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Live Bus Tracking Now Available!
Now you can track the actual, real-time that LBT buses will arrive at their
next bus stops. Using satellite tracking, Long Beach Transit's WebWatch system calculates
when a bus will arrive at its stops. Go to LBT's home page and click on "Live Bus
Tracking" at the top of the page.
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.
Now Hiring Full-Time Coach Operators
Long Beach Transit is currently accepting applications for coach operators.
This position is full-time and offers a generous healthcare package, paid holidays,
vacation, life insurance benefits, a company pension plan, and free transportation
on LBT services.
Some of the qualifications include a safe driving record, a valid California
driver’s license, a Class B permit, a demonstrated good-driving record, and be at
least twenty-one years of age. If hired, an eight-week training course to learn
how to drive a Long Beach Transit coach, and to become familiar with the various
bus routes in our system is provided.
This career opportunity is an excellent choice for both men and women!
To apply, please visit Long Beach Transit’s office located at 1963 E. Anaheim
Street in Long Beach, near the corner of Anaheim and Cherry Avenue, Monday through
Friday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 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 fifteen 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 twenty-eight.
Thirteen of the fifteen new signs are solar-powered. The new signs are located at:
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Atlantic & Market, NW corner
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Atlantic & Anaheim, NE corner
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Carson & Atlantic, SE corner
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Ximeno & Pacific Coast Hwy, NE corner
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Pacific Coast Hwy & Ximeno, NW corner
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Long Beach Blvd. & Pacific Coast Hwy, NE corner
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7th Street at the VA Medical Center
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Bellflower & Stearns, SW corner
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Clark & Long Beach City College, NW corner
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Palo Verde & Spring, NW corner
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Del Amo Metro Blue Line Station, stall #2
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2nd Street & Park, NW corner
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Norwalk Metro Green Line Station
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Pine & First Street, SE corner (not solar powered)
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Pine & First Street, SW corner (not solar powered)
Long Beach Transit carries nearly 80,000 passengers daily, and has a fleet
of 220 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.
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