Gainesville Regional Transit System


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, 10 campus routes, and five "Later Gator" routes. Paratransit service is also provided to anyone with a Gainesville address.

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 MallMon-Sun
6Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to North Walmart SupercenterMon-Sat
7Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood MeadowsMon-Fri
8Shands to North Walmart SupercenterMon-Sun
9Reitz Union to Hunters RunMon-Sun
10Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Santa Fe CollegeMon-Sat
11Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood MeadowsMon-Sun
12Reitz 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
19Reitz Union to SW 23rd TerraceMon-Fri
20Reitz Union to Oaks MallMon-Sun
21Reitz Union to Cabana Beach AptsMon-Fri
23Oaks Mall to Santa Fe CollegeMon-Fri
24Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Job CorpsMon-Fri
25UF Commuter Lot to Gainesville Regional AirportMon-Sun
26Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Gainesville Regional AirportMon-Fri
27Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to NE Walmart SupercenterMon-Fri
28The Hub to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Fri
29Beaty Towers at the University of Florida to Kiwanis ParkMon-Fri
33Butler Plaza RTS Transfer Station to MidtownMon-Sun
34The Hub to Lexington Crossing AptsMon-Fri
35Reitz Union to SW 35th PlaceMon-Sun
36The Hub to SW 34th St. Post Office Mon-Fri
37Reitz Union to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer Station Mon-Sun
38The Hub to Enclave AptsMon-Fri
39Santa Fe College to Gainesville Regional AirportMon-Fri
40The Hub to Hunters CrossingMon-Fri
43Shands to Santa Fe CollegeMon-Fri
46Reitz Union to Rosa Parks RTS Downtown StationMon-Fri
75Oaks Mall to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Sun
76Santa Fe College to Haile Market SquareMon-Fri
77Santa Fe College to Cabana Beach AptsMon-Fri
711Rosa Parks RTS Downtown Station to Eastwood MeadowsMon-Fri after 8:00 p.m., all day Sat-Sun
800xSanta Fe College to Butler Plaza RTS Transfer StationMon-Fri

Campus Service

10 RTS routes operate on the University of Florida campus. These include "park and ride" and circulator routes. UF and Santa Fe College 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 Mon-Fri
118The Hub to Park-N Ride 1 Mon-Fri
119The Hub to Family Housing at the University of FloridaMon-Fri
120The Hub to University of Florida West Circulator Mon-Fri
121The Hub to UF Commuter LotMon-Fri
122University of Florida North/South CirculatorMon-Fri
125The Hub to LakesideMon-Fri
126Sorority Row to LakesideMon-Fri
127University of Florida East Circulator 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.
Route LetterDescriptionOperates
ASorority Row to and from Downtown Station8:30pm – 3:20am Wednesday-Saturday
BSW Gainesville to and from Downtown Station8:50pm – 3:13am Thursday-Saturday
COaks Mall to and from Downtown Station8:30pm – 3:14am Thursday-Saturday
DCottage Grove Apts. to and from Downtown Station8:00pm – 2:30am Saturday Only
FButler Plaza to and from Downtown Station8:30pm – 3:18am 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. TransLoc Rider, a mobile phone app that incorporates the TransLoc GPS capability, is also available for riders.

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.

Active Fleet