Planning a Flex Route Trip

Flex Route Maps & Schedules

How Individuals can use Flex Routes Video

How Individuals can use Greene CATS and transfer to/from Greater Dayton RTA Video 

Reading a Flex Route Schedule

Transfer Points

• Xenia Towne Square

  • Using Google Maps, type in "Xenia Towne Square Transfer Point" to find location
  • Red box with white font letter X is how transfer point is symbolized on Flex Route Map 
  • Green, Orange, Red, and Yellow meet at the Xenia Towne Square Transfer Point

• Park Hills Plaza

  • Using Google Maps, type in "Park Hills Plaza Transfer Point" to find location
  • Red box with white font letter "P" is how transfer point is symbolized on Flex Route Map
  • Blue, Orange, and Yellow Flex Routes meet every 75 minutes at transfer point

• Wright State University (WSU)

  • Greene CATS Orange Flex Route WSU Student Union time point
  • It is same location as Greater Dayton RTA Route 1 at WSU
• Greater Dayton RTA Eastown Transit Center
  • Greene CATS Red Flex Line
• Greater Dayton RTA Wright Stop Plaza
  • Greene CATS Red Flex Line uses Bay A or B at Wright Stop Plaza

Definitions of Common Terms

• Flex Route Deviation
  • Available up to 1/2 mile from the mapped route
  • Reservations are required and are subject to availability
  • Open to the public and follows ADA accessibility guidelines
  • Scheduling a Flex Route Deviation
• Location
  • the place in the community where flex routes travel by
• Time Point
  • the location that the flex bus guarantees to pass by at a specific time, listed in flex route schedule, and will stop if someone is flagging them down to board or a rider has requested to exit bus
    
• Flag Stop
  • the location between time points, along the flex route, that is safe for a driver to allow someone to board bus if they flag or wave at the driver
• Pull-out Time
  • the time listed in flex route schedule when the flex bus leaves the time point
• Run
  • the complete cycle of one rotation around the time points on the flex route, beginning and ending at a transfer point
• Transfer Point
  • location where a group of flex buses meet during a specific time period so riders can transfer between vehicles and continue their one way trip
  • Greene CATS offers free transfer at Transfer Points only