About LBT

Articles of incorporation for Long Beach Public Transportation Company are approved.

LBT’s fleet doubles from 25 to 50 buses.

Long Beach Public Transportation Company operates red double-decker buses from London, UK.

By the end of the year, the fleet once again grows to 107 buses.

Dial-A-Lift begins services for customers with disabilities, fifteen years before the adoption of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The company is rebranded to Long Beach Transit (LBT).

The Transit Mall in downtown Long Beach is completed and the Transit Information Center opens the following year.

The Jackson Transit Center, a second operations facility also known as LBT2, opens in North Long Beach.

• AquaLink water taxi begins service, connecting five miles of shoreline between Alamitos Bay and downtown.
• Passport buses begin service, replacing what was initially called the Runabout.

LBT launches Museum Express, the organization’s first special service, that provides rides to Los Angeles-area arts and culture venues.

Hybrid gasoline-electric fleet of New Flyer buses are placed into operation.

LBT and California State University, Long Beach partner to launch the “U-Pass program,” the organization’s first student program.

The Transit & Visitor Information Center opens at the Transit Mall at 1st Street and Pine Avenue.

• First Gillig compressed natural gas buses go into service.
• The fleet grows to 250 buses.

• LBT celebrates 50 years of moving the community forward.

LBT begins partnership with Transit Access Pass (TAP) to provide paperless payment methods to customers.

• LBT updates its mission to “Dedicated to connecting communities and moving people…making everyday life better.”
• Battery-electric buses go into service for the downtown Passport route.

• LBT launches the STAR initiative public campaign with the goal of improving routes and services.
• LBT launches the Galaxy Express, providing soccer fans rides to games.

• LBT partners with POW!WOW! to support local art and artists and creates the first mural bus.
• LBT expands services into the City of Paramount.

LBT begins to provide year-round service on the AquaLink.

LBT pledges to become a zero-emission bus transit system ahead of California’s 2040 zero-emission goal.

LBT expands service with four new routes in the City of Carson.

• The operating fleet consists entirely of alternatively fueled buses.
• LBT adds Route 141, its longest east-west corridor, to replace a former LA Metro bus route.

LBT embarks on modification program to expand its facilities and Zero-emission fleet. LBT moves administrative staff to new corporate offices on Airport Plaza Drive. LBT celebrates 60 years of connecting communities.