Royal Transit Authority

Royal Transit Authority is an American-based transit group, using a mix of American and Canadian-based vehicles owned by PenguinsForLifePFL3. Originally, the group was to follow a New York based-influence but eventually switched to a Toronto-based one, while keeping some models that cannot be found in Canada. The group has since rebranded as "Royal Transportation" and relaunched in 2022.

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First Version
In late 2019, RTA started operations as an American-based group. It was intending to base its operations in New York. The company started with a mix of Orion VII and Gillig buses.

In early 2020, RTA opened its Overlea Division, which was based on the Thorncliffe Park area of Toronto. This division made it change its base to the Toronto area. The company also acquired TTC-spec Orion Vs for its operations.

In mid-2020, RTA partnered with Toronto and Region Transit Authority, which was also known as the Hamilton Street Railway. Both groups merged and began service under the RTA brand at the Hamilton Division for most of 2020.

In November 2020, RTA introduced a Gillig Phantom into service, along with adding a Gillig Hybrid and BRT. By this time, it was too late for the company to recover from its troubled past.

As of January 2021, through a Twitter post by CommodoreCDTV, RTA has reportedly ceased operations.

Current Version
By early 2022, PenguinsForLifePFL3 restarted the group after taking a year's hiatus. A new fleet of buses, all 2022 models made by AutoLogic replaced the old fleet, consisting of 22xx New Flyer XDE40s and 22-xxx Gillig Low Floors, based on the MBOC chassis. Operations are also based out of a new division, which is a fictional map based off Canadian and American influences. Despite this, the group continued to keep its old maps, with its initial run being in the Overlea/Hampton division.

On May 7, 2022, the Gillig buses entered service, with at least one battery electric also being delivered.

Verbal Abuse Scandal
On July 9, 2020, random RTA members poked fun at, made derogatory comments, used racial and offensive slurs at and about TobyOH. In response, the TTA, along with St. Catharines Transit Commission, and Manhattan Transportation Commission have sanctioned RTA, ending all ties with them. More than half of the people in the group left the RTA in favor for those 3 groups.

Since the accusations from TTA, MTC and St Catharines Transit Commission, the group's Twitter page has been inactive since July 2020 and the group has not made any public statement. The group continued to see declining members since the sanction until its 2022 restart.

Toronto and Region Transport Authority, which had partnered with RTA also severed relations because of this scandal, making RTA also lose a division.

Leaking Scandals
In September 2020, NextTransport accused RTA of continuing to use a leaked version of their NovaBUS LFS. On September 25, they announced they would remove it but it was spotted at one of their games in early October 2020. By late October 2020, they chose to remove the offending vehicle from their fleet. However, the damage was done and nextTransport had also sanctioned RTA. In addition, there are now maps where leaked RTA vehicles can be found.

In November 2020, according to a Fairview Transit press release, RTA was also accused of leaking the former's Mark I, which was found through evidence shared by CommodoreCDTV. This spawned a war to happen between the two groups as both sides could not come to agreement until both NightlyBasis and CommodoreCDTV managed to settle the problem. As of November 22, 2020, Fairview Transit has sanctioned the administration of RTA and banned them from their property.