Ozark Regional Transit is the provider of
mass transportation
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...
in the
Northwest Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas (NWA) is a metropolitan area and region in Arkansas within the Ozark Mountains. It includes four of the ten largest cities in the state: Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville, the surrounding towns of Benton an ...
region, including
Fayetteville,
Springdale,
Rogers Rogers may refer to:
Places
Canada
*Rogers Pass (British Columbia)
* Rogers Island (Nunavut)
United States
* Rogers, Arkansas, a city
* Rogers, alternate name of Muroc, California, a former settlement
* Rogers, Indiana, an unincorporated communit ...
, and
Bentonville.
History
The roots of the organization are in a 1974 project by the Economic Opportunity Agency of Washington County to provide rural transportation. By 1978, two fixed routes had been established and, in 1982, after being designated as an urban area, northwestern Arkansas formed Ozark Regional Transit and acquired federal funding. Currently, 5 local routes serve the interconnected Fayetteville and Springdale communities and two routes travel through the Rogers-Bentonville area. A commuter route travels once per day in each direction to provide a peak connection between Fayetteville and rural Washington County, while another commuter route travels all day between the four major cities.
Fire
In January 2017, an explosion and subsequent fire destroyed 20 ORT buses, leaving only six functional buses in the fleet.
In the subsequent weeks, transit services from around the country donated buses to ORT to restore their fleet, including
Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had a ...
,
Key West Transit,
Port Authority of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT, formerly Port Authority of Allegheny County) is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 20th-largest in the United States. The state-funded agency is based in Pittsburgh and is overseen ...
,
Razorback Transit, and
Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, with many other lending buses until the fleet could be restored.
Routes
Route 1 - FayettevilleRoute 2 - FayettevilleRoute 3 - Fayetteville/JohnsonRoute 4 - FayettevilleRoute 11 - BentonvilleRoute 51 - RogersRoute 52 - RogersRoute 61 - SpringdaleRoute 62 - SpringdaleRoute 63 - Springdale/JohnsonRoute 64 - SpringdaleRoute 490 - I-49 ExpressCommuter Express - Arkansas Archaeological Survey to Walmart Home Office, Bentonville, Arkansas
References
Bus transportation in Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Springdale, Arkansas
Transit agencies in Arkansas
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