Transit

On October 1, 1961, the Georgia Power Company gave the City of Rome all of its buses, and any spare parts and equipment that they had on hand. They also paid the City of Rome $300,000 that the City agreed to use specifically for the transportation system. With this, the City of Rome established the Rome Transit Department (RTD) to take over bus operations.

Today, RTD provides public transportation within the city limits of Rome, Georgia with 2 different services. RTD operates a Mainline Fixed Route Service and an on demand, curb to curb Para Transit Service.

Our Services

•  Main Line Fixed Route - Operates 6 routes on an one-hour headway throughout the city. (Maps and guides can be found in the document section below.) 
• Para-Transit Service - This is a Curb to Curb service for the Disabled and Elderly and operates up to 3/4 of a mile outside of our Fixed Route Services with the same operating hours. This service is available to all ADA eligible riders but requires submission and approval of a Para-Transit application. Applications are available at the RTD Administrative Office, by mail, or by download in the document section below. To book a Para-Transit service please call the booking line at: 

Fares

Fares may be purchased at the Downtown Transit Station, the Transit Administrative Office, or from select operators using EXACT FARE only. 

**FREE FARE**  RTD will be offering a temporary fare reduction to provide free Fixed Route Transit service through December 29, 2023. Although fares will be free during this period, other operations will continue as normal. 

Those who have purchased Multi-ride Fare Cards purchased can hold those cards until the end of the period. These will be good to use as normal when fares are reinstated.

*Children under 5 must be accompanied by a paying adult

Transit Development Plan

In 2019, after a change in the scope of services provided, RTD partnered with a team of consultants to plan for the future. You can view the Transit Development Plan here for more information.

Hearing Impairment

For hearing impaired/TTY Customers Call: Georgia Relay Service 800-255-0056. For hearing Customers call: 800-255-0135.

Para clientes con problemas de audición / TTY, llame al Servicio de retransmisión de Georgia al 800-255-0056. Los clientes que no tienen problemas de audición, llame al: 800-255-0135.