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Ozark Regional Transit is the provider of mass transportation 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, Arkansas, Fayetteville, Springdale, Arkansas, Springdale, Rogers, Arkansas, ...
region, including Fayetteville, Springdale,
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, 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
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, Key West Transit,
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, Razorback Transit, and Rural Transit Enterprises Coordinated, with many other lending buses until the fleet could be restored.


Routes


Route 1 - Fayetteville

Route 2 - Fayetteville

Route 3 - Fayetteville/Johnson

Route 4 - Fayetteville

Route 11 - Bentonville

Route 51 - Rogers

Route 52 - Rogers

Route 61 - Springdale

Route 62 - Springdale

Route 63 - Springdale/Johnson

Route 64 - Springdale

Route 490 - I-49 Express

Commuter Express - Arkansas Archaeological Survey to Walmart Home Office, Bentonville, Arkansas


References

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