• Bus schedules can be found on the bus company website (www.at-bus.it), on the Moovit app or Tabnet phone apps. 

• Bus stops are marked by signs that read ‘Fermata’, a bus stop name (such as 'Bolognese 05') and indicate the numbers of the buses that stop there. Most bus lines run until approximately midnight.

• You can buy bus tickets at any tobacconist (indicated by a large white “T” on the outside of the shop) or newsstand. The closest to campus is on Via Bolognese 58B

• You can also use tickets bought in Florence in other Tuscan cities on the bus, including  Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa Carrara, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena. A single ticket can still be purchased for €1.80 by sending an SMS from an Italian cell with Tim, Vodafone and WindTre operators, to number 4880105 including the text FIRENZE, if traveling in Florence, or for example, PISA or PRATO, depending on the Tuscan city you are traveling in. 

• Single bus rides are valid 90-minutes from the moment the ticket is validated and you can ride on any public transport bus or light rail line. 

• To take the bus, you will need to buy a ticket and validate it immediately in one of the ticket validating machines at the front of the bus in order to avoid a fine. 

• Ticket inspectors (often in plain clothes) regularly check patrons’ tickets on the buses (particularly the #25), so it is important to have a validated bus ticket with you every time you take the bus.  

• If you purchased a ticket via cell phone, show the SMS confirmation as proof of purchase. Riding the bus without a valid ticket will result in a fine of more than 50 times the price of the ticket. Please also note that controllers will ask you to get off the bus and pay the fine right away if you do not have a valid bus ticket.

• If you pay the fine in cash immediately, the fine is less, but you relinquish your right to appeal. If you request to pay later, the fine increases. Inspectors may follow patrons who run from them or refuse to show identification and will call the police, if necessary. Please cooperate with the officials if you are caught without a valid bus ticket.

• On Board tickets: please ensure you have small changes as drivers are not required to give change. *Please note that not all drivers sell tickets on board.* Impossibility of purchasing a ticket on board does not exempt you from the penalties imposed on those without a valid ticket.

To acquire a new bus pass, users must register a new account on www.at-bus.it and insert details such as your codice fiscale (Italian social security number), carta d’identità (Italian ID card), tessera sanitaria (Italian national health card), along with additional information to acquire a potential discount such as that for students. Foreigners, who are temporary residents of Florence, will need to start the process by filling out a Foreign Citizens form to receive an Italian fiscal code. 

After registration is complete, a monthly, seasonal or yearly pass can be purchased. Since these are connected to the customer’s account, all that needs to be shown to ticket inspectors is your health card or codice fiscale card to verify that you have a pass. 

NYU Florence students will need to show the QR Code generated through the webpage below as proof of monthly pass purchase.