# Navajo Transit System

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**The Navajo Transit System** (**NTS**) is a public transportation system that serves and operates on the [Navajo Nation](/source/Navajo_Nation). The system currently operates 17 routes throughout the Navajo Nation and within [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico) and [Utah](/source/Utah).[1] The system provides service to 41 of the 110 Navajo Chapter communities.[2]

The NTS is a department of the Division of Transportation of the [Navajo Nation Government](/source/Navajo_Nation#Government).[3] The NTS receives funding from the [Arizona Department of Transportation](/source/Arizona_Department_of_Transportation), the [New Mexico Department of Transportation](/source/New_Mexico_Department_of_Transportation), the [Utah Department of Transportation](/source/Utah_Department_of_Transportation), and the [Federal Transit Administration](/source/Federal_Transit_Administration).[2][1]

The NTS has been criticized for frequent service interruptions. In 2017, the NTS had some federal grants suspended due to non-compliance with government protocol.[4]

In 2018, The NTS announced a partnership with the Farmington Red Apple Transit system which allows riders to transfer between the systems free-of-charge in [Kirtland, NM](/source/Kirtland,_New_Mexico) and [Farmington, NM](/source/Farmington,_New_Mexico).[5]

Due to the [COVID-19 pandemic](/source/COVID-19_pandemic), the NTS suspended service on March 18, 2020. Service was not resumed until a June 7, 2021 soft restart of routes 3, 5, 9, and 14.[6][7]

## Routes

The NTS operates the following routes:[7]

- Route 01: [Tuba City, AZ](/source/Tuba_City,_Arizona) to [Fort Defiance, AZ](/source/Fort_Defiance,_Arizona)
- Route 02: [Whitecone, AZ](/source/Whitecone,_Arizona) to [Steamboat, AZ](/source/Steamboat,_Arizona) to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 03: [Kayenta, AZ](/source/Kayenta,_Arizona) to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 04: [Crownpoint, NM](/source/Crownpoint,_New_Mexico) to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 05: [Gallup, NM](/source/Gallup,_New_Mexico) to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 06: [Crystal, NM](/source/Crystal,_New_Mexico) to Gallup, NM
- Route 07a: [Newcomb, NM](/source/Newcomb,_New_Mexico) to [Farmington, NM](/source/Farmington,_New_Mexico) to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 07b: Newcomb, NM to Farmington, NM to [Shiprock, NM](/source/Shiprock,_New_Mexico)
- Route 08: [Chinle, AZ](/source/Chinle,_Arizona) to [Ganado, AZ](/source/Ganado,_Arizona) to [Tsaile, AZ](/source/Tsaile,_Arizona)
- Route 09: [Dilkon, AZ](/source/Dilkon,_Arizona) to Fort Defiance, AZ
- Route 10: [Pinon, AZ](/source/Pinon,_Arizona) to Chinle, AZ to Tsaile, AZ
- Route 11: [Birdspring, AZ](/source/Birdsprings,_AZ) to [Flagstaff, AZ](/source/Flagstaff,_Arizona) 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](/source/Sanders,_Arizona) to [Window Rock, AZ](/source/Window_Rock,_Arizona)
- Route 16: [Aneth, UT](/source/Aneth,_Utah) to [Bluff, UT](/source/Bluff,_Utah) to [Blanding, UT](/source/Blanding,_Utah)
- Route 18: Local service in Shiprock, NM (Shiprock Local Area Transit)

## References

1. Bigwater, Lee. (2014). Navajo Nation Partnership June 19, 2014 Presentation to Steering Committee [Powerpoint Slides]. Retrieved from [http://aztribaltransportation.org/nnp/pdf/061914-Navajo-Transit-Presentation.pdf](http://aztribaltransportation.org/nnp/pdf/061914-Navajo-Transit-Presentation.pdf)

1. ["Navajo Transit System"](https://newmexico.networkofcare.org/aging/services/agency.aspx?pid=NavajoNationTransitSystem_1534_1_0). *newmexico.networkofcare.org*. Retrieved 2020-11-06.

1. ["Navajo Division of Transportation to oversee Navajo Transit System"](https://www.nhonews.com/news/2021/nov/09/navajo-division-transportation-oversee-navajo-tran/). 9 November 2021.

1. Bowman, Terry (2017-08-03). ["Navajo Transit enduring many problems with funding"](https://navajotimes.com/biz/heroes-without-capes/). *Navajo Times*. Retrieved 2020-11-06.

1. Grover, Hannah (2020-02-21). ["Red Apple, Navajo Transit will celebrate partnership Friday"](https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/farmington/2018/02/21/red-apple-navajo-transit-celebrate-partnership-friday/356877002/). *Farmington Daily Times*. Retrieved 2020-11-06.

1. ["Newspaper ad soft restart 05.28.21"](https://www.navajotransit.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/ANNOUNCEMENTS/MONTHLY/June/Newspaper%20ad%20soft%20restart%2005.28.21.pdf)

1. ["Home"](https://web.archive.org/web/20211214001956/https://www.navajotransit.navajo-nsn.gov/). *www.navajotransit.navajo-nsn.gov*. Archived from [the original](https://www.navajotransit.navajo-nsn.gov/) on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2020-11-06.

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