The
Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the
GCRTA, but historically and locally referred to as the
RTA) is the
public transit agency for
Cleveland,
Ohio,
United States and the surrounding suburbs of
Cuyahoga County. RTA is the largest transit agency in Ohio, providing over 44 million trips to residents and visitors of the Cleveland area in 2010. RTA owns and operates the
RTA Rapid Transit rail system (called "The Rapid" by area residents), which consists of one
heavy rail line (the
Red Line) and two
interurban light rail lines (the
Blue, Green and light-rail Waterfront extension line). The bulk of RTA's service consists of
buses, including regular routes,
express or
flyer buses, loop and
paratransit buses. In December 2004, RTA adopted a revised master plan, Transit 2025, in which several rail extensions, bus line improvements and
transit oriented developments are discussed.