Transport of Rockland

Gillig BRT RC241 on Route 59 leaves Spring Valley Transit Center, bound for Nyack.
Parent	Rockland County Department of Public Transportation
Headquarters	Yeager Health Center, Bldg. T Pomona, New York 10970
Locale	Rockland County, New York
Service type	Local bus transit
Fleet	71
Operator	Transdev [1]
Chief executive	Commissioner
Website	Transport of Rockland

The Transport of Rockland (TOR) is the bus system for Rockland County, New York, providing service along major routes in Rockland County, as well as connections to Clarkstown Mini-Trans in Clarkstown, Spring Valley Jitney in Spring Valley, the Bee-Line Bus System in Westchester as well as connections to Rockland Coaches and Short Line Bus routes providing commuter and local service to Northern New Jersey and New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal, George Washington Bridge Bus Station, 5th Avenue, and Long Island. Annual ridership in 2008 was 3,862,232. ^[2]

Service area

TOR serves an area of 176 square miles (460 km²) with a population of 286,753. Operations of fixed-route service is provided by Transdev of Hillburn, New York, as of November 1, 2018. The previous contractor was Brega Transport Corporation for routes within Rockland County,

TOR provides service primarily along county and state highway corridors in Rockland County, along with shuttle routes servicing the towns of Ramapo, Clarkstown, and the Village of Spring Valley. There are other minibus services provided by those towns that supplement TOR service.

Fare

The standard one-way fare for Transport of Rockland fixed-route services is $2.00 Transfers cost $1.00. Fares on Clarkstown Mini-Trans and Spring Valley Jitney are $1.50 with transfers at 30 cents.

TOR transfers are valid on other TOR buses, Spring Valley Jitney vans, Lower Hudson Transit Link buses, and Clarkstown Mini-Trans vans. Lower Hudson Transit Link transfers, in addition to validity on these service, are also valid for a connecting Bee-Line bus or the CT Transit Stamford I-Bus to Greenwich, CT, and Stamford, CT.

Paratransit

The County of Rockland also operates Transportation Resources Intra-County for Physically Handicapped and Senior Citizens (T.R.I.P.S.), the ADA-mandated curbside-to-curbside para-transit bus service for Rockland County residents who are physically or mentally challenged. In addition, senior citizens over the age of 60 who find it difficult or impossible to use fixed-route bus service can also use this service.

Routes

The Transport of Rockland provides service along twelve routes. All service is accessible to customers with mobility impairments.

The full route is shown except for branching.

Tappan ZEExpress (discontinued)

Service on the Tappan ZEExpress was discontinued in October 2018. Service across the Tappan Zee Bridge is now provided by Hudson Link buses owned by the New York State Department of Transportation operated by Transdev.

Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Photo	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
RC221-RC228		2009	Gillig	BRT HEV 35'	Cummins ISB	Allison Transmission EP40 hybrid system	Part of order of 16 buses which are first Hybrid buses in the fleet.
RC229-RC230		2009		BRT HEV 40'
RC231-RC236		2009		BRT HEV 29'			Formerly used on the Tappan ZEExpress Part of order of 16 buses which are first Hybrid buses in the fleet.
RC241-RC243		2010		BRT HEV 40'
RC244-RC246		2010		BRT HEV 35'
RC304-RC305		2015		Low Floor 29'	Cummins ISL9	Allison B400R
RC306-RC307		2015		Low Floor 35'	Cummins ISL9
RC308-RC312 RC314-RC316		2018		Low Floor 40'	Cummins L9
RC317-RC321		2018		Low Floor 35'
RC322-RC324		2022
RC333-RC341		2022		Low Floor 40'

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References

External links

• Rockland County Department of Public Transportation
• tzxbus.com, an interactive Tappan Zee Express schedule
• [1], Lower Hudson Transit Link website.