Riverside Transit Agency

Riverside Transit Agency
Founded1975[1]
Headquarters1825 Third Street
Riverside, CA 92517-1968[2]
Service areaWestern Riverside County, California, United States[1]
Service typeBus service, paratransit
Routes48[3]
Fleet339[4]
Daily ridership19,300 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[5]
Annual ridership5,584,200 (2023)[6]
Fuel typeCompressed natural gas[7]
Websiteriversidetransit.com

The Riverside Transit Agency (RTA) is the main transit agency for western Riverside County, California, United States. RTA provides both local and regional services throughout the region with 32 fixed-routes ,3 CommuterLink routes, Micro Transit in the Hemet San Jacinto area, and Dial-A-Ride services using a fleet of 339 vehicles. In the cities of Corona, Beaumont and Banning, RTA coordinates regional services with municipal transit systems. In Riverside, RTA coordinates with the city's Riverside Special Services, which provides ADA complementary service to RTA's fixed-route services.[8]

RTA was established as a joint powers agency on August 15, 1975, and began operating bus service on March 16, 1977.

In 2023, the system had a ridership of 5,584,200, or about 19,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.

  1. ^ a b "Riverside Transit Agency, Riverside, CA". Archived from the original on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  2. ^ "Riverside Transit Agency, Riverside, CA". Archived from the original on 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  3. ^ "2019 Annual Report" (PDF).
  4. ^ "2019 Annual Report" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  6. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  7. ^ "Riverside Transit Agency, Riverside, CA". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
  8. ^ "2019 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved 30 December 2019.