Navajo Transit System - Arizona Tribal Transportation

Navajo Transit System - Arizona Tribal Transportation

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
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
10. Shiprock/Fruitland
Bus Fare
All Day Ride Including Transfers
$2.00
Marketing
Ridership Increased
Navajo Transit Ridership
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
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
2007:
2013:
51,781 passengers
(lowest)
247,255 passengers
Refined Conceptual Design 2010/2011
Near Completion - January 10, 2012
Lee Bigwater
Dept. Manager III
Navajo Transit
Hon. Martha Shelly
First Lady
Hon. Ben Shelly
NN President
Low Floor Electric Mass
Transit Bus
Thank You
lbigwater@navajotransit.com