5/16/13		Long Beach Transit Water Taxis Are Back in Service for the Summer
4/11/13		Grand Prix Service Adjustments
3/7/13		50th Anniversary Customer Event
2/1/13		February 2013 Service Change
12/31/12		Long Beach Transit Free New Year's Eve
8/23/12		Long Beach Transit Service Changes and Welcoming Eco-Friendly Buses and Mobile Website
5/23/12		Long Beach Transit Announces Exciting Summer Programs and Service Change
4/30/12		Couple Celebrates 20th Wedding Anniversary in a Long Beach Transit Bus
2/7/12		Long Beach Transit Service Changes Effective February 12
1/26/12		Long Beach Transit Welcomes New Board Chair and Directors
12/15/11		Long Beach Transit Free New Year's Eve
8/24/11		Service Changes Effective August 28
8/4/10		Downtown Long Beach Transit Mall to Close for $7 Million Renovation
7/27/10		Long Beach Transit Board Welcomes former Councilmember Doug Drummond
6/1/10		Long Beach Transit Board Approves FY10/11 Operating Budget That Includes Service Reductions
5/24/10		U-PASS Program for 2010 Academic Year Ends on May 28th, 2010
2/12/10		Long Beach Transit Service Changes & Fare Adjustments
12/18/09		Long Beach Transit to Offer Free Bus Service New Year’s Eve - Extended Service Encourages Public Transit Use to Downtown Festivities
11/19/09		Long Beach Transit Board of Directors Approves Service Changes & Modifies Fare Adjustment
9/3/09		Long Beach Transit Now Available on Google Transit
8/31/09		Long Beach Transit Service Changes Effective August 30
8/21/09		Long Beach Transit Seeks Public Comment for Proposed Service Changes
6/24/09		Long Beach Transit Debuts New Downtown Transit and Visitor Information Center
5/20/09		Aquabus and Aqualink Water Taxis Start Daily Summer Service During Memorial Day Weekend
4/27/09		Long Beach Transit First in Nation with "New Flyer" Modern Design to Hybrid Electric Gasoline Buses
4/7/09		Long Beach Transit Announces Summer Schedule for 2009 Museum Express Program
3/23/09		Long Beach Transit Introduces New Fare Technology
2/25/09		Long Beach Transit Board Appointments
2/12/09		Long Beach Transit Fare Adjustments Take Effect February 15 with Service Changes
1/12/09		Long Beach Transit Board Approves Fare Increases
10/31/08		Long Beach Transit Announces Public Hearing and Proposed Bus Fares
10/27/08		Long Beach Transit Board Authorizes Public Hearing to Consider Fare Adjustment Estimated $6.4 Million Funding Shortfall Requires Long Beach Transit to Make Necessary Changes
9/25/08		Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach Transit Announce Extension of U-PASS, Giving Free Rides to Students, Faculty, Staff 7 Days a Week, 365 Days a Year
8/25/08		Long Beach Transit and California State University, Long Beach Announce Free U-PASS Transit Partnership
8/1/08		High Gas Prices Result in Saving Long Beach Transit Users $8,515 per Household Annually and $710 per Month
6/20/08		Long Beach Transit Expands Aquabus and Aqualink Water Taxi Service Hours for Summer Season
6/20/08		Long Beach Transit Promotes Robyn Gordon to Executive Director/V.P., Operations & System Security
6/17/08		Third Annual National Dump the Pump Day to be Held on June 19
5/5/08		Long Beach Transit Announces Summer Schedule for 2008 Museum Express Program
5/5/08		Long Beach Transit to Participate in Bike to Work Day
4/21/08		Long Beach Transit Board Welcomes Dr. Freda Hinsche Otto
2/21/08		Long Beach Transit to Break Ground on New Downtown Transit and Visitor Information Center
2/17/08		Downtown Mobility To Be Improved By Route Convergence
8/28/07		Long Beach Transit Welcomes New Board Member Barbara Sullivan
1/16/07		Terry Fiskin Elected Board Chair
11/7/06		Long Beach Transit hosts 41st annual California Transit Association Conference
10/3/06		Long Beach Transit Observes "Communities in Motion Day" To Celebrate the Benefits of Public Transportation
9/19/06		Long Beach Transit Leads New Technology

Long Beach Transit is the first transit system in Southern California and third in the nation providing WebWatch real-time information to its patrons. While still at your home, work-site, school and other internet- friendly environs, you can now see exactly when your bus will arrive and plan your schedule accordingly. Wait-time at bus stops can be reduced, and trip planning, including transfers, improved.

Feedback on this new service can be made on the web site, and Long Beach Transit looks forward to your comments. While there are limits to the program, we want to make it as easy and convenient as possible to use.

Personal travel assistance is still also available through LBT's transit advisors by calling (562) 591-2301, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Long Beach Transit Expands Real-Time Bus Arrival Displays
Most Are Now Solar Powered
Long Beach Transit has completed the next phase of its bus stop improvement program with the current installation of ten more TranSmart signs, electronic signs that display real-time arrivals of buses at bus stops.

TranSmart signs were introduced in 2004 at four busy bus stops on Anaheim Street, and more recently at each shelter along the Long Beach Transit Mall on First Street in downtown. Similar to displays at airports, the TranSmart signs continually display the pending arrival times of the next several buses that serve that particular bus stop or station.

The new installations will bring the total number of TranSmart signs to forty-eight. The new signs are located at:

• Atlantic & Artesia, SW corner
• Atlantic & 7th, NE corner
• Long Beach Blvd & Del Amo, SW corner
• Pine Ave Convention Center
• Shoreline & Cedar
• Shoreline & Queensway
• 5th & Promenade
• Norwalk & Carson, NE corner
• Cherry & Willow, SW corner
• Bellflower & Harvard, SW corner

Long Beach Transit carries nearly 90,000 passengers daily, and has a fleet of 228 buses. All of the buses are outfitted with GPS and are monitored for on-time performance from a communication center at the transit agency’s corporate headquarters located at 1963 E. Anaheim Street. Long Beach Transit is consistently awarded as being one of the top ten transit agencies of its size in the country.