Fares

Fares

Daily Passes

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT) $5.00
Senior/Disabled/Child $2.50
Student K-12 $4.25
Paratransit $7.00
Cleveland $5.00
Cleveland 2-Day $10.00
Cleveland 4-Day $20.00
* Unlimited rides until 3 a.m. the next day. (A 4-Day Pass used for the first time on Monday expires at 3 a.m. on Friday.) Cleveland Passes were designed for tourists, but anyone can buy them on-line.

Cash Fares

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)$2.50
Senior/Disabled/Child$1.25
Park-N-Ride$2.75
Student K-12$1.75
Paratransit$2.75
Out-of-County$3.75
If you are paying cash, you will have to pay full fare on each bus or train you ride, and you must have exact change. Operators do not make change.

5-Trip

Senior/Disabled
$6.25
Student K-12
$8.75
Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$12.50
Paratransit
$13.75
Park-N-Ride
$13.75
A pre-printed 5-trip card is valid until the expiration date on the card, regardless of when the trips are used. A CSK-issued 5-trip card is good for six months from the date of purchase.

7-Day

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)$25.00
Park-N-Ride$27.50
Senior/Disabled/Child$12.50
Paratransit$30.00

1-Trip

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$2.50
Senior/Disabled
$1.25
Park-N-Ride
$2.75
Paratransit
$2.75

2-Trip

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$5.00
Senior/Disabled
$2.50

Monthly

Individual (Bus/Rapid/BRT)
$95.00
Senior/Disabled
$48.00
Park-N-Ride
$105.00
Paratransit
$110.00

Other Important Information

  • CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS can be used in ticket vending machines and kiosks at Red Line stations, HealthLine stations and the Customer Service Center at Tower City. On the bus, there are cash purchases only.
  • All Senior/Disabled cash fares, farecards and passes require passenger to show valid RTA Senior or Disabled ID (both of which include a photo), or a Medicare card, as well as a driver's license or other official photo ID.
  • All-Day Passes are available for purchase on all RTA vehicles at the farebox, ticket vending machines, and at retail agents.
  • Child fares apply to children age 6-12, when accompanied by a fare-paying adult. Children under age 6 ride free. In either case, a limit of three children per fare-paying adult applies.
  • Effective Aug. 14, 2016, ADA-certified Paratransit passengers must pay senior/disabled fare on fixed-route service.
  • Student farecards are for grades K-12.

Transit app allows riders to: 

  • Purchase fares with EZFare
  • Add value to your digital wallet in Transit app by paying cash with VanillaDirect
  • Plan a trip
  • See when your bus or train will arrive
  • Locate where you bus or train are
  • Switch between upcoming trips by swiping right and left
  • Use Go for walking directions
  • Pin frequently traveled bus or train routes
  • Receive service alerts 

To learn more, visit Transit app's webpage. 

http://shoprta.com

http://www.riderta.com/vendorlocations

Senior fares

If you are age 65 or older, you can pay a discounted Senior rate to ride RTA buses and trains.

Show a valid photo ID

Anyone can buy a Senior pass or farecard, but in order to use the pass, you must show a valid photo ID.

These forms of ID are accepted for use with a Senior pass or farecard:

  • RTA Senior ID card
  • State-issued photo ID
  • Medicare card with photo ID

To obtain an RTA Senior ID card

  • You can use our State issued ID or visit our ADA office at our Main office 1240 W. 6th St. Cleveland, Ohio 44113 to obtain RTA's Senior ID Card. 

For more information

  • Call 216-621-9500

Because some customers travel across county lines to reach their destinations, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) has special fare policies to make this travel convenient and affordable.

Out-of-County surcharge

If an RTA route extends more than one mile into an adjoining county, riders using the out-of-county portion must pay a $1 surcharge. This only affects 251 riders who board or get off outside Cuyahoga County.

Inter-agency connections

Passengers transferring to RTA from a transit system outside Cuyahoga County receive one free ride on RTA, if they present a valid transfer from an adjacent transit agency.

Conversely, once a fare is paid on RTA for their return trip, there will be a credit offered to customers transferring to these agencies, in the amount of the RTA fare paid.

Remember:

  1. Always pay the fare on the first system you board. A transfer is only valid for one ride on the adjoining system.
  2. Traveling into Cuyahoga County, ask your driver for a transfer to RTA.
  3. Leaving Cuyhoga County, ask your RTA driver for a non-valid fare receipt that serves as a transfer.

Interagency transfer privileges are provided only at places where passengers can reasonably make interagency transfers.

For more information, call the Community Connection Line at 216-621-9500.