In 2014, Howard County initiated the Regional Transit Agency of Central Maryland, recruiting Anne Arundel County to join areas served by Central Maryland Regional Transit claiming the centralized authority initiated, managed and funded through Howard County would save money in contract expenses.

CMRT bid on providing services to these regions after July 1, but lost to First Transit.

[2] In 2014, Howard County broke ground on a $7.2 million bus depot at Savage, Maryland designed to house 120 buses.

60 min (off peak) Pine Orchard Lane from Mall in Columbia, now departs from Ellicott City Walmart.

RTA has a number of transit hubs where numerous bus lines meet.