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Long Beach Transit

This article is about the bus system in Long Beach, California. For the bus system in Long Beach, New York, see Long Beach Bus.

Long Beach Transit (LBT) is the operator of public transit bus and ferry services in Long Beach, California and its surrounding cities. Long Beach Transit operates 37 bus routes, serving the Gateway Cities region of Los Angeles County. In addition to its bus services, LBT contracts with Catalina Express for the operation of two water taxi routes, and organizes the Dial-A-Lift paratransit service.

Long Beach Transit
Long Beach Transit New Flyer GE40LFA
ParentLong Beach Public Transportation Company
FoundedMarch 31, 1963 (61 years ago)
Headquarters1963 East Anaheim Street
LocaleLong Beach, Paramount, Signal Hill, Carson and Lakewood, CA
Service typeBus service, Watertaxi
Routes38 fixed routes
Fleet220
Daily ridership60,700 (weekdays, Q3 2024)[1]
Annual ridership17,780,100 (2023)[2]
Fuel typeDiesel, Gasoline-electric hybrid, CNG, battery electric
OperatorLong Beach Public Transportation Company
Websiteridelbt.com

Long Beach Transit services are operated by the Long Beach Public Transportation Company, a nonprofit corporation controlled by the City of Long Beach. The system is funded in part by state tax revenue distributed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 17,780,100, or about 60,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.

The central hub of the system is the Long Beach Transit Mall, located along 1st Street in downtown Long Beach. The Transit Mall is the southern terminus of the A Line light rail service, operated by Metro. Long Beach Transit services also connect to Torrance Transit, LADOT Commuter Express, Metro Bus, and OC Bus services. Other major destinations served by Long Beach Transit include Long Beach Airport, California State University Long Beach, CSU Dominguez Hills, and Los Cerritos Center.

2007 New Flyer Low Floor (GE40LF)

Services

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Long Beach Transit operates its core local services in Long Beach, its enclave Signal Hill, and the nearby cities of Carson, Cerritos, Compton, Lakewood, Paramount, and Seal Beach. Commuter service operates on weekdays in the peak direction from Long Beach to UCLA, and limited special-event service is provided to Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson on LA Galaxy game days. The free Passport route serves Downtown Long Beach, connecting popular tourist destinations.

 
A LBT bus stop

Local bus services

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Route Terminals Via Notes
Passport
[3] 		Long Beach
10th St & Pine Av 		Long Beach
RMS Queen Mary 		Pine Av
1
[4] 		Carson
Cal State Dominguez Hills 		Rancho Dominguez
Del Amo station 		Avalon Bl, Del Amo Bl
2
[5] 		Carson
Cal State Dominguez Hills 		Carson
Figueroa St & Carriagedale Dr 		Central Av, Avalon Bl
  • Serves Dignity Health Sports Park and SouthBay Pavilion
4
[6] 		Carson
Carson St & Vermont Av 		Rancho Dominguez
Del Amo station 		Carson Street
8
[7] 		Carson
223rd St & Vermont Av 		Long Beach
Wardlow station 		223rd Street
21
[8] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Paramount
Garfield Av & Petrol St 		Cherry Av
22
[8] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Downey
Lakewood Boulevard station 		Cherry Av, Downey Av
23
[8] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Paramount
Garfield Av & Rosecrans Av 		Cherry Av, Paramount Bl
41
[9] 		Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach 		Long Beach
Wardlow station 		Easy Av, Anaheim St
45
[9] 		Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach 		Long Beach
Anaheim St & Santa Fe Av 		Anaheim St
  • Route 45 will only operate as resources allow during school commute times
  • Serves Anaheim Street station
46
[9] 		Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Anaheim St
  • Serves Anaheim Street station, 5th Street station and 1st Street station
51
[10] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Compton
Artesia station 		Long Beach Bl
61
[11] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Compton
Artesia station 		Atlantic Av
  • Serves Compton College
71
[12] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Downey
Lakewood Bl & Century Bl 		Alamitos Av, Orange Av
91
[13] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
Alondra Bl & Woodruff Av 		7th St, Bellflower Bl
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station and Cal State Long Beach
92
[13] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
Woodruff Av & Alondra Bl 		7th St, Woodruff Av
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station and Cal State Long Beach
93
[13] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
Alondra Bl & Woodruff Av 		7th St, Clark Av
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Cal State Long Beach and Lakewood Center
94
[13] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
Bellflower Bl & Stearns St 		7th St
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station and Cal State Long Beach
101
[14] 		Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St 		Hawaiian Gardens
Carson St & Norwalk Bl 		Willow St, Carson St
  • Serves Long Beach City College
102
[15] 		Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St 		Hawaiian Gardens
Carson St & Norwalk Bl 		Willow St, Spring St, Wardlow Rd
103
[14] 		Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St 		Lakewood
Lakewood Center 		Willow St, Carson St
  • Serves Long Beach City College
104
[15] 		Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St 		Hawaiian Gardens
Carson St & Norwalk Bl 		Willow St, Spring St
111
[16] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Lakewood
South St & Downey Av 		Broadway, Lakewood Bl
  • Serves 1st Street station, Long Beach Airport and Lakewood Center
112
[16] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Lakewood
South St & Downey Av 		Broadway, Clark Av
  • Serves 1st Street station, Long Beach City College and Lakewood Center
121
[17] 		Long Beach
PCH & Clark Av 		Long Beach
Catalina Landing 		Ocean Bl
  • Serves Cal State Long Beach, 1st Street station and Downtown Long Beach station
131
[18] 		Long Beach
Wardlow station 		Long Beach
Alamitos Bay 		Redondo Av
141
[19] 		Compton
Artesia station 		Cerritos
Los Cerritos Center 		Artesia Bl
  • Serves Compton College
151
[20] 		Long Beach
Cesar E. Chavez Park 		Long Beach
4th St & Ximeno Av 		4th St
  • Serves Downtown Long Beach station
171
[21] 		Long Beach
Villages at Cabrillo 		Seal Beach
Electric Av & Main Av 		Pacific Coast Hwy
  • Serves Pacific Coast Highway station, Long Beach City College and Cal State Long Beach
172
[22] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Norwalk
Norwalk station 		Pacific Coast Hwy, Palos Verde Av
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Pacific Coast Highway station and Long Beach City College
Cerritos
Los Cerritos Center
(weekdays)
173
[22] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Norwalk
Norwalk station 		Pacific Coast Hwy, Studebaker Rd
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Pacific Coast Highway station, Long Beach City College, Cal State Long Beach, Los Cerritos Center and Cerritos College
174
[22] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
PCH & Ximeno Av 		Pacific Coast Hwy
  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Pacific Coast Highway station and Long Beach City College
175
[21] 		Long Beach
Villages at Cabrillo 		Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach 		Pacific Coast Hwy
  • Serves Pacific Coast Highway station and Long Beach City College
181
[23] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
Wardlow station 		Magnolia Av
182
[23] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Long Beach
Wardlow station 		Pacific Av
191
[24] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Lakewood
Bloomfield Av & Del Amo Bl 		Santa Fe Av, Del Amo Bl
  • Serves Del Amo station and Lakewood Center
192
[24] 		Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station 		Cerritos
Los Cerritos Center 		Santa Fe Av, South St
  • Serves Del Amo station

Commuter service

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Route Terminals Via Notes
405
[25] 		Long Beach
  Long Beach Airport 		Westwood
UCLA 		I-405

Special event service

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Route Terminals Via Notes
Galaxy Express
[26] 		Gardena
Harbor Gateway Transit Center 		Carson
Dignity Health Sports Park 		Victoria St
  • Operates for LA Galaxy games
  • Fare-free service
Rancho Dominguez
Del Amo station 		Del Amo Bl

Water taxis

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AquaLink approaching Alamitos Bay Landing

Long Beach Transit operates two year-round water taxi services: the 49-passenger AquaBus, and the 75-passenger AquaLink,[27] which connects the major attractions of Downtown Long Beach, including the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach Cruise Terminal, and the RMS Queen Mary hotel. In 2023, the two water routes had a ridership of 62,200, or about 400 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.

Route Terminals Via Notes
AquaBus Long Beach
Aquarium of the Pacific 		Long Beach
Queen Mary 		Queensway Bay
  • The 49-passenger AquaBus has six "ports of call": the Aquarium of the Pacific, Queen Mary, Shoreline Village, Catalina Landing, Pine Avenue Circle, and Hotel Maya.
  • The fare is $1 one-way
AquaLink Long Beach
Alamitos Bay Landing
  • The AquaLink is a 68-foot catamaran that ferries up to 75 passengers to attractions in Long Beach Harbor and on to Alamitos Bay Landing.
  • The fare is $5 one-way.

Fares

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Long Beach Transit accepts cash and TAP cards for fare payment on buses. Discounted fares are available to seniors, individuals with disabilities, and CSU Long Beach students. Long Beach Unified School District and Long Beach City College students ride LBT buses for free with a GoPass TAP card.[28]

Fare collection was suspended at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, resuming in September 2021.[29][30]

Bus fleet

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As of 2024, Long Beach Transit's fleet is composed of mostly New Flyer buses, which are the GE40LF, GE40LFA, XN40 and XN60 models. It also has a large number of Gillig BRT+ models, a decreasing number of New Flyer D40LF models, and one Prévost coach used for charters. It also uses the battery-powered BYD K9 and BYD K9M buses,[31] as well as the relatively new New Flyer XE35.

Long Beach Transit has had several major firsts. It was the first agency to:

  • Operate the General Motors RTS bus in the late 1970s, in addition to other variants
  • Operate the first gasoline-electric buses in the world
  • Use the first Gillig bus powered by CNG

The buses have four-digit numbers, of which the first two digits represent the year the bus was put into service. Buses numbered 90## (the ## representing number in fleet) entered service in the 1990s, 20## - 29## entered service in the 2000s, and 12## - 18## entered service in the 2010s.

Long Beach Transit buses are operated out of 2 yards:

  • Headquarters
  • Jackson Transit Center

Most buses are stored at the headquarters on Anaheim Street in Eastside Long Beach. The articulated buses are stored at the Jackson Transit Center bus depot in North Long Beach. Both bus depots are located along Cherry Avenue.

Active fleet

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Make/Model Fleet Numbers Thumbnails Year Notes
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 1201 2011
  • 1201 is a 2011 demo unit and was Gillig's first CNG-powered bus
1202–1233   2012
1301–1331 2013
New Flyer XN60 1501–1513 2015
  • 2014 models
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 1521–1528 2015
BYD K9 1601–1610   2016
  • First electric buses for Long Beach Transit
New Flyer XN40 1801-1840   2017-2018
  • 1801 is a 2017 New Flyer XN40 demo unit
New Flyer GE40LF 2401-2427   2004
  • First gas-electric buses in the world to enter public service
  • 2401 was retired following an accident
2501-2520   2005
2521-2522
  • Originally from OCTA
2701-2715   2007
New Flyer GE40LFA 2901-2925   2008–2009
  • 2008 models
  • The only GE40LFA buses ever built by New Flyer Industries
  • First buses to feature new paint scheme
BYD K9M 16011-16024   2021
New Flyer XE35 16025–16044   2022
  • First New Flyer XE35 in California
BYD C10M 16046-16050 2024
  • Used on commuter service and special events

References

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  1. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "Passport". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "Route 1". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Route 2". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "Route 4". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  7. ^ "Route 8". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Routes 21/22/23". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Routes 41/45/46". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "Route 51". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  11. ^ "Route 61". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  12. ^ "Route 71". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d "Routes 91/92/93/94". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Routes 101/103". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Route 102 & 104". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Route 111/112". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  17. ^ "Route 121". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  18. ^ "Route 131". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  19. ^ "Route 141". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  20. ^ "Route 151". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Routes 171/175". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  22. ^ a b c "Routes 172/173/174". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Routes 181/182". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Routes 191/192". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  25. ^ "Route 405". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  26. ^ "Galaxy Express". LA Galaxy. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  27. ^ "Water Taxis". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
  28. ^ "Fares". Long Beach Transit. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  29. ^ Echeverry, Sebastian (August 17, 2021). "Long Beach Transit to resume fare collection in September". Long Beach Post News. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  30. ^ Kazenoff, Tess (November 16, 2022). "Long Beach Transit looks forward to expanded service, green fleet next year". Long Beach Business Journal. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024.
  31. ^ Branson-Potts, Hailey (April 27, 2015). "Long Beach Transit agrees to purchase electric buses". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

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