New RTS transit app launched Oct. 1

A new transit app, GNVRideRTS, was released on Oct. 1 to replace the TransLoc bus tracker app for campus and city bus service. Learn more: https://businessaffairs.ufl.edu/news/regional-transit-system-rts-collaborates-with-uf-to-launch-a-new-transit-app-for-real-time-bus-tracking/.

RTS free-fare transit program

Beginning Oct. 1, individuals 18 years of age and younger, as well as those 65 and older, are eligible to ride RTS buses for free. The Gainesville City Commission and Alachua County Commission jointly funded a one-year RTS pilot program that provides age-based free fare transit services through Sept. 30, 2022.