Paying Your Way: Fares and Passes
Route Fares (one-way)
Adults $1.00
Seniors 60+ $0.50
Persons with Disabilities $0.50
Children (under 5) FREE When accompanied by a fare-paying adult.
Veterans FREE With a Veterans Outreach Center-issued bus pass. To learn more, contact the Seneca County Veteran Service Agency at 315-539-1798, or Veterans Outreach Center (Rochester) at 585-546-1081.
If you are a person with a disability or you are over the age of 60, you get a discount off the Standard Service. Reduced fare does NOT apply to Route Deviation.
Value Passes
Value Pass for 11 rides — $10
Value Pass for 23 rides — $20
You can use a Value pass to pay the Standard fare in RTS Genesee, RTS Livingston, RTS Ontario, RTS Orleans, RTS Seneca, RTS Wayne, and RTS Wyoming. These passes save you money if you ride the established routes frequently at the Standard fare.
Buy passes on the bus or from our office on 1 DiPronio Drive Waterloo, NY 13165. You must pay cash.
Route Deviation Service (one-way)
Route Deviation Service — $2.00
No fare is charged for a child under age 5 traveling with a fare-paying adult. Limit one child.
Route Deviation is a premium service that will cost twice the Standard fare. If your trip is curb-to-curb and deviates to locations within ¾ mile of an established RTS Seneca route, it is considered Route Deviation. After the deviation, the bus returns to the point where it left the route to continue regular route service. Arrange your Route Deviation trip at least one day in advance. You can also schedule Route Deviation trips up to one week in advance. You can schedule a pickup time on a first come, first served basis. Call 315-539-1844 during our regular business hours at least one day before your desired trip. Place Monday reservations by 3:00 PM on Friday.
Dial-A-Ride Service (one-way)
Dial-A-Ride — $3.00
No fare is charged for a child under age 5 traveling with a fare-paying adult. Limit one child.
Dial-A-Ride is a premium service. You can schedule a pickup time on a first come, first served basis, for a curb-to-curb trip that travels outside ¾ mile of an established RTS Seneca route. Dial-A-Ride trips are available Monday through Friday from 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. You must schedule a Dial-A-Ride at least one business day in advance of your desired date of travel; you can schedule up to one week in advance. Call 315-539-1844 between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM to schedule your trip.
How to Pay the Fare
- Pay with cash. All of our buses take cash fares. To avoid delays, please have the exact amount ready when you board. If you want a Value Pass, tell the Bus Operator before you pay.
- Pay with a Value pass. Give the pass to the Bus Operator. The Bus Operator will hole-punch the pass and return it.
Bus Pass Rules
- Customer must be in possession of any bus pass while aboard the bus.
- Customers are prohibited from passing back their Value pass to another customer when boarding the bus.
- Bus passes are non-transferable. All bus pass purchases are final. We do not refund misplaced or damaged passes.
- To avoid being victim of fraudulent or forged passes, customers should purchase Value passes only from their Bus Operators or an RTS office.
- Operators will not honor passes that are damaged, mutilated, or expired.
- Supervisors have the authority to confiscate invalid passes and/or remove any person not following these rules.