Regional Transit Service (RTS) is an operating public transit subsidiary of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority

Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority

The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority is a public benefit organization which provides transportation services in the area in and around Rochester, New York. RGRTA was formed on August 1, 1970 by a state act of government which also formed three similar agencies in Syracuse,...

, located in Rochester, New York. RTS was founded in 1970 after the Rochester Transit Corporation was renamed the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA).

Throughout the years, RTS has purchased buses that were manufactured from GMC, Flxible, Orion, Nova Bus, New Flyer, NABI, and Gillig.

Bus routes

Regional Transit Service operates 28 individual routes, most of which operate on a hub and spoke system from Downtown Rochester. City routes originate from Main and Clinton, or Main and St. Paul Street. Suburban routes and park and ride

Park and ride

Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...

 routes operate from a transit center located at Broad and Chestnut Streets.

Two routes (numbers 12-9th Ward/MCC and 27-Unity) do not serve Downtown Rochester.

The current conventional routes operated by Regional Transit Service include:

• 1 Lake/Park
• 2 Thurston/Parsells to Laurenton †
• 3 Lyell/Goodman
• 4 Hudson/Genesee via Melrose †
• 5 St. Paul/South Av.
• 6 Clifford/Jefferson
• 7 North Clinton/Monroe
• 8 East Main/Chili Av/Genesee Park Blvd.
• 9 Bay/Webster/Jay/Maple/Buffalo Av.
• 10 Dewey/Portland
• 11 Joseph/So. Clinton
• 12 9th Ward/M.C.C.
• 14 West Ridge/East Ridge
• 15 Latta
• 16 Crosstown via Driving Park Blvd.
• 17 East Avenue
• 18/19 Plymouth/University
• 20 Spencerport/Brockport
• 21 Fairport
• 22 Penfield
• 24 Marketplace Mall/R.I.T.
• 27 Unity
• 30 Webster
• 50 Mt. Hope
• 91 Suburban Plaza/Avon
• 92 Eastview Mall/Lyons
• 96 Hilton/Hamlin/Clarkson

†- these two routes merge in the southwestern portion of Rochester and carry a 2/4 routing number on evenings and weekends.

Current

Currently, RTS uses Nova Bus Classics, New Flyer D40LFs and D60LFs, NABI 40-LFWs, and Gillig Advantages. Many of these buses are equipped with a Detroit Diesel Series 50 or a Cummins ISL engine. Buses operate out of a single garage, located at 1372 East Main Street in the City of Rochester.

Most, if not all transit vehicles are wheelchair lift equipped, in compliance with American Disability Act (ADA) requirements.

Numbers	Manufacturer	Model	Type	Year	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Power/Fuel	Notes
751-772	Gillig Gillig Gillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low-floor transit buses located in Hayward, California. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses.-History:...	Advantage T-40	Transit	2007	40	102	Diesel	New Generation of the Gillig Advantage.
721-739	Gillig	Advantage T-40	Transit	2006	40	102	Diesel
801-822	Gillig	Advantage T-40	Suburban	2004	40	102	Diesel
701-708	Gillig	Advantage T-40	Transit	2004	40	102	Diesel
231-236	North American Bus Industries North American Bus Industries North American Bus Industries, commonly known as NABI, is a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Anniston, Alabama. NABI was founded in 1992 when the Hungarian firm Ikarus Bus, a key bus supplier to Central, Eastern Europe, spun off a majority share of their American operations to...  (NABI)	40-LFW	Suburban	2002	40	102	Diesel
121-134	North American Bus Industries (NABI)	40-LFW	Transit	2002	40	102	Diesel
221-225	Motor Coach Industries Motor Coach Industries Motor Coach Industries International Inc. is an American bus manufacturer based in Schaumburg, Illinois, and is a leading participant in the North American coach bus industry. It has various operating subsidiaries:...  (MCI)	D4000	Suburban	2002	40	102	Diesel
101-115	North American Bus Industries (NABI)	40-LFW	Transit	2000	40	102	Diesel
321-330	New Flyer Industries New Flyer Industries New Flyer Industries Inc. is a bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It also has factories in Crookston and St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA.-History:...	D60LF	Transit	1999	60	102	Diesel	These buses are articulated.
1251-1283	New Flyer Industries	D40LF	Transit	1999	40	102	Diesel
1201-1215	New Flyer Industries	D40LF	Transit	1998	40	102	Diesel	First set of low floor transit buses. First set of buses to be presented in the current livery.
351-360	Neoplan USA	AN460A	Transit	1997	60	102	Diesel	These buses are articulated. Originally from Houston METRO. Leased to RGRTA in October 2006.
651-685	Nova Bus Nova Bus Nova Bus is a Canadian bus manufacturer in North America, owned by Volvo Buses, and headquartered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada.- History :The factory was originally a General Motors plant for building city transit buses intended for the Canadian market...	"Classic" TC40-102A	Transit	1996	40	102	Diesel
601-624	Nova Bus	"Classic" TC40-102A	Transit	1995	40	102	Diesel	These buses are expected to be removed from service around 2009.
401-410	Nova Bus	"Classic" TC40-102A	Suburban	1995	40	102	Diesel	These buses are expected to be removed from service around 2009.
1151-1155	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Transit	1993	40	102	Diesel	Many of these buses are removed from service.

Past

Numbers	Manufacturer	Model	Type	Year	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Power/Fuel	Notes
901-919	Gillig	Advantage	Transit	2007	40	102	Diesel-Electric	These buses were sent to Minnesota due to a court ruling against the R-GRTA.
1401-1421	ElDorado National ElDorado National ElDorado National is a bus manufacturer owned by Thor Industries. Heavy-duty buses are built in Riverside, California, and cutaway buses and mobility vans are built in Salina, Kansas.-Products:* Aerotech and similar lines of cutaway buses...	Transmark RE	Suburban	1999	29	96	Diesel	12 units were sent down south with supplies to assist with Hurricane Katrina recovery.
1101-1129	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Transit	1993	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was the end of June 2007.
551-555	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Suburban	1992	40	102	Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)	These buses were leased to CENTRO in 1995.
501-522	Gillig	Phantom	Suburban	1991	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was in 2004.
1001-1014	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Transit	1990	40	102	Diesel	In 2004, 1002 and 1014 were leased to Ajax-Pickering Transit. Deadline was in 2006.
201-211	Gillig	Phantom	Suburban	1988	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was in 2004.
751, 758, 768, 772	Bus Industries of America	Orion "I" 01.508	Transit	1986	40	96	Diesel	These buses were acquired from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA). They were sold to RGRTA. Deadline was in 2000.
101-117	Flxible Flxible Metro The Flxible Metro is a transit bus that was manufactured by the Flxible Corporation from 1978 until 1996. From 1978 until 1983, when Flxible was owned by Grumman, the model was known as the Grumman 870, with a Grumman nameplate.-History:...	Metro "B" 40102-6T	Transit	1986	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was in 2000.
301-317	MAN	SG-310	Transit	1984	60	102	Diesel	These buses are articulated. These buses were the first set of artics in the RGRTA. Deadline was in 1999.
901-935	GMC RTS-04 Rapid Transit Series The Rapid Transit Series bus is a long-running series of transit buses originally manufactured by General Motors and is currently produced by Millennium Transit Services as the RTS Legend. Millennium had produced the buses from 2006 until it shut down production in 2009, only to be bought back...	T8J-204	Transit	1983	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was in 2002.
801-859	GMC RTS-04	T8J-204	Transit	1982	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was in 2002.
701-735	GMC RTS-03	T8H-603	Transit	1979	40	96	Diesel
601-619	GMC	T6H-5308	Transit	1976	40	96	Diesel
401-410 411-437	GMC	S8H-5304A	Suburban	1975	40	96	Diesel
501-506	Flxible "New Look" Flxible New Look bus The Flxible New Look bus is a transit bus introduced in 1960 by The Flxible Company, and produced from 1960 until 1978, when the New Look was replaced by the "870" Advanced Design Bus. Over its 17-year production run 13,121 Flxible New Look buses were manufactured.-Design:The Flxible New Look bus...	111CD-D5-1	Transit	1970	40	96	Diesel
507-577	Flxible "New Look"	111CD-D5	Transit	1970	40	96	Diesel

External links

• RGRTA
• Schedule Information
• Bus Scrapbook