Route 2 Salem / Philadelphia
Route 2 is being re-routed to avoid the intersection of Salem and Philadelphia. Stops have been closed in this area.
Community Connectors
The RTA’s community connectors are a way to connect communities without having to travel into downtown Dayton. Instead, they will predominantly travel east and west, north and south outside of the greater downtown area. They are designed to create better connections and more direct access to jobs, grocery stores, health care and educational opportunities, providing an increase in transportation equity.
North Community Connector
North Community Connector Route Information
The North Community Connector was the first part of the RTA’s transit redesign plan called “What Connects You.”
The North Community Connector stretches from Union Road and Main Street in Trotwood, along Shiloh Springs, Shoup Mill and Needmore roads, before ending near the Kroger along Brandt Pike in northeast Dayton.
The North Community Connector intersects with 10 other RTA routes and serves the Northwest Transit Center as it travels east and west.
RTA worked with the city of Trotwood to ensure this new route served current and future economic development sites in Trotwood. Several important locations served include Trotwood-Madison High School, Dayton Metro Library Trotwood branch, Goodwill Easterseals branch, Montgomery County Western Division Courthouse and Trotwood Senior Lofts.
West Community Connector
Greater Dayton RTA will be improving service in the western part of Montgomery County with the launch of its newest route, the West Community Connector, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. This new route will connect with 12 other routes, three Connect On-Demand zones and three transit centers to create better access to grocery stores, medical facilities and employment opportunities across Montgomery County.
The West Community Connector will run north and south adjacent to the greater downtown area. It will link seven communities along the way including Trotwood, Harrison Township, Dayton, Moraine, West Carrollton, Miamisburg and Miami Township.
This route travels from the Northwest Transit Center in Trotwood to the Westown Transit Center in Dayton and ends at the South Transit Center in Miami Township. In the process, it makes connections with Routes 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, and the North Community Connector.
It will travel directly by the Kroger on Siebenthaler Avenue, Nabali’s IGA Supermarket and H&L Market on North Gettysburg Avenue, D-Max warehouse on South Gettysburg Avenue, the Dayton Mall, YMCA in West Carrollton and numerous apartment complexes. It will also serve the Homefull Grocery and Market Place currently under construction on South Gettysburg Avenue in west Dayton.
East Community Connector
Coming soon.
South Community Connector
Coming soon.