Long Beach Transit

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Long Beach Transit
Long Beach Transit Logo.jpg
Long Beach Transit GE40LFA.jpg
Long Beach Transit New Flyer GE40LFA
ParentLong Beach Public Transportation Company
FoundedMarch 31, 1963 (61 years ago)
Headquarters1963 East Anaheim Street
Locale Long Beach, Paramount, Signal Hill, Carson and Lakewood, CA
Service type Bus service, Watertaxi
Routes38 fixed routes
Fleet220
Daily ridership53,400 (weekdays, Q1 2024) [1]
Annual ridership17,780,100 (2023) [2]
Fuel type Diesel, Gasoline-electric hybrid, CNG, battery electric
OperatorLong Beach Public Transportation Company
Website ridelbt.com

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.

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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 53,400 per weekday as of the first 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) Long Beach Transit 2007 New Flyer GE40LF -2709 (18151398732).jpg
2007 New Flyer Low Floor (GE40LF)

Services

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 LBT bus stop.JPG
A LBT bus stop

Local bus services

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
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 bus service

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
405
[25]
Long Beach
BSicon FLUG.svg   Long Beach Airport
Westwood
UCLA
I-405

Special event bus service

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
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

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 0 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
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
AquaLinkLong 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

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

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:

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:

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 [32]

Make/ModelFleet NumbersThumbnailsYearNotes
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 12012011
  • 1201 is a 2011 demo unit and was Gillig's first CNG-powered bus
1202–1233 Eastbound 71 1227.jpg 2012
1301–13312013
New Flyer XN60 1501–15132015
  • 2014 models
Gillig BRT CNG 40' 1521–15282015
BYD K9 1601–16102016
  • First electric buses for Long Beach Transit
New Flyer XN40 1801-1840 Southbound 61 1816.jpg 2017-2018
  • 1801 is a 2017 New Flyer XN40 demo unit
New Flyer GE40LF 2401-2427 2414 layover.jpg 2004
  • First gas-electric buses in the world to enter public service
  • 2401 was retired following an accident
2501-2520 Northbound 91 2512.jpg 2005
2521-2522
  • Originally from OCTA
2701-2715 Passport Southbound 2706.jpg 2007
New Flyer GE40LFA 2901-2925 Westbound 121 2906.jpg 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 Northbound Passport 16011.jpg 2021
New Flyer XE35 16025–16044 Southbound 182 16040.jpg 2022
  • First New Flyer XE35 in California

Five (5) BYD C10M coaches and their associated charging infrastructure are on order and expected to be delivered in Q1 2024. These will provide service on LBT's 405 Commuter Express Route to UCLA.

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