By: Lee Bigwater, Director Navajo Nation Transit System Navajo - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

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

Refined Conceptual Design 2010/2011

Near Completion - January 10, 2012

Lee Bigwater Hon. Martha Shelly Dept. Manager III First Lady Navajo Transit Hon. Ben Shelly NN President

Low Floor Electric Mass Transit Bus

Thank You lbigwater@navajotransit.com