rochester genesee regional transportation authority slogan enjoy the ride founded 1969 headquarters 1372 east main street rochester ny 14609 locale monroe and surrounding counties service area monroe genesee livingston ontario orleans seneca wayne and wyoming counties ; new york service type public transit destinations rochester and surrounding area hubs rts transit center fleet bus van daily ridership 61 000 daily first quarter 2015 1 fuel type diesel diesel electric operator rts b line rts livingston rts wayne rts genesee rts ontatio rts wyoming rts orleans rts seneca rts access chief executive bill carpenter website official website 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 . currently rgrta oversees the daily operation of eleven subsidiaries under the parent company of the rgrta including the regional transit service rts rts genesee rtsg rts ontario rtso rts livingston rtsl rts wayne rtsw rts wyoming rtsw rts orleans rtsor rts seneca rtss and rts access . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 rochester railway company 1.2 rochester transit corporation 1.3 from private to public 2 regional transit service 2.1 bus routes 3 other subsidiaries 4 facilities 5 external links 6 see also 7 references and citations history edit rochester railway company edit main article rochester railway company public transportation in the greater rochester area can trace its roots back to the streetcar and interurban lines operated by the rochester railway company and later new york state railways . in 1929 new york state railways entered receivership and local interests formed a plan to reorganize the former rochester railway . after several years of negotiation the public service commission approved a reorganization plan in 1937 put together by attorney howard woods and his committee of stockholders . 3 rochester transit corporation edit main article rochester transit corporation on august 2 1938 rochester transit corporation assumed operation of the bus and streetcar operations serving the city . 4 the last streetcar line was converted to bus operation in 1941 though contract operation of the city owned rochester subway continued until 1956 rtc ended freight operations in the subway by 1957 transferring the responsibility to the connecting railroads . 5 the company was returned to local control in 1943 when the remaining shares owned by associated gas & electric were bought out . from private to public edit a 1980s era rts bus with postwar prosperity came increased use of automobiles and the spread of population out to the suburbs . rochester transit corporation was plagued by labor unrest and strikes in 1952 and 1965 ground the system to a halt . 6 a dispute over job listings and seniority caused a brief two day strike in may 1967 . with the transit workers contract coming to an end that fall stalled negotiations led to another strike in november 1967 . the work stoppage continued through the holiday season and with no end in sight the city of rochester drew up a plan to condemn and purchase the transit company operations . over the objections of rtc the strike came to an end on january 25 1968 and the city contracted with national city management company to operate the bus lines as rochester transit service . 7 rochester genesee regional transportation authority rgrta was formed in 1968 by a state act of government which also formed three similar agencies in syracuse buffalo the capital district around albany and new york city . the rgrta took over the former rtc bus operation from the city of rochester and later began expanding bus service to outlying suburban and rural areas . the lines that made up the former rtc service became part of the regional transit service rts in rochester and monroe county . 8 regional transit service edit logo of regional transit service the largest subsidiary of the rgrta regional transit service rts serves monroe county rochester and its immediate suburbs as well as providing service to students at university of rochester and rochester institute of technology . suburban and park and ride routes serve the outlying towns in monroe county and surrounding counties of genesee livingston ontario orleans seneca wayne and wyoming including service into avon victor lyons and le roy . bus routes edit regional transit service operates 45 individual routes most of which operate on a hub and spoke system from downtown rochester . all routes originate at the rts transit center pictured below at 60 st. paul street along mortimer street . prior to november 28 2014 and the opening of the transit center routes originated from the corner of main and clinton or from broad street . the main and clinton stops had been in place since 1863 . with the move came a change in routes stops and times including the elimination of through routing in which a bus would operate between two or more different routes during scheduled runs . routes are color coded with those in green serving the east side of the county and those in blue serving the west side . the current routes operated by regional transit service include route 1 lake ave route 3 lyell ave route 4 genesee route 6 jefferson ave route 8 chili route 9 jay maple route 10 dewey ave route 13 edison route 14 ridge road route 15 latta route 16 crosstown route 19 plymouth route 23 jefferson rd route 24 marketplace mall rit route 25 thurston mcc route 28 genesee park strong route 31 park ave route 33 goodman route 34 hudson ave route 35 st. paul blvd route 36 clifford ave route 37 clinton route 38 east main route 39 bay webster route 40 portland route 41 joseph ave route 42 parsells ave route 45 south ave route 47 monroe route 48 university route 50 mcc route 51 s. clinton route 53 s. goodman route 57 east ave route 81 fairport route 82 penfield route 83 calkins rd route 84 perinton bushnell s basin eastview mall route 101 avon rush park & ride route 102 newark lyons route 103 webster route 104 brockport route 106 hilton route 124 marketplace limited route 134 hudson limited route 145 south limited route 150 dewey limited route 163 lyell limited other subsidiaries edit rts genesee formerly batavia bus service serves genesee county with local bus service in the city of batavia commuter service to and from le roy and once weekly dial a ride service to many of the smaller outlying communities of wyoming county . also of note the rts genesee is the oldest of the smaller subsidiaries of the rgrta network . 9 rts livingson formerly livingston area transit service serves livingston county with several routes connecting with the county seat of geneseo and to sites in near rochester . it also operates a local bus service in geneseo and special service for students at suny geneseo . one line connects to rts wayne buses in perry . 10 rts wayne formerly wayne area transit service serves wayne county with several loop routes based around the county seat of newark and the town of sodus . then wats joined the rgrta as a subsidiary in 1980 . 11 a shuttle service also connects with regional transit service rts buses during commuting hours in lyons . rts wyoming formerly wyoming transit service serves wyoming county running three loops connecting towns in the community to the county seat of warsaw . a local loop bus service is also offered to passengers weekdays in the village of warsaw . rts ontario formerly county area transit service serves ontario county with a focus on canandaigua and geneva . rts orleans formerly orleans transit service serves orleans county with a focus on the larger villages of albion and medina with one line connecting to the rts genesee subsidiary in batavia and special service for students at suny brockport . rts seneca formerly seneca transit service serves seneca county with a focus on geneva seneca falls and waterloo . additional service also operates on a less frequent schedule as far south as interlaken and lodi . rts access formerly lift line provider of paratransit services to the area served within 3 4 mile of any fixed rts route rgrta maritime development corporation genesee transportation service council staff inc. on august 19 2014 rgrta announced a re branding of all their bus lines in the surrounding counties under their control to feature rts insert region here rather than independent names . the changes were officially implemented immediately with equipment and uniforms changing as they are phased in . 12 facilities edit in 2014 the authority opened a 50 million 87 000 square feet 8 082.56 m2 rts transit center in downtown rochester replacing the former bus station that was part of midtown plaza rochester . 13 14 the center has 30 bays capable of handling up to 100 buses per hour . 15 clinton avenue entrance interior viewed from the clinton avenue entrance interior looking toward the clinton avenue entrance ticket and information counter interior looking toward the st. paul street entrance interior viewed from the st. paul street entrance st. paul street entrance external links edit official site early rgrta footage see also edit niagara frontier transportation authority buffalo new york central new york regional transportation authority syracuse new york capital district transportation authority albany new york metropolitan transportation authority new york metropolitan area references and citations edit transit ridership report first quarter 2015 pdf . american public transportation association . may 27 2015 . p. 24 . retrieved august 24 2015 . public authorities administrative file rgrta pdf . state of new york office of state comptroller . p. 3 . retrieved 14 may 2011 . smith henry bradford ; mckelvey blake july 1968 . rochester s turbulent transit history . rochester history . 30 3 18 . king shelden s. 1975 . the new york state railways . elmira new york whitehall mail service . p. 28 . amberger ronald 1985 . canalboats interurbans and trolleys the history of the rochester subway . rochester new york rochester chapter nrhs . p. 93 . isbn 0 9605296 1 6 . smith henry bradford ; mckelvey blake july 1968 . rochester s turbulent transit history . rochester history . 30 3 21 22 . smith henry bradford ; mckelvey blake july 1968 . rochester s turbulent transit history . rochester history . 30 3 23 24 . http www.rgrta.com aboutus.aspx rgrta regional operations bbs services . rgrta . retrieved 7 may 2011 . rgrta regional operations lats . rochester genesee regional transportation authority . retrieved 7 may 2011 . rgrta regional operations wats service . rochester genesee regional transportation authority . retrieved 8 may 2011 . http www.myrts.com newsroom news article 14 new look for public transit riders get a chance to check out the new rts transit center . wxxi am . rochester new york . 2014 11 28 . retrieved 2014 11 30 . praise complaints as rts transit center opens . democrat and chronicle . rochester new york . 2014 11 28 . retrieved 2014 11 30 . rts transit center features . http www.myrts.com . rochester genesee regional transportation authority . retrieved 2014 11 30 . external link in website help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rochester genesee regional transportation authority & oldid 743010740 categories bus transportation in new yorktransportation in rochester new yorkpublic benefit corporations in new yorkpublic utilities of the united statesparatransit services in the united stateshidden categories cs1 errors external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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