Madera Metro also connects to the train station north of the city limits, where riders may transfer to the Amtrak San Joaquins intercity service connecting the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

[2] The city began a rebranding project for MAX in June 2017; a US$60,000 grant was awarded in 2018, which was partially used to hire the Jeffrey Scott Agency to develop a new name, logo, and outreach campaign with community input.

The present Madera Metro name and logo were unveiled that October along with the strapline ("The Way to Go"), and continued to be refined, considering alternatives, through 2019.

[3] MV Transportation was contracted in 2018 to provide transit operations and maintenance, and the city opened a new Madera Transit Center in the Freedom Industrial Park west of Madera South High School in 2020, where dispatch, storage, and maintenance will be performed.

All three routes meet at the current main transfer point, which is at the intersection of P Street and Yosemite Avenue near downtown Madera.