Getting Around Gainesville

One of the first steps toward independence in a new place is learning how to get around. In Gainesville, that means understanding how to use public transportation, navigate unfamiliar streets, and make choices that fit a family’s budget and lifestyle. Newly arrived refugees build the confidence and skills to move through their new home with purpose and pride.

GGIC staff and volunteers provide personalized bus orientation sessions, walk families to nearby bus stops, help families read maps and schedules, and even ride along to essential destinations like grocery stores, clinics, and schools. Families are guided to track bus arrivals, plan routes, and avoid long waits using the GNVRideRTS app and Google Maps. Refugees who prefer cycling connect with local programs that provide donated bicycles and safety gear.

La agencia desde el primer día nos ha ayudado con transporte y lo bueno que la ciudad también posee transporte publico .

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From the first day, the agency helped us with transit and the good thing is that the city also has public transit.

GGIC nos enseñó a utilizar el sistema de transporte urbano, nos proporcionaron información detallada de como funciona y nos dieron pases de bus para usar en el transporte de la ciudad. Fue muy importante aprender estas cosas, para poder llevar a nuestra hija al colegio y trasladarnos por toda la ciudad a hacer cualquier diligencia necesaria.

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GGIC taught us how to use the city’s public transit system, providing us with detailed information on how it works. They gave us bus passes to use for transit in the city. It was very important to learn these things in order to bring our daughter to school as well as to move ourselves about the city to our necessary errands.