 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Phoenix yakachengetedza kuwedzera kwekuwedzera mumakore achangopfuura, ichikura ne24.2 pamberi pa2007. Izvi zvakaita kuti ive yechipiri inokurumidza kuwedzera nzvimbo yemadhorobha muUnited States yakatangirwa neLas Vegas, ine huwandu hwevanhu hwakawedzera ne29.2 panguva iyoyo. 2008 raiva gore rakazara zviitiko muMupata weZuva. Kutanga, Phoenix Light Rail yaizotanga kushanda, nebasa pakati pePhoenix, Tempe neMesa. Chechipiri, Squaw Peak, gomo rechipiri pakukwirira muguta racho, rakatumidzwa zita rokuti Piestewa Peak zvichibva pana Nyanzvi yeMasoja Lori Ann Piestewa, chizvarwa chokuArizona uyo aiva mukadzi wokutanga wokuAmerica akafa muhondo nemauto eU.S., uye mukadzi wokutanga wokuAmerica akafa muhondo yeIraq ya2003. Uye gare gare gore rimwe chetero Phoenix rakanga riri rimwe ramaguta rakarohwa zvikurusa nedambudziko rechikwereti cheimba neimba. Pakuvamba muna 2009, mutengo wepakati wepamba wakanga uri 150,000, pasi kubva pa262,000 yayo yakakwirira mumakore achangobva kupfuura. Mwero woutsotsi muPhoenix wakaderera mumakore achangobva kupfuura uye nharaunda dzaichimbova dzinonetsa, dzinoparara dzakadai seSouth Mountain, Alhambra, uye Maryvale, dzakapora ndokugadzikana. Kubva muna 2005, Downtown Phoenix nepakati penzvimbo dzaive dzichiwana kufarira kutsva uye kuwedzera, zvichikonzera maresitorendi mazhinji, zvitoro nemabhizinesi kuvhura kana kutamira kunzvimbo yepakati yePhoenix. 