Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) is a joint powers agency that provides public transportation in western Riverside County

Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States. It operates more than 300 vehicles on 36 local fixed routes, eight long-distance "CommuterLink" express bus

Express bus

An express bus service is a bus service that is intended to run faster than normal bus services between the same two commuter points....

 routes, and Dial-A-Ride service. RTA was established on August 15, 1975 and began operating bus service on March 16, 1977. RTA’s 2500 square miles (6,475 km²) service area is the second-largest in the United States, with Riverside and the Pass area

San Gorgonio Pass

The San Gorgonio Pass el. cuts between the San Bernardino Mountains on the north and the San Jacinto Mountains to the south. Like the Cajon Pass to the northwest, it was also created by the San Andreas Fault...

 to the north, Hemet and San Jacinto to the east, Temecula to the south, and Corona, Norco and Eastvale to the west.