New U of R Medicine/ College Town Area Bus Stations
Jackson Loop Service to End
On Saturday, January 30 new bus stations opened in the U of R Medical and College Town area, on Crittenden Blvd, Elmwood Ave., and Mt. Hope Ave. Service to the Strong Hospital - Jackson loop has been discontinued.
View a map of the Stations with Bus Stop IDs (.pdf)
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School of Medicine
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1279
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Eastman Dental
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1269
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College Town
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2741
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Strong Hospital
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728
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Questions? Please contact RTS Customer Service at Monroe@myRTS.com or 585-288-1700.
Hi-Tech Stations in U of R Medicine/College Town Area
The area surrounding the University of Rochester Medicine and College Town now has six innovative bus stations.
The stations provide convenience and amenities to better serve customers at RTS’ second busiest destination—and improve connectivity to the region’s largest employer, the University of Rochester. The stations should relieve traffic congestion along the busy Mt. Hope corridor and help ease University of Rochester Medicine’s parking crunch.
RTS Director of Engineering Mark Ballerstein says, "This project really addresses some unique transit needs in this area. We think spreading the station out over the large area of the University of Rochester Medicine campus will make transit more easily accessible for employees, patients, residents and students.”
“RTS continues to do a great job making bus service a convenient option for the thousands of faculty and staff who commute to the campus every day,” said Mary Ockenden, Associate Vice President and Director for Space Planning at the University of Rochester Medicine.
The contemporary design of the stations blends with the urban environment of College Town. Customers will enjoy features including bike racks, seating and lean rails, lighting, trash receptacles, video surveillance, and heat and Blue Light security phones at designated locations. Digital signage will display messaging and real-time RTS arrival data.
The stations are located at:
- Mt. Hope Ave at Celebration Drive
- Golisano Children’s Hospital entrance at Strong Memorial Hospital (Crittenden Blvd. side)
- Mental Health & Wellness entrance of U of R Medicine (on Crittenden Blvd., between Whipple Circle and Kendrick Road)
- School of Medicine (on Elmwood Ave.)
- Eastman Dental (on Elmwood Ave.)
- Between Bruegger’s and McDonalds on Mt. Hope Ave.
These stations are the result of a partnership with the University of Rochester.
Cost of the project is $3 million and is being funded by the Federal Transportation Administration (80 percent), New York State Department of Transportation (10 percent), and RTS (10 percent). Design and construction of the stations is being performed by Bergmann Associates, The Pike Co. and Brasco International.