RTA Transit numerology

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Better RTA Transit numerology:



Transit blogs have indicated that RTA is in need to update its bus numerology.

The Federal Transit Administration Ridership Team in 2007 reported that "the current RTA route numbering and identification system is haphazard".

I'm working with the Public Transit Campaign Coordinator of California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG UCR chapter) to adress this issue but here are my suggestions which will be added to TTC ABIE pending feedback:

New Number:
Route Description (Current Number)

High Volume Local service, Core Base Routes (1-9):

Route 1:
Corona - Downtown - UCR via Magnolia Ave (1)

Route 2:
Riverside DT - Moreno Valley (16)

Local Service, Base Routes, sorted by city/region (10-99):

Route 10:
Riverside Tyler Mall - UCR via Lincoln (10)

Route 12:
Riverside (Magnolia & Pierce) - Tyler Mall - North Riverside (12)

Route 13:
Riverside Tyler Mall - RTA building via Colorado Ave (13)

Route 14:
Riverside (Magnolia & Pierce) - Tyler Mall - Riverside via Indiana Ave (14)

Route 15:
Riverside Tyler Mall - Downtown via Arlington Ave (15)

Route 17:
Riverside DT - Mira Loma - Country Village (49)

Route 20:
Riverside Brockton Arcade - RCC MV via Alessandro (20)

Route 21:
Riverside Tyler Mall - Mira Loma (21)

Route 25:
Riverside DT - Loma Linda MC (25)

Route 29:
Riverside DT - Mira Loma (29)

Route 30:
Moreno Valley Mall - Perris TC via Perris Blvd (19)

Route 31:
Moreno Valley RCRMC - Mead Valley (41)

Route 32:
Moreno Valley Sunnymead Ranch - RCC MV (18)

Route 70:
Lake Elsinore - Wildomar (7)

Community Shuttles & Circulators (100-199), sorted by city with the tens digit matching local bus numerology:

Route 130:
Moreno Valley Circulator (11)

Route 140:
Perris Circulator (30)

Route 150:
Hemet-San Jacinto Shuttle (32)

Route 151:
Estudillo Express Shuttle (42)

Route 152:
Hemet Ladybug Shuttle (33)

Route 170:
Lake Elsinore - Grand Ave (8)

Route 180:
Wildomar - Murrieta - Temecula (23)

Route 182:
Temecula Shuttle (24)

CommuterLink (200-299):

Route 200:
Riverside-OC Express (149)

Route 201:
SJ-Hemet-Riverside (212)

Route 203:
Beaumont-Moreno Valley-Riverside (210)

Route 204:
Montclair TC-Riverside (204)

Route 208:
Temecula-Riverside (208)

Route 250:
SJ-Hemet-Temecula-Escondido (217)

Route 252:
Murrieta-Oceanside (202)

Route 290:
Temecula-Corona (206)

Rural & Regional Connectors (300-399):

Route 330:
Moreno Valley - Beaumont via SR-60 (35)

Route 350:
Hemet - Riverside Tyler Mall via Sun City (27)

Route 352:
Hemet - Perris via Winchester (74)

Route 354:
Hemet - Beaumont via SR-79 (31)

Route 370:
Lake Elsinore - Riverside DT via Perris (22)

Route 372:
Lake Elsinore - Sun City via Quail Valley (40)

Route 380:
Temecula - Hemet via SR-79 (79)

Route 382:
Temecula - Sun City (61)

Rapid (500-599):

Route 501
Magnolia Ave BRT

Specific / Specially Funded Routes (600-699):

Route 600
Riverside DT Jury Trolley (50)

Route 602
UCR Crest Cruiser (51)

Route 603
UCR Bear Runner (53)

Route 680
Temecula Old Town - Mall Weekend/Lunch Hour Trolley (57)

Route 682
Temecula Harveston - CHS School Trolley (55)

I welcome feedback.

[RidingInRiverside]

My only reply is that I'd really like to see some sort of numbering system where either the route's destination, or at least direction, is represented in the number. You'll note that I paid a lot of attention to that sort of thing in my blog post. Class-of-service numbering is undoubtedly important, and the Commuterlink, BRT, Trolleys and probably Regionals should be separated, but the reason I brought up Metro's numbering system is that they manage to tell you not only the bus' class of service (0/1/2 local, 3 limited, 4/5 express, 6 special, 7 rapid) but also either the direction (1/2 are east-west and north-south) or destination (0-99 and 400-series serve downtown) of the bus as well.

It looks like you tried to do that in this scheme, but it's broken in too many places for me. The 20-series routes especially seem haphazard. You lump Mira Loma, Moreno Valley and Loma Linda all in one big pile.

A good, coherent proposal would be awesome to take to RTA though. (I admit mine had shortcomings. Route 1-->112 was a major one.)