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- ↑ "Fixed bus route launches in Dodge City". Dodge City Daily Globe. May 12, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Dodge City Fixed Route Transit" . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Transit Brochure" . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ↑ "Public Transportation" . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ↑ "The National Transit Database (NTD)" . Retrieved September 1, 2023.
