About Us

What This Site Is For

The U.S. bus system is fragmented across thousands of independent agencies and operators. There are more than 2,000 public transit agencies — large urban systems like the New York MTA, Boston MBTA, Washington WMATA, Los Angeles Metro, Chicago CTA, Philadelphia SEPTA, Atlanta MARTA, San Francisco Muni/AC Transit, Houston Metro, Dallas DART, Denver RTD, Seattle King County Metro, and Portland TriMet, plus hundreds of smaller systems and rural transit providers. Layered on top is the intercity bus network operated by Greyhound (now a subsidiary of Flix SE), FlixBus, Megabus, Peter Pan, Trailways (a federation of regional carriers including Adirondack, Burlington, Fullington, Martz, Pine Hill, NY Trailways, and others), Jefferson Lines, and many regional carriers.

If you’re trying to find a route, plan a trip, look up a fare, find an accessible (ADA) bus, schedule paratransit, understand a school district’s bus route, find a station, learn how to use a contactless fare card, or check service alerts — the right tool depends on the agency, the city, and the kind of bus. Get the wrong number and you waste an afternoon.

busschedules.org/ is the practical educational reference. Every state, city, and major-region page lists the verified transit-agency URL, route maps, schedules, fare structure, real-time tracking app, paratransit application, accessible-bus information, intercity terminal, and connection to surrounding services — all manually checked against the agency's own page.

We are completely independent. We are not affiliated with the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the American Bus Association (ABA), the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Greyhound, FlixBus, Megabus, Peter Pan, Trailways, or any local transit agency. The verified information lives at the agency itself; we point you to it.

The Six Kinds of Bus Service in the U.S.

What You’ll Find on Each State, City, and Agency Page

• Transit agency — name, official URL, customer service phone, address, business hours
• Service area map — which counties, cities, or neighborhoods the agency covers
• Routes & schedules — direct link to the agency’s route map, individual line schedules, and downloadable PDF timetables
• Real-time arrivals — the agency’s own app + Transit App + Moovit + Google Maps Transit options
• Fares — base fare, transfers, day pass, weekly/monthly pass, reduced fares (senior, disability, youth, low-income)
• Fare payment — cash, contactless card, mobile app, regional card system (OMNY, Clipper, ORCA, SmarTrip, CharlieCard, TAP, ATU, etc.)
• Paratransit (ADA complementary) — eligibility, application, advance reservation procedure
• Accessibility — wheelchair access, audible/visual stop announcements, service-animal policy
• Service alerts & detours — where to subscribe to alerts (email, SMS, app push)
• Lost and found — agency-specific procedure
• Customer service & complaints — formal complaint channel and Title VI civil-rights complaint process
• Intercity carriers serving the city — Greyhound, FlixBus, Megabus, Peter Pan, Trailways, regional carriers with terminal addresses
• Trip planning resources — links to Google Maps Transit, BTS Intercity Bus Atlas, and major trip planners

How We Find and Verify — The Seven-Step Process

1. Identify the right authoritative source. We start with the official transit agency page on the city or county’s .gov domain (or, for the larger transit authorities, their dedicated .org domain), cross-checked against the APTA member directory and the National Transit Database (NTD) operated by FTA.
2. Verify the URL and phone number. We click through every link before publication and dial-test main customer-service phone numbers periodically.
3. Verify the address. Customer-service centers, headquarters, and station addresses are cross-checked against the agency’s contact page and USPS ZIP+4 lookup.
4. Document fares, schedule highlights, and accessibility. Each is captured from the agency’s own published documentation.
5. Cross-check intercity service. Greyhound, FlixBus, Megabus, Peter Pan, Trailways network, and regional carriers serving the city are verified against each carrier’s own station list.
6. Review GTFS feed status. Where the agency publishes a GTFS feed (most do), we note that the data flows through to Transit App, Moovit, and Google Maps Transit.
7. Editor sign-off. A second editor reviews the page end-to-end before it goes live.

The National Layer — Key Sources

Major Intercity Bus Carriers — At a Glance

Major Regional Fare Card Systems

Who This Site Is For

• Daily commuters — finding the most efficient route, comparing fare-card options, signing up for service alerts
• Visitors and tourists — figuring out a city’s bus system in 30 minutes
• Students — student fare programs, university shuttle integration, semester passes
• Seniors and people with disabilities — reduced-fare programs, paratransit eligibility, accessible-route planning
• Long-distance travellers — comparing Greyhound, FlixBus, Megabus, Peter Pan, Trailways for a specific route
• Parents and guardians — school bus rules, district transportation policies, NHTSA school-bus safety information
• People without a car — multi-leg trip planning across local + intercity systems
• Researchers, planners, and journalists — verified primary-source data on U.S. bus operations
• People relocating to a new city — orientation to a new transit system before moving
• Disaster preparedness and evacuation — knowing your region’s transit options in advance

What We Don’t Do

• We don’t sell bus tickets — buy directly from Greyhound, FlixBus, Megabus, Peter Pan, Trailways, or your local agency
• We don’t process refunds or change reservations — contact the carrier you bought the ticket from
• We don’t dispatch buses or change schedules — that’s the operating agency’s role
• We don’t provide live arrival times — use the agency’s app, Transit App, Moovit, or Google Maps Transit
• We don’t run a paratransit service or accept ADA applications — apply directly to your local transit agency
• We don’t handle lost-and-found — contact the agency or carrier directly
• We don’t accept service complaints — those go to the agency’s customer service, the FTA’s Title VI complaint process, or the state department of transportation
• We don’t sell your data — see Privacy Policy

How We Pay for the Site

busschedules.org/ is funded by display advertising. Editorial content — verified contact details, route information, fare structures, and procedure descriptions — is never altered to favour any advertiser. The official transit-agency and carrier contacts always come first on every page, before any commercial reference. We do not accept advertising from operations that contradict our editorial position on accurate, accessible transit information. The full position is on our Editorial Policy and Disclaimer.

Corrections and Feedback

Transit details change constantly — agencies redesign websites, update phone systems, restructure fare programs, change service hours, add or eliminate routes, and switch fare-card vendors. Intercity carriers consolidate (Flix’s 2021 acquisition of Greyhound being the most prominent recent example), open new routes, and close stations. If you spot something on the site that doesn’t match the live agency page, or you’ve called and confirmed something is wrong, please email us. Reader-reported corrections are our priority queue and get a response within seven business days.