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 127 daily ridership 48 600 2011 1 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 39 city routes 16 on saturdays 12 on sundays 11 campus routes and five later gator routes . paratransit ada service is also provided to anyone with a gainesville address . contents 1 city and campus routes 2 campus service 2.1 later gator 2.2 gator aider 3 bus tracking 4 fleet 5 references 6 external links city and campus routes edit no . description operates 1 rosa parks rts downtown station to butler plaza mon sun 2 rosa parks rts downtown station to ne walmart supercenter mon sat 3 rosa parks rts downtown station to n main st. post office mon fri 5 rosa parks rts downtown station to oaks mall mon sun 6 rosa parks rts downtown station to north walmart supercenter mon sat 7 rosa parks rts downtown station to eastwood meadows mon fri 8 shands to north walmart supercenter mon sun 9 reitz union to hunters run mon sun 10 rosa parks rts downtown station to santa fe college mon sat 11 rosa parks rts downtown station to eastwood meadows mon sun 12 reitz union to butler plaza mon sun 13 beaty towers at the university of florida to careersource mon sun 15 rosa parks rts downtown station to nw 13th st. nw 23rd ave. 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 19 reitz union to sw 23rd terrace mon fri 20 reitz union to oaks mall mon sun 22 the hub to old archer rd. at sw 34th st. mon fri 23 oaks mall to santa fe college mon fri 24 rosa parks rts downtown station to job corps mon fri 25a uf commuter lot to gainesville regional airport mon fri 25b uf cultural plaza to gainesville regional airport sat sun 26 rosa parks rts downtown station to gainesville regional airport mon fri 27 rosa parks rts downtown station to ne walmart supercenter mon fri 28 the hub to forest park mon fri 29 beaty towers at the university of florida to kiwanis park mon fri 34 the hub to lexington crossing apts mon fri 35 reitz union to sw 35th place mon sun 36 the hub to sw 34th st. post office williston plaza mon fri 37 reitz union to butler plaza via sw 35th place mon fri 38 the hub to gainesville place apts mon fri 39 santa fe college to gainesville regional airport mon fri 40 the hub to hunters crossing mon fri 43 shands to santa fe college mon fri 46 reitz union to rosa parks rts downtown station 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 77 santa fe college to cabana beach apts mon fri 117 park n ride 2 sw 34th street mon fri 118 park n ride 1 uf cultural plaza mon fri 119 family housing at the university of florida mon fri 120 university of florida west circulator fraternity row mon fri 121 uf commuter lot mon fri 122 university of florida north south circulator mon fri 125 lakeside residential complex at the university of florida mon fri 126 university of florida east west circulator mon sun 127 university of florida east circulator sorority row mon fri 128 reitz union to lake wauburg saturdays 129 lakeside residential complex at the university of florida sorority row mon fri 711 rosa parks rts downtown station to eastwood meadows mon fri after 8 00 p.m. all day sat sun campus service edit 11 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 edit 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 gator aider edit 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 . 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 the last bus departing ten 10 minutes before kickoff . return buses start at the fourth quarter and run throughout the first hour after the game ends . bus tracking edit buses are now equipped with gps so riders can see if their bus is running on time . 4 fleet edit 2012 gillig hybrid at mccarty hall on uf campus rts currently operates a fleet of 127 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 five new gillig hybrid electric buses two in early 2012 and three more in 2013 . buses in the current fleet include 5 gillig phantom gillig low floor gillig hybrid electric nova rts references edit http www.apta.com resources statistics documents ridership 2011 q4 ridership apta.pdf http go rts.com files 33692 late night kiosks.pdf http go rts.com index.php http ufl.transloc.com rts final transit development plan fy2007 fy2011 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