The coronavirus pandemic caused the bus service to pump the brakes on its Reimagine RTS plans.
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Board accepts transit redesign plan
For almost two years, the regional transit agency has been going through a process, dubbed Reimagine RTS, to redesign its public transit system. But the process has now become a plan, which was approved Thursday afternoon by the RGRTA board. Now it’ll be up to agency officials and staff to put the plan into place. […]
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RTS is thinking about creating ‘mobility zones’
As early as summer 2020, RTS could be providing public transit in some key suburban areas through smaller buses and more flexible routes. RTS has been working its way through Reimagine RTS, an effort to improve and modernize the Monroe County’s public transit system. The agency and a consultant already developed a plan to revamp […]
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RTS holding suburban ‘mobility zone’ sessions
Representatives from RTS and its consulting firm will hold a series of information sessions over the next two weeks on the transit agency’s proposed Community Mobility Zones. The proposed zones, which are part of the agency’s Reimagine RTS initiative, are suburban areas currently served by large buses on fixed routes. The agency and its consultants […]
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Reimagine RTS proceeds; routes proposal tweaked
RTS now has a final report and recommendations from its consultant regarding the Monroe County public bus system’s fixed routes. For the most part, the routes are the same as they were in the consultant’s draft report from May, though there are a few important changes that officials say resulted from public input. Officials from […]
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City begins work on transportation and mobility plan
Rochester officials are in the early stages of a plan that will shape how people get around the city for years to come.
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Reimagine RTS moves into next phase
The first phase of Reimagine RTS, an effort to plan for the future of the region’s bus system, is complete. And RTS officials expect to release a draft plan in May that’ll lay out potential route designs and make recommendations about things such as bus frequency. During the first phase, RTS and its consultants gathered input […]
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Groups team up for RTS meeting
Several advocacy groups will hold a Reimagine RTS “Meeting in a Box” from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Worker’s United Building, 750 East Avenue. Reimagine RTS is a deep study of Greater Rochester’s bus system, initiated by RTS’ operater, the Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority. When the project is complete, RGRTA will have […]
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Rochester’s changed. Now it’s transit’s turn
Greater Rochester’s public bus system is from another era, quite literally. It was originally designed when the city’s downtown was a hub of offices, jobs, shopping, and services, and the buses were meant to move people between that core and its surrounding neighborhoods. That means it was designed before Marketplace, Greece Ridge, or Eastview Malls; […]
