Transport of Rockland

Transport of Rockland

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RC229 picks up Route 94 customers in Spring Valley, due north to Helen Hayes Hospital.
Slogan	We Keep Rockland Rolling
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	Brega Transport Corporation
Chief executive	Thomas B. Vanderbeek, P.E. 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.

Service area

TOR serves an area of with a population of 286,753. Operations of fixed-route service is provided by Brega Transport Corporation of Congers, NY as of November 3, 2013. The previous contractor was Rockland Transit Corporation for routes within Rockland County, and Hudson Transit Corporation for the TappanZee Express.

TOR provides service primarily along county and state highway corridors in Rockland County, along with shuttle routes servicing the Town of Ramapo and an express route between Spring Valley, Palisades Center in West Nyack, Nyack, and Westchester County to connect with Metro-North trains to Manhattan. In the Town of Clarkstown and 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, and $3.00 for Tappan ZEExpress service. 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, Tappan ZEExpress buses, and Clarkstown Mini-Trans vans. Tappan ZEExpress 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.

Route	Terminals		Major streets	Notes
59	Suffern Lafayette Avenue and Chestnut Street	Nyack Artopee Way	NY 59 West Nyack Road
91	Spring Valley Bus Terminal	Nyack Cedar and Main Streets	North Main Street New Hempstead Road Ramapo Road US 9W NY 303 Nyack Turnpike	Service operates via Haverstraw. Some weekday and Saturday trips operate via New City, the Yeager Center, and Helen Hayes Hospital. Weekday and Saturday trips that does not serve New City are marked as "Spring Valley Direct" or "Haverstraw Direct". No Sunday service between Palisades Center and Nyack, or to New City, the Yeager Center, or Helen Hayes Hospital.
92		Palisades Center	Red Schoolhouse Road Orangeburg Road NY 303 Nyack Turnpike	Service to Sparkill is provided weekday middays and on all day weekends only. . No rush-hour service to Palisades Center; use the #97 running along Route 303. No midday or weekend service to Nyack, service terminates at Palisades Center. One AM trip operates via Crooked Hill Road.
		Nyack Cedar and Main Streets
93	Pearl River Middletown Road and East Central Avenue	Sloatsburg Washington Avenue and Seven Lakes Parkway	Middletown Road Viola Road Eckerson Road Orange Turnpike
94	Spring Valley Bus Terminal	Tomkins Cove Elm Avenue	Maple Avenue Forshay Road Pomona Road Thiells-Mount Ivy Road Filors Lane Routes 9W/202	No Sunday service. Limited service between Helen Hayes Hospital and Tomkins Cove.
95	Rockland Community College	Haverstraw Broadway and New Main Street	Ramapo Road Grandview Avenue	Weekday service only.
97	Stony Point South Liberty Drive and Lowland Hill Road	Tappan NY 303 and Oak Tree Road	Liberty Drive (9W) NY 303	Weekday rush-hour service only. Service between Haverstraw and Palisades Center also provided by the 91.
Loop 1	Monsey Shoppers' Haven		Route 306 Suzanne Drive Elish Parkway Park Lane Central Avenue Robert Pitt Drive	No Saturday service (there is Sunday service). All service operates via Atrium Plaza in Spring Valley.
Loop 2			Route 306 Blauvelt Road Yale Drive Dr. Frank Road Francis Place Maple Avenue Church Street Monsey Boulevard Robert Pitt Drive	No Saturday service (there is Sunday service). All service operates via Atrium Plaza in Spring Valley.
Loop 3	Spring Valley Bus Terminal	Suffern Lafayette Avenue and Orange Avenue	NY 59 College Road Old Nyack Turnpike
TAPPAN ZEExpress		Galleria at White Plains	New York State Thruway Nyack Turnpike	No Sunday service. Electronic trip planning available on Google Maps, Microsoft Bing, and HopStop. Connections to Metro-North at Spring Valley, Tarrytown, and White Plains. Connection with express I-Bus to Stamford.
	Suffern Lafayette Avenue and Orange Avenue

External links

• Rockland County Department of Public Transportation
• tzxbus.com, an interactive Tappan Zee Express schedule