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The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, formerly known as the Miami Valley RTA is a public transit service that generally serves the greater Dayton area. The GDRTA serves communities within Montgomery County and parts of Greene County, Ohio, USA. There are approximately 29 operating routes and school oriented buses available. The buses operate seven days a week, 21 hours a day, and provide services to many citizens within the area. The executive director is Mark Donaghy.

The current bus fare is $1.25 in cash for adults, and $0.60 for children less than 45" in height, the disabled, and the elderly as of January 16, 2007. Ten fare tokens or unlimited weekly passes for adults can be bought for $9.50, while an adult monthly pass is $35.00. For children under 45" in height, the elderly, and the disabled, the monthly pass rate is $22.00, while the weekly pass rate as well as the price of ten tokens is $6.00. Transfers will be discontinued as of January 2008. No other information has been announced, but it is likely that the fares will be lowered as a result of this change.

The RTA operates five bus hubs. Each hub serves as a connection to many suburban bus routes around Dayton.

The RTA operates with diesel and electric trolley buses. Dayton is the smallest city in the United States to still operate electric trolley buses.^{[citation needed]} The trolley buses travel at least five miles on RTA routes serving Dayton and some neighboring suburbs. The routes include: Route 3, Route 4, Route 5, Route 7 and Route 8. Formerly Route 1, Route 2, and Route 9 served as trolley buses but since an extension of the RTA routes, they use the trolleys rarely. There are no bus routes serving the Dayton International Airport, although there is bus service near its location.

The RTA has been involved in helping the city of Dayton through its contributions to the Dayton Dragons, The Schuster Center, and the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.

RTA and along with Dayton Police assisted in controlling crime and truancy problems surrounding its main transit hub located downtown. RTA has revised plans on creating a bus station a few blocks from its headquarters to assist in controlling the frequent violence that surrounds Main and Third Streets, Dayton's central business area.

In addition, RTA has pass a resolution to make easier connections to its regional hubs and prevent misuse of transfers. In January 2007, RTA created an established proposal to make all buses serve regional businesses, establish transfer points in designated areas and streamline previously neighborhood routes. The RTA added two routes to serve areas frequently used by passengers. RTA discontinued eight routes in response to overlapping and low passenger counts.

The Greater Dayton RTA serves the following areas:

• Wright State University
• University of Dayton
• Sinclair Community College
• Dayton Art Institute
• Salem Mall
• Dayton Mall
• The Greene
• Wright Patterson Air Force Base
• National Museum of the United States Air Force
• Kettering
• Trotwood
• Clayton
• Miamisburg
• Centerville
• Riverside
• Huber Heights
• Oakwood
• Dayton Dragons and Fifth Third Field
• Paul Laurence Dunbar Homestead
• John Patterson Homestead
• Carillon Historical Park
• Miami Valley Hospital
• Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
• American Packard Museum

• City of Dayton official site
• Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority