Her Campus Logo Her Campus Logo
placeholder article
placeholder article

What it’s like to ride Gainesville RTS, as told by a freshman

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Antara Sinha
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Cara Chiaramonte
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UFL chapter.

You wake up early for once and get ready for your morning class all like 

But then you start to panic when you realize you have no idea how to get there on time.

So, you try to decode the online bus route map…

which is, of course, pointless and indecipherable 

Then your roommate tells you about this simple RTS app…

and you finally figure out which bus to get on.

But then you see the bus you need driving away just as you arrive at the bus stop.

Then, after 10 minutes of waiting, you realize you’re waiting on the wrong side of the road for the bus headed in the opposite direction.

Finally the bus arrives…

And you get on.

It drops you off a half mile away from class and you’re all like,

but you somehow manage to roll into class 5 minutes early

Then you decide to add a bike to your list of things to buy.

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar
Antara Sinha is a sophomore journalism/pre-med major at the University of Florida. She is a contributing writer for USA Today College, and this is her third semester as a writer for Her Campus UFL. Her interests include health, science and lifestyle writing, and she plans on pursing medical and science journalism.
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar
Cara oversees Her Campus Media's community department and serves as strategic lead for the expansion, development and management of all HCM communities, including the Her Campus Chapter Network, InfluenceHer Collective, College Fashionista, Spoon University, Campus Trendsetters, alumni and high school. She works closely with company leadership to develop new community-related sales offerings and the Integrated Marketing team to support all community-focused client marketing programs from end to end. Cara has experience working with high-profile talent, such as Jessica Alba, Andrew Yang, Amber Tamblyn, Aja Naomi King, Troian Bellisario, Jessica Marie Garcia, Nico Tortorella, Nastia Liukin, Rebecca Minkoff, Cecile Richards and Samantha Power, as well as brands like Coca-Cola, L'Oréal Paris, The New York Times, HBO, Uber, H&M and more. Having been a part of the HC family since 2011, Cara served as Campus Correspondent of the HC chapter at the University of Florida where she studied journalism, women’s studies and leadership. A New Yorker turned Floridian, Cara has a Friends quote for any situation. You can usually find her with her friends and family at the beach, a concert or live sports event or binge-watching Grey's Anatomy or Sons of Anarchy. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @thecararose.