Public transportation system
Navajo Transit System| Parent | Navajo Nation |
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| Commenced operation | October 1980 |
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| Headquarters | Fort Defiance, AZ |
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| Routes | 17 |
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| Fleet | 45, including 35 transit buses |
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| Daily ridership | 247,255 (2013) |
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| Website | Navajo Transit System |
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The Navajo Transit System (NTS) is a public transportation system that serves and operates on the Navajo Nation. The system currently operates 17 routes throughout the Navajo Nation and within Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.[1] The system provides service to 41 of the 110 Navajo Chapter communities.[2]
The NTS is a department of the Division of Transportation of the Navajo Nation Government.[3] The NTS receives funding from the Arizona Department of Transportation, the New Mexico Department of Transportation, the Utah Department of Transportation, and the Federal Transit Administration.[2][1]
The NTS has been criticized for frequent service interruptions. In 2017, the NTS had some federal grants suspended due to non-compliance with government protocol.[4]
In 2018, The NTS announced a partnership with the Farmington Red Apple Transit system which allows riders to transfer between the systems free-of-charge in Kirtland, NM and Farmington, NM.[5]
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the NTS suspended service on March 18, 2020. Service was not resumed until a June 7, 2021 soft restart of routes 3, 5, 9, and 14.[6][7]
Routes
The NTS operates the following routes:[7]
- Route 01: Tuba City, AZ to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 02: Whitecone, AZ to Steamboat, AZ to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 03: Kayenta, AZ to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 04: Crownpoint, NM to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 05: Gallup, NM to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 06: Crystal, NM to Gallup, NM
- Route 07a: Newcomb, NM to Farmington, NM to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 07b: Newcomb, NM to Farmington, NM to Shiprock, NM
- Route 08: Chinle, AZ to Ganado, AZ to Tsaile, AZ
- Route 09: Dilkon, AZ to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 10: Pinon, AZ to Chinle, AZ to Tsaile, AZ
- Route 11: Birdspring, AZ to Flagstaff, AZ to Tuba City, AZ
- Route 13: Fort Defiance, AZ to Crownpoint, NM and Gallup, NM
- Route 14: Shiprock, NM to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 15: Sanders, AZ to Window Rock, AZ
- Route 16: Aneth, UT to Bluff, UT to Blanding, UT
- Route 18: Local service in Shiprock, NM (Shiprock Local Area Transit)
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