Rtc Fixed Route Services

Worst bus system in the country. There never on time, if they show up at all. I had 3 no show busses in 2 days. WTF! Who in charge. I have 2 more days of RTC bullshit buses. I am so fed up and close to losing my job so I found an apartment walking distance. A big FU RTC. YOU SUCK. They’re finally taking care of the taxis out here, hopefully RTC is next. Can’t express enough how much you suck…

solid 3.5 stars. In fact, depending on your bus driver, it’s a 4-​star if you get that funny driver who speaks hello/​thank in 6 or different languages lol.
Buses are sure packed yet very spacious, comfortable, even the double-​deckers.
Went on a whim after deciding walking back to the lobby’s taxi area would be too burdensome in the chilly weather lol.
Getting the one-​day unlimited pass sure was worth it, used it 3 times.

Buses out here are the worst. Always late and forever crowded, rudest people on earth ride the buses in Vegas. I was suppose to take a certain route to school at a certain time but my Google maps showed me that bus time doesn’t exist but the RTC bus book has it scheduled in. I couldn’t attend school cause I couldn’t make it on time. Bus drivers always have attitudes and pull off before you can even sit down. Bus fare is extremely too high out here for the mess you have to put up with riding. The amount they charge for a monthly pass is obscure. Public transportation out here needs improvement so bad. Beware riding the SX-​A bus it’s always crowded with a bunch of crazy people, never on time and half the time never even shows up cause the bus was so late it just went out of service.

This is for one female bus driver of the sdx heading southbound. I ride the bus daily. We stopped at 11:57pm stratosphere stop. 3 girls (tourist) boarding the bus and the door started to close on the Last girl. The bus driver told them to get off the bus! This bus driver isn’t safe as she closes the doors fast! RTC management she needs more training especially safety.

I looked on Google maps to see what time I should take the bus to work. I arrived early. And the bus never showed up. I looked up the schedule again, says i woukd get there at 11. Now I’m late to work. Dead

While the express and strip routes may remain «efficient» the local routes are becoming more and more unreliable. Specifically 111b and 212. Last week on two separate occasions my wife left the house (early to accommodate a possible early arrival of a bus, since some seem to like showing up 10 to 15 minutes earlier than posted times), and waited over an hour for a bus that is scheduled to run every 20 minutes to half an hour. much the same tonight, a bus never showed up. I used the ride tracker to check, it showed it at my stop (it was not there), when I checked it again, the tracker showed it at the last stop on the line. How did it get there without going by my stop. Clearly, RTC is not actually tracking it’s drivers, or its systems need to be updated. Either way, something needs to change.

Ehhh, I guess it’s basically adequate, and probably has the best 24-​hour coverage in the US short of NYC (though that’s a REAL low bar to clear), but I was not really impressed by Vegas RTC.
* EXPENSIVE. Same carny attitude of the rest of the city extends to public transit apparently. Unless you’re a local who uses the bus enough to merit a monthly pass, the pricing sucks. Different pricing for locals and visitors is carny enough already, but no transfers whatsoever on a grid-​based system where you could easily need to switch buses three times to get where you’re going is stratospherically carny.
* Every route I took or saw in passing was packed nuts to butts all damn day long, except for the 119
* I don’t have a problem with double-​decker buses except when the seating is facing each other, as it is on the lower floors of many routes here. Aside from being socially awkward, it encourages all these dirtbags to put their dirty-​ass feet up on the seat in front of them, so god knows what variety of feces bacteria is getting on your clothes when you sit down. Definitely don’t put your hands on these seats!

Tonight went downtown from PH. Took so long that we lost our buzz. Downtown wasn’t worth the trip. Had to endure the same boredom on the way home. Have taken this from Trump to Ceasars with much success. But a long haul to downtown is a good way to ruin a great vacation.
Seriously… Don’t take this on a busy night on the Strip. You’re better off walking or not going at all. Maybe Über will be a better option when it gets approved.
I swear, if I was alone I would run back to the hotel. This is the most miserable bus ride I have ever been in. San Francisco Muni isn’t great, but at least it moves. We haven’t moved pass the Wynn in 20 minutes. Please don’t put yourself through this. Find another way. I will Never ride this bus again and make sure that nobody else does either. In mean not to the extreme that I’m picketing bus stops, but hopefully people can learn from this post and every person I speak to that comes to Las Vegas, I will ensure that they are aware that they are doomed if they ride this bus.
Now fools are trying to get a free ride by entering the rear door and we are delayed because the bus driver is calling them out.
Please don’t take this bus. You will be miserable. Seems like a good idea at the start… oh yeah, a smooth ride to downtown… then you end up stuck in traffic on the way to downtown and back… and an hour and. A half later you ask, when the hell will Über get into Nevada. Oh yeah. It was freezing cold on the way to downtown –and hot as hell on the way back… in the summer.
I’m dehydrated. This is the most miserable ride of my life. How and why I ended up in this painful agonizing death of a bus is not as important as if I will ever get off. If this is my last post because I die on this bus, head my words and never ride the RTC bus in Las Vegas.
Unfortunately most won’t read this before hopping on the bus because most down know why the hell RTC is.
This is living hell. Not often in my adult life do I feel held against my will. Not in America. But for once I’m caged, held against my will and better judgement. Will I ever rise again?
Good lord, if you give me the opportunity to depart this bus, I promise to be in earnest and forward thinking enough to acquire adequate transportation to fulfill my needs.
I beg of you… please.

First of all, I find it hilarious that the good reviews on this site are all from tourists. Take it from someone who’s lived here for ten years, and has had to take the bus for eight of them. RTC sucks. This blog below pretty much sums it up but I’ll give you my personal opinion/​experience anyway (
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As of today I have had to call in late to work six times in a manner of two weeks because of these bastards. The experience of being stuck at a stop WAY past when there schedule says one will come is not new for me, and I’ve heard complaints from other people I know as well but I’ve just recently started documenting it because if I end up losing my job I will do everything in my power to sue. I understand that sometimes things happen (a bus may break down, or some drunken/​drug influenced idiot may force the bus to stop) but there is no way that a bus should be fifteen minutes late FAITHFULLY on ANY given day of the week. They try to get people to ride with this Club Ride gimmick but in all honesty of they’d put up some swamp coolers at some of these bus stops, and would come on time, MOST OF THE TIME, then maybe people wouldn’t mind riding. As things are now it’s like they’re trying to force me to get a car when I don’t have the money to do so. I remember when a friend of mine actually stood out in the summer heat waiting for a bus for three hours, and ended up walking home because it never showed. When he called the RTC they said that 13 busses should have passed and tried to make it out as though he was lying. Who cares what SHOULD have shown up. The fact of the matter is they didn’t! Everyone agrees that the system sucks. Even some of their new drivers! Yet the internet apart from the blog above makes them look pretty much squeaky clean. The sad part is almost five years since this blog, and not a damn thing has changed. In fact, the only reason they probably even took the time to respond to that blog post is because they weren’t able to remove it since they didn’t have administrative privileges. I remember when they first created their Facebook page. It was pretty much blank apart from a couple complaints that were left, and not responded to. It’s bullshit, and something needs to be done about it. This morning even, I desperately checked the schedules on their website seeing if perhaps I can maybe just get up an hour earlier to take a different route (even though I already get up at 3:00AM on Sunday’s, and 3:15AM Mon-​Thurs to be at work by 6:00AM). Not only am I getting up in enough time necessary to catch the bus by when they say it should be there, but I noticed that two of the busses I normally take to get to work (one or the other depending on the route) doesn’t even have my stop listed at all!!! They really need to get it together because I swear if I lose my job over their silly games I will do everything in my power to ruin them, and that’s not a threat, it’s a promise.

The public transportation systeme in Las Vegas Nevada absolutely sucks. I’ve never been in any city were busses just don’t show up.

I got in to the bus then the driver start yellin at me for no reason. The one he did is too un acceptable hope the management make an action for this kind of bus drivers they meet different type of people all the time and they act like barbaric attitude. The bus number is 245 bus route 206 going east

I don’t know how service is in the rest of Las Vegas but in the Paradise area it is not a fun experience. Half the buses are late and the other half don’t even show up. Employers won’t hire you if you have to take the bus because they can’t rely on you being to work on time.

My biggest complaint is the ear-​splitting volume of the speakers on some of the buses. Ride the ⁹¹⁰⁄₉₁₄ or 222 bus sometime and you’ll find yourself heading to a Hearing Specialist to see if your hearing was damaged. I wear 33 decibel earplugs on these extra-​loud volume buses, and even with the earplugs, it can be very painful! I’m not alone in my complaints, as I’ve talked to too many other riders discomforted by the loud volume of the speakers! Ding-​ding! Noise can be a health hazard!

Bus takes a long time in the morning at flamingo rd going east. Just out here in the early heat and no bus yet very late and it should of been left at 8:42am but nothing

We used RTC as our transport around the downtown/​Strip area and to the airport. The drivers were extremely helpful, except for one. Got us pretty much everywhere we needed to go, at least within a mile of our destinations outside of the downtown area. We stayed at the Golden Nugget and the bus stopped right outside. It was great. At the end of our trip, we got lost on our way to the airport and a driver picked us up and took us to the next connecting stop which wasn’t even on his route and wouldn’t even take a tip! Awesome! Will use again and again.
Don’t waste your money on cabs. 1.2 miles was $ 13 not including tip. They charge distance AND time and will usually drive around for a bit, I know because I had my GPS navigation on and it was telling me of shorter routes with no traffic.

The bus drivers are ok for the most part. I had 2 that seemed like they hated there job. The bus is always packed. People sweat or don’t shower. It can get really stinky. 1 driver kept pumping breaks like he was trying to get people to fall that had to stand. But it’s affordable so it is what it is. The one day I took a cab it was $ 30
Just got off of buss 58 because some had spilled a drink and she she refused to move till the water was cleaned up by someone. This bus had no air conditioning and it was a sweat box.

Me and my wife went to Vegas for the first time and for 3 nights. Since we had plan to enjoy only at The Strip, so we were looking for a good public transportation option which runs even during late night. That’s when I came across RTC. Their bus service is awesome:
— runs ²⁴⁄₇
— 15 min frequency during day and around 20 min or so during nights
— covers almost every hotel and casino on The Strip
— easily accessible from McCarran International Airport (both pick-​up and drop)
— bus drivers are extremely friendly and helpful (guide you well incase you don’t know the exact way to reach to a destination)
— pretty cheap if you go for their full day pass, $ 8/​person
— nice and clean double decker buses
— both slower (stops at every stop) and faster (skips few stops) buses available. Slower one is DEUCE and faster one is SAX
— WAX is specially for airport, very few stops so pretty fast

Terrible. Terrible! Turrible!
These assholes cannot handle the marathon — a goddamn event that has a clear and established route — and, well … frankly, Sir Charles would say «they are turrible!»
They fucking suck.
Their residential routes leave an enormous expanse of valley geography out of service coverage. A huge portion of the population of the city Las Vegas (who cares about Hendertucky?) unserviced.
Some guy just trying to get to his meaningless job was ranting about whether this was America. While it was quite entertaining — I also felt bad for him — he was absolutely correct. How in the fuck can these buses be that late? An hour? Two hours? Two hours! Get the fuck outta here!
Number of shits given by the Regional Transportation Commission = zero.
They fucking suck.
How can you not be able to handle the marathon? How? The fucking route is known! It is known, published and known, well beforehand. A year in advance! It doesn’t make any sense.
The RTC sucks, and the entire top, fatcat losers collecting salary while allowing the entire system to collapse during the fucking marathon should be summarily fired and replaced by individuals who are better qualified. Fire them all and force them to pay back their wages. Reason? Dereliction of fucking duty.
«It is unacceptable,» declared one very agitated rider. He went on to explain that they should be able to coordinate such logistics with it being a simple marathon and not «Hiroshima.» This guy was right.
They fucking suck.
While it is nice that they have express routes (some inexplicably sidelined during the marathon) and WiFI, what good is any of that shit when the buses are not running their routes? When they continue to increase fares and gouge the living shit out of tourists on the strip, but service continues to lag. What the fuck good is a ride tracker when the fucking bus is parked for over an hour at the brand new, rider-​funded UNLV Transit Centre and not moving! What a disgrace.
Fire everyone; start over. — E

Great service to the Vegas strip. You can’t have a great experience in Vegas without using the RTC. They have both express bus (take to outlet mall) and double decker bus (Dunce) that makes every stop for hotel jumping. You pay for a ticket before boarding and we normally got the 24 hour ticket as 2 hours isn’t enough time when going to the outlet malls.

This is my exclusive mode of transpo when in the 702.
It’s $ 8 for a day pass, $ 20 for three days or $ 6 for two hours.
It is exceedingly easy to get from the airport the strip. Anywhere else, there seemed to be delays. I’ll still use it. It’s cheap and easy. But those connections suck. I also enjoy seeing a different view of Vegas than the glitzy tour guides.

Las Vegas und «walking on the strip» ist eins. Allerdings unterschätzt man in der Regel die Distanzen zwischen den Attraktionen und holt sich platte Füße.
Doch warum alles ablaufen? Es gibt das gut funktionierende RTC-​Bussystem. Die Busse fahren auf dem Strip und bis nach Downtown (Fremont) in ca. 10 Minuten Abständen. Die Haltestellen sind allerdings gelegentlich sehr unscheinbar und schwer zu finden.
Tickets können an den meisten Haltestellen an Automaten erstanden werden. Mit Kreditkarte ganz einfach. Ansonsten beim Fahrer in cash, allerdings genau abgezählt, denn es gibt kein Wechselgeld.
Man kann Einzelfahrkarten lösen (lohnt nicht) oder gleich ein 24-​Stunden-​Ticket bzw. ein Drei-​Tage-​Ticket.
Das 24-​Stunden-​Ticket kosten $ 8 (Stand April 2013) und gilt auf die Minute exakt 24 Stunden. Es ist nicht personengebunden, kann also weitergereicht und damit von mehreren Personen im Laufe des Tages genutzt werden.
Die Busse sind Doppeldecker, wer oben einen Platz erwischt, hat sehr gute Aussicht auf den Strip.
Also — Füße schonen für die ohnehin langen Laufwege innerhalb der Attraktionen.