By: Lee Bigwater, Director

Navajo Nation Transit System

Navajo Transit System

• Started fixed route operation in October 1980

• Funded by:

– Arizona DOT (FTA-5311)

– New Mexico DOT (FTA-5311)

– FTA Tribal Transit Program (FTA-5311c)

– Utah DOT (FTA-5311)

– Navajo Nation (Match Funds)

Fixed Transit Routes Timelines

Routes for the passed 34 years 1. Tuba City – Window Rock - Fort Defiance

2. Toyei – Window Rock - Fort Defiance

3. Shonto - Kayenta– Window Rock

4. Crownpoint – Window Rock – Fort Defiance

5. Fort Defiance – Window Rock - Gallup

6. Navajo – Fort Defiance - Gallup

7. Shiprock – Farmington

8. Shiprock – Window Rock – Fort Defiance (Mon & Fri)

April 2007

Transit Fixed Routes

August 2008

9. Window Rock – Crownpoint - Gallup

10. Birdspring - Flagstaff – Tuba City

11. Birdspring – Window Rock – Fort Defiance

12. Chinle – Ganado - Tsaile

13. Shiprock – Window Rock - Fort Defiance

14. Kayenta – Tuba City

15. Sanders – Fort Defiance

16. Aneth – Bluff - Blanding

17. Monument Valley – Bluff – Blanding

18. Torreon – Cuba - Farmington

19. Pinon – Chinle - Tsaile

Connectivity 1. Window Rock, AZ to Amtrak, Gallup Transit

Express and Greyhound in Gallup, New Mexico

2. Shiprock, NM to Red Apple Transit in Farmington, NM.

3. Tuba City, AZ to Amtrak, Greyhound, Flagstaff Transit and Flagstaff Community Airport

Routes Daily Miles Daily Hours Weekly Miles

1. Tuba City/Window Rock 169 8.2 845

2. Toyei/Fort Defiance 146 4.0 730

3. Shonto/Window Rock 410 10.0 2,050

4. Crownpoint/Window Rock 185 6.0 925

5. Window Rock/Gallup 153 12.0 765

6. Navajo/Gallup 169 5.2 845

7. Shiprock/Window Rock (M&F) 338 8.2 676

8. Shiprock/Farmington (T,W,Th) 196 5.5 588

9. Shiprock/Window Rock 338 7.2 1,690

10. Shiprock/Fruitland

11. Flagstaff/Tuba City 304 7.5 1,520

12. Kayenta/Tuba City 294 7.5 1,470

13. Window Rock/Crownpoint/Gallup 298 7.5 1,490

14. Chinle/Ganado 162 7.5 810

15. Dilkon/Fort Defiance 236 7.5 1,180

Bus Fare

All Day Ride Including Transfers

$2.00

Marketing

Ridership Increased

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Ridership 70,437 71,822 76,038 75,122 81,415 73,999 70,007 61,649 58,312 58,348 51,781 58,549 119,86 160,10 193,99 207,76 247,25

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300,000Navajo Transit Ridership

2007: 51,781 passengers (lowest) 2013: 247,255 passengers

Refined Conceptual Design 2010/2011

Near Completion - January 10, 2012

Lee Bigwater Dept. Manager III

Navajo Transit

Hon. Ben Shelly NN President

Hon. Martha Shelly First Lady

Low Floor Electric Mass Transit Bus

Thank You lbigwater@navajotransit.com