Long Beach Transit#51

{{Short description|Bus operator in California, US}}

{{About|the bus system in Long Beach, California|the bus system in Long Beach, New York|Long Beach Bus}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox Bus transit

| name = Long Beach Transit

| logo = Long Beach Transit Logo.jpg

| logo_size = 200

| image = Long Beach Transit GE40LFA.jpg

| image_caption = Long Beach Transit New Flyer GE40LFA

| company_slogan =

| parent = Long Beach Public Transportation Company

| founded = {{start date and age|1963|03|31}}

| headquarters = 1963 East Anaheim Street

| locale = Long Beach, Paramount, Signal Hill, Carson and Lakewood, CA

| service_area =

| service_type = Bus service, Watertaxi

| alliance =

| routes = 38 fixed routes

| destinations =

| stops =

| hubs =

| stations =

| lounge =

| fleet = 220

| ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA Long Beach total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}

| annual ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA Long Beach total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}

| fuel_type = Diesel, Gasoline-electric hybrid, CNG, battery electric

| operator = Long Beach Public Transportation Company

| ceo =

| website = {{URL|https://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.

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 {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the system had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|CA Long Beach total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|CA Long Beach total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

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.

File:Long Beach Transit 2007 New Flyer GE40LF -2709 (18151398732).jpg (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.

File:LBT bus stop.JPG

= Local bus services =

class="wikitable"

!Route

! colspan="2" |Terminals

!Via

!Notes

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|Passport}}Passport
{{Cite web |title=Passport |url=https://ridelbt.com/passport/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
10th St & Pine Av

|Long Beach
RMS Queen Mary

|Pine Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|1}}1
{{Cite web |title=Route 1 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-1/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Carson
Cal State Dominguez Hills

|Rancho Dominguez
Del Amo station

|Avalon Bl, Del Amo Bl

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|2}}2
{{Cite web |title=Route 2 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-2/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Carson
Cal State Dominguez Hills

|Carson
Figueroa St & Carriagedale Dr

|Central Av, Avalon Bl

|

  • Serves Dignity Health Sports Park and SouthBay Pavilion
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|4}}4
{{Cite web |title=Route 4 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-4/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Carson
Carson St & Vermont Av

|Rancho Dominguez
Del Amo station

|Carson Street

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|8}}8
{{Cite web |title=Route 8 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-8/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Carson
223rd St & Vermont Av

|Long Beach
Wardlow station

|223rd Street

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|21}}21
{{Cite web |title=Routes 21/22/23 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-21-22-23/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Paramount
Garfield Av & Petrol St

|Cherry Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|22}}22

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Downey
Lakewood Boulevard station

|Cherry Av, Downey Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|23}}23

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Paramount
Garfield Av & Rosecrans Av

|Cherry Av, Paramount Bl

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|41}}41
{{Cite web |title=Routes 41/45/46 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-41-45-46/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach

|Long Beach
Wardlow station

|Easy Av, Anaheim St

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|45}}45

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|46}}46

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|51}}51
{{Cite web |title=Route 51 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-51/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Compton
Artesia station

|Long Beach Bl

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|61}}61
{{Cite web |title=Route 61 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-61/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Compton
Artesia station

|Atlantic Av

|

  • Serves Compton College
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|71}}71
{{Cite web |title=Route 71 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-71/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Downey
Lakewood Bl & Century Bl

|Alamitos Av, Orange Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|91}}91
{{Cite web |title=Routes 91/92/93/94 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-91-92-93-94/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|92}}92

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|93}}93

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|94}}94

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|101}}101
{{Cite web |title=Routes 101/103 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-101-103/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St

|Hawaiian Gardens
Carson St & Norwalk Bl

|Willow St, Carson St

|

  • Serves Long Beach City College
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|102}}102
{{Cite web |title=Route 102 & 104 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-102-104/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St

|Hawaiian Gardens
Carson St & Norwalk Bl

|Willow St, Spring St, Wardlow Rd

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|103}}103

|Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St

|Lakewood
Lakewood Center

|Willow St, Carson St

|

  • Serves Long Beach City College
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|104}}104

|Long Beach
Santa Fe Av & 25th St

|Hawaiian Gardens
Carson St & Norwalk Bl

|Willow St, Spring St

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|111}}111
{{Cite web |title=Route 111/112 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-111-112/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Lakewood
South St & Downey Av

|Broadway, Lakewood Bl

|

  • Serves 1st Street station, Long Beach Airport and Lakewood Center
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|112}}112

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|121}}121
{{Cite web |title=Route 121 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-121/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
PCH & Clark Av

|Long Beach
Catalina Landing

|Ocean Bl

|

  • Serves Cal State Long Beach, 1st Street station and Downtown Long Beach station
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|131}}131
{{Cite web |title=Route 131 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-131/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Wardlow station

|Long Beach
Alamitos Bay

|Redondo Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|141}}141
{{Cite web |title=Route 141 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-141/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Compton
Artesia station

|Cerritos
Los Cerritos Center

|Artesia Bl

|

  • Serves Compton College
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|151}}151
{{Cite web |title=Route 151 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-151/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Cesar E. Chavez Park

|Long Beach
4th St & Ximeno Av

|4th St

|

  • Serves Downtown Long Beach station
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|171}}171
{{Cite web |title=Routes 171/175 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-171-175/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|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
rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|172}}172
{{Cite web |title=Routes 172/173/174 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-172-173-174/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

| rowspan="2" |Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Norwalk
Norwalk station

| rowspan="2" |Pacific Coast Hwy, Palos Verde Av

| rowspan="2" |

  • Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Pacific Coast Highway station and Long Beach City College
Cerritos
Los Cerritos Center
{{small|(weekdays)}}
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|173}}173

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|174}}174

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|175}}175

|Long Beach
Villages at Cabrillo

|Long Beach
Cal State Long Beach

|Pacific Coast Hwy

|

  • Serves Pacific Coast Highway station and Long Beach City College
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|181}}181
{{Cite web |title=Routes 181/182 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-181-182/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Long Beach
Wardlow station

|Magnolia Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|182}}182

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Long Beach
Wardlow station

|Pacific Av

|

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|191}}191
{{Cite web |title=Routes 191/192 |url=https://ridelbt.com/routes-191-192/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|192}}192

|Long Beach
Downtown Long Beach station

|Cerritos
Los Cerritos Center

|Santa Fe Av, South St

|

  • Serves Del Amo station

= Commuter service =

class="wikitable"

!Route

! colspan="2" |Terminals

!Via

!Notes

style="vertical-align:top" |{{Anchor|405}}405
{{Cite web |title=Route 405 |url=https://ridelbt.com/route-405/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

|Long Beach
{{Rint|air|link=Long_Beach_Airport|LGB}} Long Beach Airport

|Westwood
UCLA

|I-405

|

= Special event service =

class="wikitable"

!Route

! colspan="2" |Terminals

!Via

!Notes

rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top" |{{Anchor|Galaxy Express}}Galaxy Express
{{Cite web |last= |title=Galaxy Express |url=https://www.lagalaxy.com/stadium/galaxyexpress |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=LA Galaxy |language=en}}

|Gardena
Harbor Gateway Transit Center

| rowspan="2" |Carson
Dignity Health Sports Park

|Victoria St

| rowspan="2" |

  • Operates for LA Galaxy games
  • Fare-free service
Rancho Dominguez
Del Amo station

|Del Amo Bl

= Water taxis =

File:Long Beach Transit Aqualink II.jpg

Long Beach Transit operates two year-round water taxi services: the 49-passenger AquaBus, and the 75-passenger AquaLink,{{Cite web |title=Water Taxis |url=https://ridelbt.com/watertaxis/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=Long Beach Transit}} which connect the major attractions of Downtown Long Beach, including the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach Cruise Terminal, and the {{RMS|Queen Mary}} hotel. In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the two water routes had a ridership of {{American transit ridership|CA Long Beach FB annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|CA Long Beach FB daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

class="wikitable"

!Route

! colspan="2" |Terminals

!Via

!Notes

style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|AquaBus}}AquaBus

| rowspan="2" |Long Beach
Aquarium of the Pacific

|Long Beach
Queen Mary

| rowspan="2" |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
style="vertical-align:top"|{{Anchor|AquaLink}}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

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. {{As of|2025}}, the standard bus fare is $1.25.{{Cite web |title=Fares |url=https://ridelbt.com/fares/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Long Beach Transit}}

Fare collection was suspended at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, resuming in September 2021.{{Cite web |last=Echeverry |first=Sebastian |date=2021-08-17 |title=Long Beach Transit to resume fare collection in September |url=https://lbpost.com/news/long-beach-transit-to-resume-fare-collection-in-september/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=Long Beach Post News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kazenoff |first=Tess |date=2022-11-16 |title=Long Beach Transit looks forward to expanded service, green fleet next year |url=https://lbbusinessjournal.com/business/news/long-beach-transit-looks-forward-to-expanded-service-green-fleet-next-year/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229205711/https://lbbusinessjournal.com/business/news/long-beach-transit-looks-forward-to-expanded-service-green-fleet-next-year/ |archive-date=2024-02-29 |access-date= |work=Long Beach Business Journal}}

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,{{Cite news |last=Branson-Potts |first=Hailey |date=27 April 2015 |title=Long Beach Transit agrees to purchase electric buses |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-long-beach-transit-electric-buses-20150427-story.html |access-date=May 31, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times}} 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 =

class="wikitable"

!Make/Model

!Fleet Numbers

!Thumbnails

!Year

!Notes

rowspan="3"|Gillig BRT CNG 40'

|1201

|

|2011

|

  • 1201 is a 2011 demo unit and was Gillig's first CNG-powered bus
1202–1233

| frameless

|2012

|

1301–1331

|

|2013

|

New Flyer XN60

|1501–1513

|

|2015

|

  • 2014 models
Gillig BRT CNG 40'

|1521–1528

|

|2015

|

BYD K9

|1601–1610

|frameless

|2016

|

  • First electric buses for Long Beach Transit
New Flyer XN40

|1801-1840

| frameless

|2017-2018

|

  • 1801 is a 2017 New Flyer XN40 demo unit
rowspan="4"|New Flyer GE40LF

|2401-2427

| frameless

|2004

|

  • First gas-electric buses in the world to enter public service
  • 2401 was retired following an accident
2501-2520

| frameless

|rowspan="2"|2005

|

2521-2522

|

|

  • Originally from OCTA
2701-2715

| frameless

|2007

|

New Flyer GE40LFA

|2901-2925

| frameless

|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

| frameless

|2021

|

New Flyer XE35

|16025–16044

| frameless

|2022

|

  • First New Flyer XE35 in California
BYD C10M

|16046-16050

|

|2024

|

  • Used on commuter service Route 405 and special events

References

{{Reflist}}

= Further reading =

  • {{Cite book |last=Simon |first=Renee B. |url=http://www.lbtransit.com/50thAnniversaryBook/ |title=Long Beach Transit: 50 Years of Moving our Community Forward |date=2013 |publisher=Long Beach Transit |isbn=978-0-615-76667-6 |location= |access-date=2018-10-21}}