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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)

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By: Lee Bigwater, Director Navajo Nation Transit System

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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)

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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)

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April 2007

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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

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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

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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

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Bus Fare

All Day Ride Including Transfers $2.00

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Marketing

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Ridership Increased

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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 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000

Navajo Transit Ridership

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

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Refined Conceptual Design 2010/2011

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Near Completion - January 10, 2012

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Lee Bigwater

Dept. Manager III

Navajo Transit

Hon. Ben Shelly

NN President

Hon. Martha Shelly

First Lady

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Low Floor Electric Mass Transit Bus

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