Updated as of July 22, 2024.
Download printable Howard County Transportation Information Bridges flyer PDF.
Public Transportation
Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland
Transit App
- Provides real-time information about the location of buses and stops
- May use to purchase RTA tickets (tickets purchased on the RTA app include free transfers within 90 minutes)
- Works on multiple public transit systems
Fares
- $2 one-way fares; Day and multi-day passes are available
- Person with a Disability: FREE with Medicare card or RTA identification card
- HCPSS Student (Middle/High School): FREE with approved student fare application
- HCC Students: FREE with approved student fare application
- Monthly Student Pass: $20.00; Free for the summer of 2024
Routes and schedules: RTA currently offers many routes
- Download and review up-to-date route information
- FREE County Connector Shuttle from Arundel Mills Mall to BWI Airport
- Other Routes
- Route 301: Serves Towne Centre Laurel and South Laurel
- Route 302: Serves Towne Centre Laurel, FDA Muirkirk Campus, and Greenbelt Metro Station
- Route 401: Serves Mall in Columbia, Wilde Lake, Harper’s Choice, Howard Co. General Hospital, Howard Community College, Hickory Ridge Place, Clary’s Forest
- Route 402: Serves Mall in Columbia, Knoll Drive/Columbia Medical Campus, Foreland Garth/Shalom Square, Dobbin Center
- Route 403: Serves Mall in Columbia, Dorsey’s Search Village Center, Selborne House, Columbia 100 Pkwy, Red Branch Rd & Rumsey Rd, MD 108 & Bendix Rd
- Route 404: Serves Mall in Columbia, Howard Community College, Howard County General Hospital, Hickory Ridge Place, Hickory Ridge Village Center, Atholton High School
- Route 405: Serves Ellicott City Walmart, Old Ellicott City (Lot F), Pine Orchard Lane
- Route 407: Serves Mall in Columbia, Oakland Mills Village Center, Owen Brown Village Center, Snowden Square, Kings Contrivance Village Center
- Route 408: Serves Mall in Columbia, Tamar Dr & Rouse Pkwy, High Tor Hill & Phelps Luck Dr, Tamar Dr & Cloudleap Ct, Columbia Crossing, Snowden Square, Sherwood Crossing (Gateway)
- Route 501: Serves Mall in Columbia, Snowden Square, MD Food Center, Dorsey MARC Station, Arundel Mills
- Route 502: Serves Towne Centre Laurel, Maryland City Plaza, National Business Park, Walmart (Russett Green E), Arundel Mills Mall
- Route 503: Serves Mall in Columbia, Owen Brown Village Center, Vollmerhausen Rd & Birchwood Wy, North Laurel Community Center, Towne Centre Laurel
- Route 505: Serves Mall in Columbia, Long Gate Shopping Center, Ellicott City Walmart, Catonsville Walmart
- At this time, Route 414 (Route 409: Serves Towne Centre Laurel, US Route 1, Perkins Hospital, Salvation Army, MD Food Center, Elkridge Corners Shopping CenterRoute 414, is not operating
Paratransit
ADA/GPT Paratransit from the Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland
General Paratransit (GPT)
- One round-trip per day
- Limited service: medical appointments, colleges, senior centers, etc.
- $5 fare each way
- GPT information brochure download link
- GPT Service application download link
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) services
- Shared ride service; Unlimited trips per day and for any purpose
- Pick up and drop off within ¾ mile of the fixed route (regular RTA public transportation)
- Available during normal fixed route bus operating hours
- $4 fare each way
- ADA information brochure download link
- ADA Service application download link
Please contact the Free Bridges Helpdesk anytime
- Via our Accessible Web Form
- Email: Helpdesk@imagemd.org
- Visit our Bridges Helpdesk website
- Text or Leave a voice mail message: (410) 357-1546
This unique project is being coordinated through The IMAGE Center of Maryland, a center for independent living in Towson, and it is funded by a grant from the Maryland Department of Education Division of Special Education/Early Intervention Services.