(a) Rochester-Genesee Regional Transit Authority (RGRTA) transit vehicles, facilities and properties are intended to provide public transportation services for the benefit of RGRTA and its subsidiaries, its employees and the public. RGRTA, as referenced throughout this document, refers to the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority and its wholly controlled subsidiaries (RTS, RTS Access, RTS Genesee, RTS Livingston, RTS Ontario, RTS Orleans, RTS Seneca, RTS Wayne, and RTS Wyoming).

(b) The provisions of section 1299-hh of the Public Authorities Law provide RGRTA and its subsidiaries with the power to make rules and regulations governing the conduct and safety of the public in the use and operation of the transit facilities of the authority and its subsidiaries. The following rules of conduct for RGRTA transit vehicles, facilities, and properties (rules of conduct) are established by RGRTA:

These rules of conduct may be amended or added to, from time to time, at the sole discretion of RGRTA in accordance with law.

(c) These rules of conduct are intended to regulate conduct occurring on RGRTA transit vehicles, within or upon RGRTA facilities and properties, including the RTS transit center, and in connection with RGRTA’s provision of public transportation services. The RGRTA Board of Commissioners has adopted these rules of conduct to maintain public transportation services that are orderly, safe, secure, comfortable, and convenient.

(d) The rules of conduct consist of these sections: introduction, definitions, prohibited conduct, and enforcement. Unless otherwise provided herein, reference to the phrase rules of conduct shall collectively include sections 4901.1 through 4901.5 of this Part.

(e) If any one or more of the provision(s) in the rules of conduct shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision(s) shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the remaining provisions in the rules of conduct and shall in no way affect the validity of the other provisions of the rules of conduct.