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Long Beach Transit Offers Free Transportation New Year’s Eve

Free system-wide bus service will be available on Long Beach Transit this New Year’s Eve starting at 5 p.m. The promotion encourages residents to take public transit on New Year’s Eve to avoid drinking and driving and comes with the added benefits of not having to find parking during the celebration. This free service was [...]

Tickets Now on Sale For DLBA’s New Year’s Eve Celebration

Tickets are now on sale for the Downtown Long Beach Associates’ (DLBA) massive New Year’s Eve celebration taking place on Pine Avenue and Broadway. Kicking off at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 31, 2011, the high-energy street party will encompass two-square blocks and feature live music by Wayward Sons and Love Fool, covering hits from [...]

Belmont Pier Opens for Summer Aqualink Service

Historical Opening Marks 10 Year Anniversary of AquaLink Service Long Beach Transit (LBT) and Catalina Express announced today the official opening of the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier AquaLink stop. This new stop enhances existing service to Alamitos Bay Landing, the Queen Mary, and the Aquarium Pacific. Summer service starts Saturday, May 28 and will continue [...]

Long Beach Transit Now Offers Bus Tracking By Phone

What time is the bus coming? Now, Long Beach Transit customers can get the answer to the most frequently asked question directly from their cellular phone 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Long Beach Transit is the first transit agency on the west coast to implement this service. Customers simply call customer service [...]

Mayor Appoints Lori Ann Farrell to Long Beach Transit’s Board of Directors

At its February 8th meeting, the Long Beach City Council approved Mayor Bob Foster’s re-appointments of Dr. Freda Hinsche Otto and Dr. James P. Norman, Jr. to four year terms on Long Beach Transit’s Board of Directors. The Council also approved the Mayor’s new appointment of Lori Ann Farrell to the seven-member Board. Prior to [...]

Street Lighting Ceremony Highlights Improvements in the East Village

Mayor Bob Foster, Councilmember Robert Garcia, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, and the East Village Association will host a ceremony tomorrow, Thursday February 10, at 430 pm, to celebrate the installation of 52 new streetlights on East Fourth Street from Alamitos to Long Beach Blvd. The ceremony takes place at the offices of the East [...]

New Year’s Eve Transportation: How to get from here to there free, cheap and safe

Long Beach’s many New Year’s Eve parties begin tonight and while the mood may be celebratory it’s a dangerous night to be out on the road.  Americans who drink and drive after holiday parties and festivities make the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s one of the most deadly due to alcohol-related crashes. However, by [...]

Go Metro on a free ride for New Year’s Eve

Just like the Long Beach Transit free-ride promotion, Metro will also offer a free fare program for all Metro Bus and Metro Rail lines operating on New Year’s Eve. The free fare program will be in effect between the hours of 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on the night and early morning hours of December [...]

Long Beach Transit Free New Year’s Eve

Late Night Free Bus Service Promotes Downtown Festivities on New Year’s Eve Free system-wide bus service will be available on Long Beach Transit on New Year’s Eve starting at 5PM. This fare-free promotion encourages taking public transit on New Year’s Eve and provides residents an option to avoid drinking and driving. This free service was [...]

Long Beach Transit Sees New Leadership

Long Beach Transit’s Chief Operating Officer, Guy Heston, announced his retirement and filling his position are LBT staff members Marcelle Epley and Robyn Peterson who have assumed the leadership roles of Chief Administrative Officer & Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer & Senior Vice President, respectively. Heston will stay with the organization for the [...]

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