Private company

Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority

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Public transit company in New York State

The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation which provides transportation services in the eight-county area in and around Rochester, New York. Currently, RGRTA oversees the daily operation of eleven subsidiaries under the parent company of the RGRTA, including paratransit services.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1969Founded1
  • HeadquartersRochester1
  • Websitewww.myrts.com
  • Legal formMUNICIPAL3
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI549300IRYZFKQMWXVK503
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered address1372 East Main Street, 14609 Rochester, United States3
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Photo: DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA) is a New York State public-benefit corporation which provides transportation services in the eight-county area in and around Rochester, New York. Currently, RGRTA oversees the daily operation of eleven subsidiaries under the parent company of the RGRTA, including paratransit services.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Rochester Transit Corporation1

Timeline

  1. 1969Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$561.8M 2008–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsTotal
2026$53.0M$53.0M
2025$41.9M$41.9M
2024$41.1M$41.1M
2023$7.3M$7.3M
2022$70.6M$70.6M
2021$36.7M$36.7M
2020$57.5M$57.5M
2019$13.3M$13.3M
2018$15.3M$15.3M
2017$16.9M$16.9M
2016$22.6M$22.6M
2015$11.6M$11.6M
2014$8.8M$8.8M
2013$37.7M$37.7M
2012$41.0M$41.0M
2011$20.4M$20.4M
2010$34.5M$34.5M
2009$5.3M$5.3M
2008$26.3M$26.3M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov6, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Apr 28, 2022$45.5M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants7 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2022-007
  2. May 4, 2020$36.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants8 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2020-016
  3. Sep 9, 2022$25.1M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs9 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2022-046
  4. Jun 3, 2021$23.5M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants10 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2021-015
  5. Jul 20, 2024$23.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants11 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2024-018
  6. Oct 1, 1999$22.6M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Federal Transit_Formula Grants; Bus And Bus Facilities Formula Program; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs12 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2016-007
  7. Aug 21, 2025$21.4M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants; Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs13 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-2025-039
  8. Sep 5, 2012$20.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit_Formula Grants14 To ROCHESTER GENESEE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Award NY-90-X686-00