Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority
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The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) 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, Buffalo, and the Capital District around Albany. The next year, RGRTA took over Rochester Transit from the City of Rochester (which several years earlier had purchased it from private interests) and later began expanding to outlying rural and suburban areas.
Currently, RGRTA operates seven bus oprerations in their service area
- Regional Transit Service (RTS): Direct descendant of Rochester Transit, serves Monroe County (Rochester and its immediate suburbs) as well as provides service to students at University of Rochester (Routes 70/72, 72, and 73/75) and Rochester Institute of Technology (Routes 24 and 26). Suburban and Park and Ride routes serve outlying towns in Monroe County and in adjacent counties (including Avon, Victor, Lyons, and Le Roy). During the Fall months, RTS also runs Route 118, a shuttle that operates to Ralph Wilson Stadium for Buffalo Bills football games; in the past, similar service has been run to football and some basketball games at Syracuse University.
- Batavia Bus Service (BBS): Serves Genesee County city bus service in Batavia, commuter service from Le Roy and Darien, and once weekly service to smaller communities.
- Livingston Area Transit Service (LATS): Serves Livingston County with several routes connecting with the county seat of Geneseo and to sites in/near Rochester as well as city bus service in Geneseo and special service for students at SUNY Geneseo.
- Wayne Area Transit Service (WATS): Serves Wayne County with several loop routes based around the county seat of Newark and the town of Sodus.
- Wyoming Transportation Service (WYTS): Serves Wyoming County, runs three loops connecting towns in the community to the county seat of Warsaw.
- Orleans Transit Service (OTS): Serves Orleans County with a focus on the larger villages of Albion and Medina with one line connecting to BBS in Batavia.
- Seneca Transit Service (STS): Serves Seneca County with a focus on Geneva, Seneca Falls, and Waterloo.
Two additional authorities are in the planning stages:
- An authority that would provide transit service to Yates County
- An authority serving Canandaigua and Ontario County, New York, either as an extension of STS or as an authority of its own. Currently, Ontario County operates dial-a-ride CATS, a dial-a-ride system totally separate from RGRTA.
Other subdivisions include:
- LiftLine, Inc. (provider of paratransit services to the area served within 3/4 mile of any fixed RTS route)
- Renaissance Square, Corp. (a downtown development project for a transfer point for RGRTA buses, an intercity bus terminal, a campus for Monroe Community College, and a performing arts center)
- RGRTA Maritime Development Corporation
