and robotaxi operations.

Most of Cruise’s operations are focused on San Francisco, where the company is offering free driverless robotaxi services to the public . Cruise cannot currently charge for its ride-hailing service until it secures a permit from the California Public Utilities Commission.

Cruise’s service in San Francisco is available from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Arizona is also where Waymo, Cruise’s main competitor, operates a commercial robotaxi service in Phoenix.

This article was updated to include populations in the cities where Cruise is operating autonomous delivery for Walmart, as well as some limited information from Cruise. Previously the article stated that Cruise operated within a one-mile radius of the Walmart stores.

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An incident that seriously injured a pedestrian in San Francisco led Cruise to take all of its cars off the road. The question now is when they will return.

By Yiwen Lu

Reporting from Warren, Mich., and Mountain View, Calif.

At a sprawling complex in Warren, Mich., General Motors’ hopes for its driverless car future play out in a virtual reality headset offered to visitors.

In a video, the electric and autonomous car drives itself. Wirelessly connected to traffic lights and the surrounding streets, the car avoids collisions and reduces congestion, part of what G.M. calls its “0-0-0” vision — “zero crashes, zero emission, zero congestion.”

At least, that’s the plan. G.M.’s driverless future looks a lot further away today than it did a year ago, when Cruise, G.M.’s driverless car subsidiary, was deep into an aggressive expansion of its robot taxi services, testing in 15 cities across 10 states.

On Oct. 2, a Cruise driverless car hit and dragged a pedestrian for 20 feet on a San Francisco street, causing severe injuries. Weeks later, the California Department of Motor Vehicles accused Cruise of omitting the dragging from a video of the incident that was initially provided to the agency and suspended the company’s license in the state.

In November, Cruise voluntarily paused all operations across the country after facing widespread criticism that it was neglecting safety as it expanded its driverless taxi service. Cruise also pushed out nine executives, its chief executive stepped down , and the company laid off a quarter of its work force.

Now comes the hard part: Rebuilding a ruined reputation. In recent interviews with The New York Times, the three executives now running Cruise say they are in no rush to get back on the road. After learning the hard way about the risks of moving too fast with a cutting-edge technology, Cruise has slowed its breakneck development to a crawl to avoid another major mishap.

“For a long time before, Cruise was really moving fast and other competitors were not,” said Craig Glidden, who became president and chief administrative officer of Cruise in November. Now, he said, safety is Cruise’s “North Star.”

But going slow means the company risks falling far behind its top rivals. Waymo, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has had driverless taxis operating in the Phoenix area since 2020 and San Francisco since late 2022 without serious incidents, and it recently expanded to Los Angeles . Zoox , an Amazon subsidiary, has been testing a steering-wheel-free robot taxi in Las Vegas since last June.

“Catching up with Waymo technologically is going to take three to five years at best,” said Alex Roy, a consultant and former executive in the autonomous car industry. He added that it was even harder for Cruise to catch up commercially because Waymo was “generating revenues with trust that Cruise never earned.”

Some industry observers were surprised G.M. didn’t shut down Cruise after its public meltdown late last year. Since acquiring the company in 2016, G.M. has spent over $8 billion on its driverless subsidiary. Cruise lost $3.48 billion last year, and another $519 million over the first three months of 2024.

“I was thinking in the late part of 2023 and into early 2024 that the most likely outcome was that they were going to completely turn off Cruise,” said Reilly Brennan, a partner at Trucks Venture Capital, which invests in the future of transportation.

But after slashing $1 billion from Cruise’s 2024 budget, Mary T. Barra, G.M.’s chief executive, reiterated her commitment to the company during earnings calls. In April, she told investors that Cruise had made “tangible progress,” although G.M. is exploring different options to fund the business, including taking outside investments.

After Cruise’s former chief executive and co-founder Kyle Vogt resigned in November, G.M. appointed two presidents who report to its board: Mo Elshenawy, previously the company’s executive vice president of engineering, and Mr. Glidden, who also serves as G.M.’s general counsel. In February, Cruise hired Steve Kenner, a veteran product safety executive, as chief safety officer.

The three executives all decide on safety decisions, such as when to take the next step in deployment. Those calls, Mr. Kenner said, have to be unanimous.

So far, Cruise has taken baby steps back to the road. In April, it picked Phoenix, the home to its operations center, to be the first city to restart testing with human drivers. On May 13, after a month of driving a handful of vehicles in order to understand local road features, Cruise transitioned into supervised autonomous testing , with two safety drivers per vehicle.

Cruise used to say its robot taxis were, on average, safer than a human driver. But so-called edge cases — incidents like road construction or erratic cyclists that humans can intuitively react to — bedeviled the robot taxis. Mr. Elshenawy said the cars had improved their navigation of construction zones and how they deal with emergency vehicles.

Cruise hopes to offer driverless ride-hailing service in one city by the end of 2024, while operating with safety drivers in fewer than five cities, Mr. Glidden said. That is, if the edge case issue can be improved.

While Mr. Elshenawy’s engineering team works to improve the technology, Mr. Glidden and Mr. Kenner have been traveling across the country to meet with regulators. Cruise has met with local officials and state regulators in Arizona, Texas and California, as well as with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. It has also spoken with several cities in the Southeast where it previously tested its fleet.

In California, Cruise has answered questions from state regulators about driverless testing, but it is unclear if or when it could regain a permit. The talent pool in Silicon Valley is essential to Cruise’s business, so executives say they are committed to staying in the state.

Whether Cruise’s cautious approach restores faith in the company among regulators is an open question. Dave Cortese, a California state senator representing Silicon Valley, said the autonomous vehicle industry’s aggressive testing on public roads in the past had “created tension and distrust.”

For the company to win over regulators, it needs a “profound demonstration of transparency” to demonstrate that an incident like Oct. 2 will not happen again, said Mr. Roy, the consultant.

“We may not agree, but I think there are lots of places where we do agree,” said Tilly Chang, executive director of San Francisco County Transportation Authority. “But it is also unclear to us what it would take for them to get reinstated.”

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The Top Gun actor could be seen waving to adoring fans as he strode out onto the car park at London Heliport in Battersea.

Cruise, wearing a light grey polo and black trousers, attempts to yank open the door of the black Audi before realising it is the wrong vehicle.

The film icon, who has been spending time in London filming the latest instalment of the Mission Impossible series, then walks awkwardly over to the correct car while one of his entourage ushers him in.

Later on, Mr Sunak was spotted leaving the heliport and getting in the same vehicle Cruise had darted towards before.

Unlike the Hollywood icon, the Prime Minister makes no mistake and finds the correct car, while an aide holds the door open for him.

Wearing a white shirt underneath a black quarter zip sweater, while carrying a rucksack, the leader of the Tory party jumps into the backseat of the Audi while his assistants pack the car.

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The Prime Minister had taken the sleeper train to the southwest, arriving in Penzance on Wednesday morning. 

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Number Ten declined to comment on the encounter. 

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Last month he was seen good spirits as he touched down in London after flying himself there in his helicopter.

Cruise, who has had his pilot's licence since 1994 and owns several aircrafts, was seen at the helm as he landed at Battersea Helipad alongside a secondary pilot. 

He had flown from Longcross studios where he is filming Mission Impossible eight which will see him return as agent Ethan Hunt.

The seventh film, Dead Reckoning Part One came out last year, but production on the second instalment, was hit with delays due to the Hollywood writers' strike.

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Both subjects -- one adult male and one juvenile male -- were identified by the FBI and Gila River Police and taken into custody, authorities said. They are currently receiving medical treatment for injuries sustained during Saturday's shooting.

On Saturday, officers responded to an incident involving a large crowd at a home in Santan, District 4 in the community around 2 a.m. local time, when multiple gunshots were fired, according to the Gila River Police Department.

Six people were shot during the incident, including Officer Joshua Briese, who succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, police said. Briese had been with the force for less than a year and was still in field training, according to the police.

An unidentified person who was shot was also pronounced dead at the scene, police said. An unidentified officer was struck and remains in serious but stable condition at the hospital, according to the police.

The remaining three civilians who were shot were also recuperating at the hospital, the police said.

The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing, with the FBI saying on Sunday that it is working on the case with the Gila River PD. There was no timeline for the investigation.

The FBI said it will hand the case over to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona for a charging decision when completed.

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On Monday, General Motors’s self-driving car subsidiary officially resumed manual driving of its vehicles in Dallas, Texas, which will allow it to create maps and gather road information. Collecting that data will help train Cruise’s driverless systems and allow it to return to autonomous driving.

It follows Cruise’s earlier return to Phoenix in April . After roughly a month of manual testing, Cruise announced the return of supervised autonomous driving, meaning its cars will drive themselves with a driver ready and able to take the wheel if necessary.

Cruise was forced to suspend operations last October after one of its driverless cars dragged a pedestrian for roughly 20 feet after a separate — human-operated — car hit them. The incident led to the revocation of its license to operate in California, a recall of its fleet, layoffs, and the departure of several executives.

Testing in Dallas had been in its final testing phase for an autonomous launch before the incident. Now, after about eight months, Cruise is back.

“Dallas is a city on the forefront of innovation,” Cruise said in a statement . “Together, we believe self-driving technology can significantly improve road safety and provide a more sustainable transportation option that directly addresses the needs of Dallas communities.”

In the months since the October incident, Cruise has attempted to regain the public’s trust, hiring a Ford and Apple veteran to be its new chief safety officer and publishing a highly critical third-party report . The company has said it “maintained ongoing and extensive testing in complex, dynamic simulated environments and on closed courses” during its almost six-month operational freeze.

With testing resuming in Dallas, it may be only a matter of time before Cruise returns to Austin and Houston, where it had also been testing its vehicles.

Texas has become a major state for autonomous startups, playing host to at least 15 companies as of November. The state has also partnered with Cavnue to pilot the U.S.’s first autonomous freight corridor on a stretch of Texas State Highway 130 north of Austin.

Cruise’s operating loss totaled $3.48 billion in 2023. GM is planning to reduce the subsidiary’s expenses by about $1 billion to “slow the cash burn and align with a narrower focus in 2024,” it said in January. Before the October incident, CEO Mary Barra said Cruise could generate $50 billion annually by 2030.

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'He was a sweet kid': Slain Gila River officer overcame hardships to follow in dad's footsteps

Joshua Briese, 23, was a Gila River police officer who died June 1 after being shot while responding to a disturbance call in Santan, District 4, of the Gila River Indian Community.

Briese had been with the department for less than one year and was still on field training, according to a Gila River Police Department Facebook post .

"It was a big surprise," said Briese's step-grandmother, Helen Briese. "He was a sweet kid. I loved him."

Helen Briese told The Arizona Republic she last spoke to Briese on Oct. 10, which she said was his birthday. "He was a wonderful person," she said.

Briese always wanted to be a police officer, she said. In 2019, when he was 18, Briese told KULR News he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his father, former Yellowstone County Sheriff's Officer David Briese.

David Briese was also killed in the line of duty in November 2006 in an automobile accident on Interstate 90, near King Avenue West in Billings, Montana, while responding to a backup call for an officer who was dealing with a combative impaired driver, according to the Sheriff's Office.

After the death of his father, Briese told KULR he moved to Rapid City, South Dakota, with his older brother, mother, and stepfather. But things at home were tough, he said. At the age of 16, Briese said he emancipated and moved back to Billings.

Being on one's own at a young age came with more responsibility — going to school and working to pay bills.

In an interview with KULR, Briese said he would wake up at 2:30 a.m. and work at the airport for four hours before he had to go to classes at Billings West High School . But he also made time for extracurricular activities and was a member of the school's cross-country team, KULR reported.

Briese told KULR he hoped his dad would think he was doing a good job in life. Helen Briese said she thinks he did, given what Briese had been through.

"He had kind of a hard life, but he made it through," Helen Briese said.

Briese was employed by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry beginning April 2021. He graduated the Correctional Officer Training Academy in June 2021, then was assigned to ASPC-Phoenix. He resigned from ADCRR in June 2022.

"With heavy hearts, we mourn the loss of Officer Joshua Briese of the Gila River Police Department. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, and colleagues, as well as to the second officer injured in this tragic incident," ADCRR said in a post to X.

One other person died in the early-morning shooting Briese was involved in. Four others, including another officer, were injured.

Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis called the incident "tragic."

"I know I speak for our entire community when I say that we grieve for our fallen and injured police officers and every Community member touched by such tragic violence," Lewis said.

The Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office  released a statement regarding Briese's death:

"YCSO is heart broken and in disbelief upon receiving word this morning of the Line of Duty Death of Gila River Arizona Police Officer Josh Briese, Joshie as many of us called him," the statement said. "All we can say is God Speed and rest easy. Knowing Dave & Josh are together again, both left this world serving their community and doing what they loved. RIP."

Law enforcement fatalities: Gila River officer killed in shooting was son of Montana officer also killed on duty

I toured an Arizona neighborhood that banned cars and found a walkable oasis in the middle of a Phoenix suburb

• Culdesac is a car-free neighborhood in Tempe, Arizona.
• The housing startup has 200 residents who use bikes, scooters, and ride-share services to get around.
• Take a look inside the walkable oasis filled with courtyards, local shops, and plenty of shade.

Walkable neighborhoods are on the rise. In a country run by cars, many millennials and Gen Zers are willing to spend more to live in a community where it's easy to get around without a vehicle, according to a 2023 study by the National Association of Realtors .

Enter Culdesac — the budding Arizona block making a name for itself as the "first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US."

Located in Tempe, home of Arizona State University, Culdesac is a community where cars are banned. It's been a project in the making since 2018. Last year, the neighborhood opened to residents. Now, 200 people live on the 17-acre block, a company representative told Business Insider. Eventually, Culdesac plans to house 1,000 residents.

As a New Yorker without a car, Culdesac intrigued me. So, on a recent trip to Arizona, I visited the car-free neighborhood and thought it felt like an urban oasis in the Phoenix suburb .

Culdesac is in the greater Phoenix area.

The neighborhood is located on the east side of Tempe, just about 10 miles from Phoenix.

I recently got a private tour — and the chance to chat with the CEO.

During my visit, I met with CEO and cofounder Ryan Johnson. After years of working in the real estate and transportation industries — and traveling to walkable places around the world — he was inspired to create a neighborhood free of cars.

From New York City to Budapest, Johnson says his travels launched a passion for cities.

"I saw those places and said, 'Wow, this is a much better way to build a city — with thoughtful architecture, great transportation systems,'" he told BI.

Johnson added that developments in the transportation industry, from ride-share apps to public transit systems and electric bikes , have made living car-free possible in places like Arizona.

Johnson, who grew up in Phoenix and currently lives at Culdesac, hasn't had a car in 14 years.

All around the property, I spotted electric bikes and scooters.

Visitors and delivery drivers can park their cars at Culdesac, but residents cannot.

The company representative told BI that for residents with cars, "it's regulated through their lease agreement that they won't park on-site or on any public streets within 0.25 miles."

Some residents park their cars elsewhere in Tempe, while others, like Johnson, don't have a vehicle at all. Residents get around on foot, bicycles, electric bikes, and electric scooters. The neighborhood has more than 1,000 bike parking spots.

One Culdesac resident previously told BI that living without a car can be challenging outside the neighborhood, as the surrounding city was built for vehicles.

However, according to the company's website , Culdesac provides residents with a mobility package worth almost $3,000 a year to make transportation easier. It includes a complimentary Valley Metro pass for the light rail that goes through Phoenix and Tempe and discounts on ride-share apps like Lyft and Waymo , a self-driving cab service.

My tour began in the plaza.

The plaza, located across from the neighborhood light rail stop, is the communal center of Culdesac. It's marked by a sculpture by artist Matthew Salenger that doubles as a canopy.

Here, there are games, shaded tables, and weekly events.

Every Thursday evening, Culdesac hosts Little Cholla, a public outdoor night market with music, vendors, food trucks, art, and activities such as line dancing and yoga.

There's also a two-story gym.

A two-story building in the plaza with giant windows is home to the neighborhood fitness center. It offers workout classes and is lined with equipment.

Across from the plaza, there are local shops run by residents.

From thrifted clothing to unique dishware and candles, there's plenty of local shopping at Culdesac.

According to the company's website , there are about 11 micro-retail shops, including a market, a laundromat, a medical spa, an art studio, and a plant shop.

These micro-retailers have the option to live in their workspace.

The company representative told BI that the small-business owners at Culdesac are residents, and some even live in their stores thanks to a zoning permit that allows them to do so.

All the stores have kitchens and bathrooms, and some have bedrooms.

Steps from the plaza, the neighborhood has a restaurant with outdoor seating.

In April 2023, Culdesac's Cocina Chiwas opened. It's a family-owned Mexican restaurant serving Chihuahuan cuisine.

As I strolled the communal paths, I noticed that Culdesac didn't feel as hot as the surrounding streets. That's because there's no asphalt on the property.

It's no secret that the Phoenix area is hot — sometimes dangerously so in the summers. So Culdesac was built to keep pedestrians cool without asphalt — a road material that gets hotter in the sun.

In the residential areas, the walkways are narrow.

Culdesac intentionally placed the buildings close together to create as much shade as possible.

The buildings' color is also no accident. Culdesac chose white because it reflects sunlight rather than absorbs it.

Between residential buildings, there are courtyards with grills, tables, hammocks, and firepits.

More than half of the entire property is open, landscaped space.

Culdesac has apartments ranging from studios to three-bedroom floor plans.

Culdesac currently has 172 units. More will open in the fall, and the neighborhood will eventually have 760 units.

Studios start at $1,300 a month, one-bedrooms are $1,400, two-bedrooms are $2,100, and three-bedrooms are $2,900 a month.

On the outer rim of Culdesac, there's a bike shop with tune-up services.

Archer's Bike Shop sells manual and electric bikes. And Culdesac residents get complementary services and product discounts.

Culdesac seems like a place where people can not only live car-free but also get to know their neighbors.

After my visit to Culdesac, I chatted with Brad Biehl, a 24-year-old resident from Colombus, Ohio. Biehl has lived in the neighborhood for six months. He said one of the best parts of living there is the sense of community.

"We're usually in environments where we walk from our door to our car and from the car into the place," Biehl said. "But here, to go anywhere, I usually pass at least two or three of my neighbors, even when I'm just walking to the light rail right around the corner."

Biehl added that he's optimistic about the future of Culdesac when more residents and retailers come in.

"While there are still not a ton of people here yet, there's way more going on than I would've expected there to be," he told BI. "The number of serendipitous interactions that have taken place with the limited number of residents makes me super excited for what people will experience here."

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