RTA Fixed Route Buses
RTA’s fixed-route service consists of six bus routes, which run along Highways 1 and 101 to North County, the North Coast, and South County including the city of Santa Maria in Northern Santa Barbara County.
Route 9
North County hourly, local and express service, plus limited Saturday and Sunday local service. Runs via Highway 101, between San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly (limited), Santa Margarita, Atascadero, Templeton, Paso Robles and San Miguel (limited). Operates seven days a week with less frequency on Saturdays and Sundays.
Route 10
South County weekday local and express service. Runs via Highway 101, between San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly, Shell Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande, Nipomo and Santa Maria. Operates seven days a week with less frequency on Saturdays and Sundays.
Route 12
Service between Los Osos/Baywood Park/Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. One 12 Cal Poly express trip (12X) operates between Los Osos, Morro Bay and Cal Poly. Operates seven days a week with less frequency on Saturdays and Sundays.
Route 14
Downtown SLO to Cuesta College. Operates weekdays during Cuesta regular school days only.
Route 15
North Coast provides service from Morro Bay to Cayucos, Cambria, San Simeon and to Hearst Castle on the weekends. Operates seven days per week.
Paso Express
Serves a loop that travels two directions through Paso Robles and connects with Route 9.
South County Transit (SoCo Transit) Fixed Route Buses
Route 21
Starting at the Pismo Outlets, Route 21 runs an hourly route clockwise to Arroyo Grande, through Grover Beach, Pismo Beach and to Shell Beach resorts.
Route 24
Starting at Pismo Outlets, Route 24 runs an hourly route counter-clockwise to Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and Pismo Beach.
Route 27
Runs clockwise, Monday through Friday starting at Ramona Garden Park and runs hourly through Grover Beach, Oceano and Arroyo Grande. It includes an afternoon Arroyo Grande High School tripper run as well.
Route 28
Runs counterclockwise, Monday through Sunday starting at Ramona Garden park and runs hourly through Grover Beach, Oceano and Arroyo Grande. It includes a morning Arroyo Grande High School tripper run.
Avila/Pismo Trolley
The FREE service connects you from Pismo Beach Premium Outlets to Port San Luis, via Avila Beach, Avila Valley (the Avila Barn, Bob Jones Bike Trail, & Avila Hot Springs Resort & KOA campground), and resorts in Shell Beach and Pismo Beach. The trolley has a spring & fall schedule and then a longer summer schedule. The trolley does not run in the winter. We run two trolleys on Friday nights to better serve the Avila Farmer’s Market.
The Avila Trolley connects to SoCo Transit Routes 21 & 24 and RTA 10 every hour at Pismo Premium Outlets. Thanks to the Avila Beach Community Foundation (ABCF) for continuing support of the trolley and contributing to keep the service running free to the Public.
General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
GTFS allows public transit agencies to publish their transit data in a format that can be consumed by a wide variety of software applications. GTFS consists of two main parts: GTFS Realtime and GTFS Schedule.
GTFS Realtime: https://slo.connexionz.net/rtt/public/
Realtime contains RTA trip updates, vehicle positions, and service alerts
GTFS Schedule: http://slo.connexionz.net/rtt/public/utility/gtfs.aspx
Schedule contains information about RTA routes, schedules, fares, and geographic transit details presented in zip text files
