By Plane The 2,000 acre Gainesville Regional Airport is currently served by airlines offering non-stop flights each business day. It also includes general aviation facilities for private and corporate aircraft. Terminal Information Location: 3880 N.E. 39th Avenue, Gainesville Website: http://www.flygainesville.com/ Airport Administration: (352) 373-0249 Parking: (352) 371-9427 Police/Lost & Found: (352) 334-2481   General Aviation Aeroflight, Inc.: (352) 337-3956 University Air Center: (352) 335-4681   Car Rental Companies Avis Rent-A-Car: (352) 376-8115 or (800) 331-1212 Budget Rent-A-Car: (352) 372-7332 or (800) 527-0700 Enterprise Leasing Co.: (352) 371-6599 Hertz Corporation: (352) 373-8444 or (800) 654-3131 National Car Rental: (352) 377-7005 or (800) 227-7368 By Train Amtrak provides nearby rail passenger service from its ticket office downtown at the Regional Transit System's Bethel transfer station, located on the corner of SE 1st Avenue & 1st Street. The office is open daily. Connecting Amtrak Thruway Bus service is also available. This service connects the Gainesville station with Amtrak's Palatka rail station, meeting southbound trains serving Orlando, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami; and northbound trains to Savannah, Raleigh, Richmond, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York. Call 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit http://www.amtrak.com/ for information and reservations. By Car Interstate 75 skirts Gainesville on the west, its link with major metropolitan centers such as Atlanta and the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. U.S. Routes 301 and 441 and State Route 26 join Gainesville with other communities in Alachua County and in northern Florida. Destination Avg. Highway Miles Direction Avg. Air Minutes Jacksonville 78 miles Northeast 20 minutes Tallahassee 129 miles Northwest 25 minutes Tampa 127 miles South 30 minutes Orlando 115 miles Southeast 30 minutes Miami 335 miles South 60 minutes Atlanta 328 miles North 60 minutes By Bus Interstate bus transportation is offered by Greyhound Trailways. Local area bus services are provided by the Regional Transit System (RTS), which also offers mini-bus transportation for people who are disabled. The Regional Transit System (RTS) is a division of the City of Gainesville's Public Works Department. RTS currently operates a fleet of approximately 85 diesel buses for fixed route services and 7 vans, used for demand response transportation. RTS added two (2) Hybrid Diesel/Electric buses to the fleet in June 2002, and is currently testing and collecting data on the hybrids to evaluate their performance in our community. Eighteen (18) fixed routes serve the City of Gainesville and contiguous portions of unincorporated Alachua County. Additional services are operated on the campus of the University of Florida (UF) under contract to the University. Currently ATC/Intelitran provides ADA paratransit services to RTS under contract. Fixed route services provide transportation to more than 7 million riders annually. The cost of a full fare is $1.00, Senior Citizens /Disabled (Medicare/Medicaid) fares are $.50, student fares are $.50 and children shorter than the farebox are free. ADA certified individuals can ride any RTS fixed route service for free -- just show your valid ADA card. If you are unable to use the fixed route service, RTS offers complementary door-to-door paratransit service to ADA certified passengers for $2 per trip. To schedule an appointment call the day before a trip is required. Call 384-9774 Sunday through Friday from 8am - 5pm. Designated UF students, faculty, and staff with a Gator-1 card enjoy prepaid, unlimited access anywhere and anytime that RTS operates, except on Special Services such as Gator Aider, etc. Visit the RTS Website at http://www.go-rts.com/ for more information.