Rockford Mass Transit District

Rockford Mass Transit District
Founded	February 15, 1971
Headquarters	520 Mulberry Street; Rockford, Illinois
Service area	Rockford, Illinois; Loves Park, Illinois; Machesney Park, Illinois; Belvidere, Illinois;
Service type	Bus; Paratransit
Routes	30
Depots	2
Fleet	40 buses
Annual ridership	1,800,000+ (2013)
Fuel type	Diesel and gasoline
Website	www.rmtd.org

The Rockford Mass Transit District is the public transportation operator for the metro area of Rockford, Illinois. Service is provided six days per week along 19 routes, with several of these routes being combined into five Sunday routes that service a large portion of the system. The core of the system is contained in The City Loop (Route 16 clockwise and 17 counterclockwise), which interconnects with every other service.

History[]

On April 20, 2020, RMTD reduced its daily routes after six employees, including five drivers, tested positive for COVID-19.^[2]^[3] The district later received a $9.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of the CARES Act.^[4]

In August 2020, pre-COVID-19, route system resumed^[5] and RMTD launched Token Transit, a mobile fare app that allows passengers to purchase bus passes on their cell phones.^[6] The app displays a digital bus pass or ticket on the phone's screen, eliminating the need for a paper pass or cash.