Navajo Transit System facts for kids
| Parent | Navajo Nation |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Fort Defiance, AZ |
| Routes | 17 |
| Fleet | 45, including 35 transit buses |
| Daily ridership | 247,255 (2013) |
The Navajo Transit System (NTS) is like a public bus service for the Navajo Nation. It helps people travel around the Navajo Nation and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The NTS currently runs 17 different bus routes. It serves 41 of the 110 Navajo communities.
The NTS is part of the Navajo Nation Government. It gets money from different places to operate. These include the Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah Departments of Transportation. It also receives funds from the Federal Transit Administration.
The NTS has faced some challenges with its service. For example, in 2017, some of its federal funding was paused. This happened because the system needed to follow government rules more closely.
In 2018, the NTS started working with the Farmington Red Apple Transit system. This partnership allows riders to switch between the two bus systems for free. You can do this in Kirtland, NM and Farmington, NM.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the NTS stopped its bus service. This pause began on March 18, 2020. Service slowly started again on June 7, 2021. At that time, routes 3, 5, 9, and 14 began running again.
Bus Routes
The Navajo Transit System operates many routes to connect communities. Here are the routes that the NTS currently runs:
- 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)
