All Rochester City School District students are expected to have a ride to school by the end of the month, according to Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small.
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ESL grant funds HOPR bike and scooter stations
The bike sharing service added eight service stations in city neighborhoods to provide greater access to transportation for those without cars.
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RTS introduces electric buses to its fleet
The transit agency has 10 electric buses now, but plans to electrify its entire fleet by 2035.
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No cash? No problem soon for RTS bus riders
RTS will bring its buses into the cashless era.
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Do you need to get out more?
It was Eddie Hock’s first year at the University of Rochester, Hanukkah was approaching, and he needed to buy gifts. He wound up at NeedleDrop Records in the South Wedge, on the edge of downtown Rochester. “I went in and I hung out with the owner of this record store,” he says. “I had a […]
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RTS wants input on possible new routes
For much of RTS’s ongoing project to modernize and redesign its public transit system, the agency has been clear that its goal is to have a bus system that offered frequent service; faster, more direct trips; and wait times under 30 minutes. Today, the agency released a draft proposal of new routes drawn to achieve […]
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Week ahead: Irondequoit bus route, nature, Little Italy discussions
Regional Transit Service will hold listening sessions on its bus Route 37 from noon to 1 p.m., and again from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., on Tuesday, October 4, at the RTS Transit Center, 60 St. Paul Street. The route starts at the Transit Center and travels up North Clinton to Irondequoit, where it eventually […]
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Maggie Brooks hired at RTS
The speculation is over: outgoing County Executive Maggie Brooks has landed a gig as an RTS executive. Brooks has been tapped to be the transit agency’s vice president of strategic initiatives, a move that’ll probably come as a surprise to few. RTS officials recently created the position to better connect and work with regional groups, […]
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RTS looking into ‘vanpooling’
Regional Transit Service is looking into the concept of vanpooling, and the agency is asking local commuters to take a survey to help inform its efforts. The survey is available here. Under a vanpooling program, RTS or an outside company would provide a vehicle — probably a van, as the name implies — to a […]
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Week ahead: sessions on Irondequoit’s ‘neglected properties,’ westside city bus route changes, and juvenile justice
At 7:35 p.m. Thursday, the Irondequoit Town Board will hold an informal public hearing on neglected and troubled properties. The hearing will be held at the Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Avenue. The board will be working on legislation regarding such properties, Supervisor Adam Bello says in a post on the town’s website. Officials want to […]
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Fewer city students will catch transfer buses downtown
New bus passes will greatly restrict the thousands of city school students who have been using the RTS system to travel freely throughout the city, said school and city officials today. Most students will only be allowed to travel to and from school. Beginning this Friday, more city students will be required to use the […]
