Gainesville Regional Transit System

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Gainesville RTS
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2011 Gillig with Gator scale wrap
ParentCity of Gainesville
Founded1974
Headquarters34 SE 13th Rd
Gainesville, FL 32601
Locale Gainesville, Florida
Service area Alachua County, Florida
Service type Bus service
Fleet135
Daily ridership25,239 (2019) [1]
Fuel type B20 (biodiesel)
Chief executiveJesus Gomez
Website Gainesville RTS website

Gainesville Regional Transit System is the local area transit corporation that serves the Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida area, the University of Florida and Santa Fe College campuses. It presently serves 40 city routes (19 on Saturdays, 16 on Sundays) and 10 campus routes. Paratransit (ADA) service is also provided to anyone with a Gainesville address.

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City routes

No.DescriptionOperates
1Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Sun
2Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to NE Walmart SupercenterMon-Sat
3Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to N Main St. Post OfficeMon-Fri
5Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Oaks Mall Mon-Sun
6Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to North Walmart SupercenterMon-Sat
7Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood MeadowsMon-Fri
8 UF Health Shands Hospital to North Walmart SupercenterMon-Sun
9 Reitz Union to Hunters RunMon-Sun
10Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Santa Fe College Mon-Sat
11Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood MeadowsMon-Sun
12 Reitz Union to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Sun
13Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Cottage Grove ApartmentsMon-Sun
15Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to NW 13th St./NW 23rd Ave.Mon-Sun
16Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Sugar HillMon-Sun
17Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Rosa Parks RTS Downtown StationMon-Fri
20 Reitz Union to Oaks Mall Mon-Sun
21 Reitz Union to Cabana Beach AptsMon-Fri
23 Oaks Mall to Santa Fe College Mon-Fri
25UF Commuter Lot to Gainesville Regional Airport Mon-Sun
26Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Gainesville Regional Airport Mon-Fri
27Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to NE Walmart SupercenterMon-Fri
28 The Hub to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Fri
33 Butler Plaza RTS Transfer Station to MidtownMon-Sun
34 The Hub to Lexington Crossing AptsMon-Fri
35 Reitz Union to SW 35th PlaceMon-Sun
36 The Hub to SW 34th St. Post Office (Williston Plaza)Mon-Fri
37 Reitz Union to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer Station (via SW 35th Place)Mon-Sun
38 The Hub to Enclave AptsMon-Fri
40 The Hub to Hunters CrossingMon-Fri
43 UF Health Shands Hospital to Santa Fe College Mon-Fri
46 Reitz Union to Rosa Parks RTS Downtown StationMon-Fri
75 Oaks Mall to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Sun
76Haile Plantation to Santa Fe College Mon-Fri
78 Butler Plaza RTS Transfer Station to Santa Fe College Mon-Fri
150Haile Plantation to UF Health Shands Hospital Mon-Fri
711Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood MeadowsMon-Fri after 8:00 p.m., all day Sat-Sun

Campus Service

10 RTS routes operate on the University of Florida (UF) campus. These include "park and ride" and circulator routes. UF and Santa Fe College (SF) students have prepaid unlimited access to RTS services through a transportation fee attached to each credit hour for undergraduates. UF faculty, staff, spouses and retirees have unlimited prepaid access through the RTS Employee Bus Pass Program, as do SF faculty, staff and students.

No.DescriptionOperates
117Reitz Union to Park-N Ride 2 (SW 34th Street)Mon-Fri
118The Hub to Park-N Ride 1 (UF Cultural Plaza)Mon-Fri
119The Hub to Family Housing at the University of FloridaMon-Fri
120The Hub to University of Florida West Circulator (Fraternity Row)Mon-Fri
121The Hub to UF Commuter LotMon-Fri
122 University of Florida North/South CirculatorMon-Fri
125The Hub to LakesideMon-Fri
126Sorority Row to LakesideMon-Fri
127 University of Florida East Circulator (Sorority Row)Mon-Fri
128Reitz Union to Lake WaubergSaturdays during spring and the first half of summer

Later Gator

Later Gator is a late night service that provides safe, late night service for students between campus, downtown, the Oaks Mall and southwest Gainesville through five routes. [2] [3] This service has been cancelled with no clear future plans to return service to the routes.

Route LetterDescriptionOperates
ASorority Row to and from Downtown Station8:30 pm – 3:20 am Wednesday-Saturday
BSW Gainesville to and from Downtown Station8:50 pm – 3:13 am Thursday-Saturday
COaks Mall to and from Downtown Station8:30 pm – 3:14 am Thursday-Saturday
DCottage Grove Apts. to and from Downtown Station8:00 pm – 2:30 am Saturday Only
FButler Plaza to and from Downtown Station8:30 pm – 3:18 am Saturday Only

Gator Aider

Gator Aider is a shuttle service provided to transport fans to and from University of Florida Gators home football games. Service is available at five park-n-ride locations around the Greater Gainesville area including the Town of Tioga, the Oaks Mall, Haile Plantation, the UF Hilton Conference Center and the City of Gainesville Downtown Parking Garage.

Bus Tracking

In 2008, RTS equipped their fleet with a GPS capability called TransLoc. This enables riders to see if their bus is running on time. [4] TransLoc Rider, a mobile phone app that incorporates the TransLoc GPS capability, is also available for riders. [5]

Transloc allows you to track your buses in real time. Transloc Example.png
Transloc allows you to track your buses in real time.

Fleet

Since 1974, Gainesville has had a diverse fleet of buses bought from Transit Authorities in state and manufacturers such as GMC, Orion Bus Industries, Blue Bird, Nova Bus, Flexible, Gillig Corporation. All RTS buses are equipped with bicycle racks and wheelchair lifts. While many were purchased new, others were acquired second-hand from other operators in the state, including 30 that were acquired from Lynx and 11 from Palm Tran. RTS acquired five new Gillig hybrid electric buses (two in early 2012 and three more in 2013).

Active Fleet

Retired Fleet

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References

  1. "Gainesville-RTS Passenger Productivity by Month and Fiscal Year" (PDF). Gainesville Regional Transit System. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  2. http://go-rts.com/files/33692-late-night-kiosks.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. "RTS - Regional Transit System for the city of Gainesville, FL, the University of Florida and surrounding areas". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  4. http://ufl.transloc.com/
  5. Vassolo, Martin (August 24, 2016). "Gainesville's TransLoc transit app to soon include Uber". The Independent Florida Alligator . Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  6. "Gainesville Regional Transit System 501-515 - CPTDB Wiki". cptdb.ca. Retrieved 2021-11-01.