Long Beach Bus

Long Beach Bus

Long Beach Bus #175 leaves the railroad station, preparing to serve the East Loop route
Parent	City of Long Beach Department of Transportation
Headquarters	1 West Chester Street Long Beach, NY 11561
Locale	Southern Nassau County
Service area	Long Beach and Point Lookout
Service type	Local bus service
Routes	5
Fleet	11 (fixed route) 4 (paratransit)[1] (2013 figures)
Daily ridership	1,469 (weekday) 827 (Saturday) 550 (Sunday)[1]
Chief executive	Brendan T. Costello
Website	Long Beach Bus

Long Beach Bus is a public transportation system serving Greater Long Beach on the south shore of Long Island, New York. The service operates twenty-four hours a day, with five different routes connecting to one another and to Nassau Inter-County Express and Long Island Rail Road at Long Beach Station in the city center. Although Long Beach Bus is designed to complement county bus and commuter rail service, it is run independently by Long Beach DOT.

Service overview

The service operates 24-hours a day, except early Monday mornings. The service operates five routes, with two regular services within the city, one extended route to the Long Beach's eastern suburbs, one tourist trolley line and one overnight circulator. Viability of such an extensive service in a suburban setting is made possible by Long Beach's high-density layout: due to the limited supply of land on the island, fewer than 40% of homes are detached houses,^[2] making Long Beach one of the twenty-five densest cities in the country, just behind San Francisco but ahead of Jersey City. The service also plays an important role in transporting the many tourists who arrive in the summer by train from New York City.

Because it is owned and operated independently by the City of Long Beach, and not by Nassau County, Long Beach Bus was unaffected by the recent privatization of Long Island Bus.

Most service information is provided bilingually in both English and American Spanish.

Bus routes

Long Beach Bus operates five bus routes within the City and to Lido Beach and Point Lookout, all originating from the Long Beach Station. These routes do not accept MetroCard for fare payment. The fare for all routes is $2.25, except for the Point Lookout service, which has a $2.75 base fare.

Route	Terminal	Major streets	History and Notes
East Loop	Maple Boulevard and East Broadway	Edwards Boulevard Broadway Maple Boulevard East Park Avenue	Counter-clockwise loop
West End	West Beech Street and Nevada Avenue	West Park Avenue and West Beech Street
Shoppers' Special	Maple Boulevard and East Broadway	East Park Avenue Maple Boulevard Broadway Edwards Boulevard	Weekday middays only. Clockwise loop. Reverse of East Loop route.
Point Lookout	Point Lookout	Lido Boulevard East Park Avenue	Branch Bus Corp at 1973 MSBA takeover, transferred to Long Beach, NY in 1984 No Sunday service. No passengers carried within Long Beach on this route. Formerly N69
Late Night Express	West End service first, then East Loop service	West Beech Street Nevada Avenue Edwards Boulevard Broadway Maple Boulevard Park Avenue	Overnight service. No late night Sunday/early Monday morning service.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, paratransit service is offered to those unable to utilize traditional buses.

Fleet

Mainline bus service is operated using Gillig Advantage hybrid diesel-electric buses alongside legacy Gillig Phantom buses. These are supplemented by Gillig Trolley Replicas on the tourist trolley line and Ford E-Series-based paratransit vehicles.

All vehicles are wheelchair accessible. Mainline buses are equipped with bicycle racks and extensive bicycle parking is available at the bus terminal.

References

1. NTD Program filing for City of Long Beach, 2013
2. US Census Bureau Factfinder.

External links

• Long Beach Department of Transportation, City of Long Beach, longbeachny.org
• Schedule
• Nassau/Suffolk Transit Map (unofficial)