RTA offers free rides on Christmas, New Year’s Day

(DAYTON, OHIO)… The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) will be offering free rides systemwide on both Christmas and New Year’s Day to help people spend time with their loved ones and celebrate the holidays.

This free service includes fixed-route buses, as well as rides on RTA Connect, the agency’s ADA paratransit service. The call center will also be open regular hours.

There is still time to catch a ride on our December bus, which will be on various routes throughout Dec. 31. Santa Claus will be riding two more times this holiday season—once on Sunday, Dec. 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Route 22, and finally on Christmas Eve from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Route 1. The December bus schedule can be found at www.iriderta.org/holiday-bus-schedule.

Also, the RTA’s historic Christmas trolley will also be on display and giving free rides on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 10 a.m. to noon, and on Monday, Dec. 23, from 4-6 p.m. in front of Wright Stop Plaza in downtown Dayton. Participants can visit Santa Claus and enjoy free hot chocolate and coffee.

For more information about our historic Christmas trolley, visit www.iriderta.org/about/news-and-media/rtas-historic-christmas-trolley-appear-dayton-childrens-parade-special-public. 

MEDIA CONTACT:  Kristi Newton (937) 425-8379, Communications and Community Relations Manager