# Long Beach Transit

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 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.

## 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.

### Local bus services

| Route | Terminals | Terminals | Via | Notes |
| Passport | Long Beach 10th St & Pine Av | Long Beach RMS Queen Mary | Pine Av | Serves 5th Street station, 1st Street station, Long Beach Convention Center and Aquarium of the Pacific Fare-free service |
| 1 | Carson Cal State Dominguez Hills | Rancho Dominguez Del Amo station | Avalon Bl, Del Amo Bl | Serves Dignity Health Sports Park and SouthBay Pavilion |
| 2 | Carson Cal State Dominguez Hills | Carson Figueroa St & Carriagedale Dr | Central Av, Avalon Bl | Serves Dignity Health Sports Park and SouthBay Pavilion |
| 4 | Carson Carson St & Vermont Av | Rancho Dominguez Del Amo station | Carson Street | |
| 8 | Carson 223rd St & Vermont Av | Long Beach Wardlow station | 223rd Street | |
| 21 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Paramount Garfield Av & Petrol St | Cherry Av | |
| 22 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Downey Lakewood Boulevard station | Cherry Av, Downey Av | |
| 23 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Paramount Garfield Av & Rosecrans Av | Cherry Av, Paramount Bl | |
| 41 | Long Beach Cal State Long Beach | Long Beach Wardlow station | Easy Av, Anaheim St | Serves Anaheim Street station |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 51 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Compton Artesia station | Long Beach Bl | Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Anaheim Street station, Pacific Coast Highway station, Willow Street station and Compton College |
| 61 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Compton Artesia station | Atlantic Av | Serves Compton College |
| 71 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Downey Lakewood Bl & Century Bl | Alamitos Av, Orange Av | Serves Long Beach City College |
| 91 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Long Beach Santa Fe Av & 25th St | Hawaiian Gardens Carson St & Norwalk Bl | Willow St, Carson St | Serves Long Beach City College |
| 102 | Long Beach Santa Fe Av & 25th St | Hawaiian Gardens Carson St & Norwalk Bl | Willow St, Spring St, Wardlow Rd | |
| 103 | Long Beach Santa Fe Av & 25th St | Lakewood Lakewood Center | Willow St, Carson St | Serves Long Beach City College |
| 104 | Long Beach Santa Fe Av & 25th St | Hawaiian Gardens Carson St & Norwalk Bl | Willow St, Spring St | Serves Long Beach Airport |
| 111 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Long Beach Wardlow station | Long Beach Alamitos Bay | Redondo Av | |
| 141 | Compton Artesia station | Cerritos Los Cerritos Center | Artesia Bl | Serves Compton College |
| 151 | Long Beach Cesar E. Chavez Park | Long Beach 4th St & Ximeno Av | 4th St | Serves Downtown Long Beach station |
| 171 | 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 | 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 |
| 172 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Cerritos Los Cerritos Center (weekdays) | Pacific Coast Hwy, Palos Verde Av | Serves 1st Street station, 5th Street station, Pacific Coast Highway station and Long Beach City College |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 181 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Long Beach Wardlow station | Magnolia Av | |
| 182 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Long Beach Wardlow station | Pacific Av | Serves Pacific Avenue station |
| 191 | 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 | Long Beach Downtown Long Beach station | Cerritos Los Cerritos Center | Santa Fe Av, South St | Serves Del Amo station |

### Commuter service

| Route | Terminals | Terminals | Via | Notes |
| 405 | Long Beach Long Beach Airport | Westwood UCLA | I-405 | Branded UCLA/Westwood Commuter Express Serves Willow Street station |

### Special event service

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

### Water taxis

Long Beach Transit operates two year-round water taxi services: the 49-passenger AquaBus, and the 75-passenger AquaLink, 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 | 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 Aquarium of the Pacific | Long Beach Alamitos Bay Landing | Queensway Bay | 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.
Fare collection was suspended at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, resuming in September 2021. The cost for the fair per ride, per person, is $1.25.

## 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, 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

| Make/Model | Fleet Numbers | Year | Notes |
| Gillig BRT CNG 40' | 1201 | 2011 | 1201 is a 2011 demo unit and was Gillig's first CNG-powered bus |
| Gillig BRT CNG 40' | 1202–1233 | 2012 | |
| Gillig BRT CNG 40' | 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 |
| New Flyer GE40LF | 2501-2520 | 2005 | |
| New Flyer GE40LF | 2521-2522 | 2005 | Originally from OCTA |
| New Flyer GE40LF | 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 Route 405 and special events |