Rochester-Genesee Regional Transit Service

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The Regional Transit Service (also known as RTS) is a public transit subdivision of the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority located in Rochester, New York. From 1946 to 1970, the Regional Transit Service was formerly known as the Rochester Transit Corporation, and then since the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority was formed in 1967, 3 years later, the Rochester Transit Corporation was history. It is common that Rochester may compete with other transit agencies around them that also run certain subdivisions in New York such as the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) in Albany, the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (CNYRTA) in Syracuse, and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) in Buffalo. Throughout the years, RTS has purchased buses that were originally manufactured from GMC, Flxible, Orion, Nova Bus, New Flyer, NABI, and Gillig.

1 Bus routes
2 Bus Fleet
- 2.1 Current
- 2.2 Past
3 External links

[edit] Bus routes

[edit] Main & Clinton Westbound

Route number	Street(s) / Area(s) served
1	Lake Ave
2	Thurston Rd
3	Lyell Ave
4	Genesee St
6	Jefferson Ave
8	Chili Ave
9	Jay St / Maple St
10	Dewey Ave
14	West Ridge Rd
15	Dewey Ave / Latta Rd
16	Crosstown
18-19	Plymouth Ave

[edit] Main & Clinton Eastbound

Route number	Street(s) / Area(s) served
1	Park Ave
2	Parsells Ave
3	N Goodman St
4	Hudson Ave
6	Clifford Ave
8	East Main St
9	Bay St / Webster Ave
10	Portland Ave
18-19	University Ave

[edit] Main & Clinton Northbound

Route number	Street(s) / Area(s) served
5	St Paul Blvd
7	N Clinton Ave
11	Joseph Ave

[edit] Main & St Paul

Route number	Street(s) / Area(s) served
5	South Ave
7	Monroe Ave
11	S Clinton Ave
24	Marketplace Mall
50	MCC / Mt Hope Ave

[edit] Midtown Plaza

Route number	Street(s) / Area(s) served
14	West Ridge Rd
17	East Ave to Pittsford
20	Brockport
21	East Rochester / Fairport
22	Penfield
30	Webster N.Y.
91	Avon / Suburban Plaza
92	Perinton / Eastview Mall
96	Hilton / Hamlin / Clarkson

[edit] No Downtown

Route number	Street(s) / Area(s) served
12	19th Ward / MCC
27	Unity

[edit] Bus Fleet

This is the complete table of buses RTS has operated for over the past 40 years.

[edit] Current

As of right now, Nova Bus Classics, New Flyer D40LFs and D60LFs, NABI 40-LFWs, and Gillig Advantages are covering the streets of mass transit in Rochester. Most of these buses are equipped with a Detroit Diesel Series 50 or a Cummins ISL engine.

Numbers	Manufacturer	Model	Type	Year	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Fuel/Power	Overall Notes
751-772	Gillig	Advantage	Transit	2007	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 1101-1109, 1111, 1112, 1116, 1117, 1119-1123, and 1125-1129 from 1101-1129, and 1155 from 1151-1155. Replacement order of 901-919. New Generation of the Gillig Advantage. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. Surveillance cameras are installed inside the interior. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
721-739	Gillig	Advantage	Transit	2006	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 1001, 1003, 1009-1013 from 1001-1014, and 1110, 1113-1115, 1118, and 1124 from 1101-1129. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. Surveillance cameras are installed inside the interior. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
801-822	Gillig	Advantage	Suburban	2004	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of the units that were active from 201-211, and were replacements of 501-518, and 520-522 from 501-522. There is no rear door configuration. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. Surveillance cameras are installed inside the interior. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
701-708	Gillig	Advantage	Transit	2004	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 1002, 1004, 1006-1008, and 1014 from 1001-1014. There is a destination sign that displays only the route number. Surveillance cameras are installed inside the interior. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
231-236	North American Bus Industries (NABI)	40-LFW	Suburban	2002	40	102	Diesel	Retired half of 201-211. There is no rear door configuration. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
121-134	North American Bus Industries (NABI)	40-LFW	Transit	2002	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of what was left of 801-859, and 901-935. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
221-225	Motor Coach Industries (MCI)	D4000	Suburban	2002	40	102	Diesel	There is no rear door configuration. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number.
101-115	North American Bus Industries (NABI)	40-LFW	Transit	2000	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 101-117, 751, 758, 768, and 772. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
321-330	New Flyer Industries	D60LF	Transit	1999	60	102	Diesel	Replacements of 301-317. These buses are articulated. First set of low floor artics. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
1251-1283	New Flyer Industries	D40LF	Transit	1999	40	102	Diesel	Replaced a small quantity of 801-859, and 901-935. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. These buses are wheelchair accessible.
1201-1215	New Flyer Industries	D40LF	Transit	1998	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 15 units from 801-859, and 7 units from 901-935. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. These buses are wheelchair accessible. First set of low floor transit buses. First to be coated in the new livery.
351-360	Neoplan USA	AN460A	Transit	1997	60	102	Diesel	These buses are articulated. These buses are wheelchair accessible. Originally from Houston METRO. Leased to RGRTA in October 2006.
651-685	Nova Bus	"Classic" TC40-102A	Transit	1996	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 713, 720, 727, 728 from 701-735, 4 units from 801-859, and 8 units from 901-935. These buses are wheelchair accessible. Most of the seating pads were replaced with new ones. Most of these buses had severe wheelchair lift malfunctions around 2007.
601-624	Nova Bus	"Classic" TC40-102A	Transit	1995	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 701-712, 714-719, 721-726, and 729-735 from 701-735. These buses are wheelchair accessible. Most of the seating pads were replaced with new ones. Most of these buses had severe wheelchair lift malfunctions around 2007. These buses are prior to retire in 2009.
401-410	Nova Bus	"Classic" TC40-102A	Suburban	1995	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 551-555 as they were leased to CNYRTA in Syracuse. These buses are wheelchair accessible. These buses are prior to retire in 2009.
1151-1155	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Transit	1993	40	102	Diesel	First set of Detroit Diesel Series 50 buses. These buses are wheelchair accessible. 1155 was gone in June 2007 with 1101-1109, 1111, 1112, 1116, 1117, 1119-1123, and 1125-1129 from 1101-1129. 1151-1154 are prior to retire at the end of June 2008.

[edit] Past

As of June 2007, any bus that was equipped with a Detroit Diesel 6V92TA engine were gone from service. Earlier in the past, RTS were purchasing and opertating buses mostly from discontinued vehicle manufacturers such as General Motors and Flxible. They were also purchasing Gillig Phantom Suburbans and Orion Vs which are no longer present in Rochester, but are still present throughout the United States.

Numbers	Manufacturer	Model	Type	Year	Length (ft)	Width (in)	Power/Fuel	Notes
901-919	Gillig	Advantage	Transit	2007	40	102	Diesel-Electric	Replacements of 1101-1109, 1111, 1112, 1116, 1117, 1119-1123, 1125-1129, and 1155. However, these buses were sent to Minnesota due to a court ruling against the RGRTA. So, 751-772 subsituted these buses. First set of clean air buses ever since 551-555 left. There is a rear destination sign that displays only the route number. Surveillance cameras are installed inside the interior. New Generation of the Gillig Advantage. Has been confirmed that they will replace 1151-1154 with the ads "Our clean Hybrid Electric Buses are on their way!".
1401-1421	ElDorado National	Transmark RE	Suburban	1999	29	96	Diesel	These buses do not have a rear door configuration. 12 units were sent down south with supplies to cure Hurricane Katrina victims. One bus was known as a "Bus Dodger". Referring to a psychotic stunt. 1411 and 1415 were possibly gone in 2006.
1101-1129	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Transit	1993	40	102	Diesel	Replaements of 601-619. These buses are wheelchair accessible. 1110, 1113-1115, 1118, and 1124 were gone in 2006. Deadline was the end of June 2007.
551-555	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Suburban	1992	40	102	Compressed Natural Gas	These buses do not have a rear door configuration. These buses were leased to CNYRTA in 1995.
501-522	Gillig	Phantom	Suburban	1991	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 401-410, and 411-437. These buses do not have a rear door configuration. These buses are wheelchair accessible. Deadline was in 2004. 519 lasted until 2006.
1001-1014	Bus Industries of America	Orion "V" 05.501	Transit	1990	40	102	Diesel	Replacements of 501-506, and 507-577. These buses are wheelchair accessible. First ones with wheelchair lifts. 1005 was possibly gone around 2000 or 2001. 1004, and 1006-1008 were gone in 2004. In 2004, 1002 and 1014 were leased to Ajax-Pickering Transit in Canada. Deadline was in 2006.
201-211	Gillig	Phantom	Suburban	1988	40	102	Diesel	These buses do not have a rear door configuration. 50 percent of these buses were gone in 2002. Deadline was in 2004.
751, 758, 768, 772	Bus Industries of America	Orion "I" 01.508	Transit	1986	40	96	Diesel	These buses were originally from NFTA-METRO. They were leased to RGRTA in the early 1990s. Deadline was in 2000.
101-117	Flxible	Metro "B" 40102-6T	Transit	1986	40	102	Diesel	Deadline was in 2000.
301-317	MAN	SG-310	Transit	1984	60	102	Diesel	These buses are articulated. These buses were the first set of artics in the RGRTA. Deadline was in 1999.
901-935	GMC	"RTS-04" T8J-204	Transit	1983	40	102	Diesel	8 units were gone by February, 1996. 7 units were gone by October, 1997. Deadline was in 2002.
801-859	GMC	"RTS-04" T8J-204	Transit	1982	40	102	Diesel	These were the first to use a Detroit Diesel 6V92TA engine. These were the first buses with a Luminator destination sign. 4 units were gone by February, 1996. 15 more units were gone by October, 1997. Deadline was in 2002.

[edit] External links

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