Gainesville Regional Transit System

Gainesville RTS

2011 Gillig with Gator scale wrap
Slogan	Wherever your path leads...RTS will take you there.
Parent	City of Gainesville
Founded	1974
Locale	Gainesville, Florida
Service area	Alachua County, Florida
Service type	Bus service
Fleet	116
Daily ridership	48,600 (2011)
Fuel type	B20 (biodiesel)
Chief executive	Jesus 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 33 city routes (16 on Saturdays, 12 on Sundays), nine campus routes, and five "Later Gator" routes. Paratransit (ADA) service is also provided to anyone with a Gainesville address.

City routes

No.	Description	Operates
1	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Butler Plaza	Mon-Sun
2	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Walmart Supercenter	Mon-Fri
5	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Oaks Mall	Mon-Sun
6	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Plaza Verde	Mon-Sat
7	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood Meadows	Mon-Fri
8	Shands to Senior Rec Center	Mon-Sun
9	McCarty to Hunters Run	Mon-Fri
10	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Santa Fe College	Mon-Sat
11	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood Meadows	Mon-Sun
12	McCarty to Butler Plaza	Mon-Fri
13	Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Florida Works	Mon-Sun
15	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to 13th St Walmart	Mon-Sun
16	Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Sugar Hill	Mon-Sun
17	Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station	Mon-Fri
20	Reitz Union to Oaks Mall	Mon-Sun
21	Reitz Union to Cabana Beach	Mon-Fri
22	Reitz Union to SW 43rd St at 24th Ave	Mon-Fri
23	Oaks Mall to Santa Fe College	Mon-Fri
24	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Job Corps	Mon-Fri
25	UF Commuter Lot to Gainesville Regional Airport	Mon-Sat
27	Eastside Gainesville Circulator	Mon-Sun
28	The Hub to The Estates Apartment Complex	Mon-Fri
29	Beaty Towers to Eagle Trace	Mon-Fri
34	The Hub to Lexington Crossing	Mon-Fri
35	Reitz Union to SW 35th Place	Mon-Sun
36	The Hub to Williston Plaza	Mon-Fri
38	The Hub to Gainesville Place Apts	Mon-Fri
39	Santa Fe College to Gainesville Regional Airport	Mon-Fri
43	Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Santa Fe College	Mon-Fri
46	University of Florida to Downtown Gainesville Circulator	Mon-Fri
62	Oaks Mall to Lexington Crossing Apts	Mon-Fri
75	Oaks Mall to Butler Plaza	Mon-Sat
76	Santa Fe College to Haile Market Square	Mon-Fri
126	University of Florida east/west circulator	Mon-Sun

Campus Service

Nine 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.

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.

Gator Aider

Gator Aider is a shuttle service provided to transport fans to and from 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. Cost is $50 for a season pass and $10 for a single game round-trip ticket. Service begins three (3) hours prior to kickoff with return service beginning at the start of the fourth quarter.

Fleet

2012 Gillig Hybrid at McCarty Hall on UF Campus

RTS currently operates a fleet of 116 buses, some of which date back to the late-1990s. 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 10 that were acquired from Lynx and 11 from Palm Tran. RTS acquired two new Gillig hybrid electric buses in early 2012. Buses in the current fleet include:

• Gillig Phantom
• Gillig Low Floor
• Gillig Hybrid Electric
• Nova RTS

External links

• Gainesville RTS website
• RTS online GPS tracking (provided by TransLoc)