Long Beach Bus

This article is about the bus system in Long Beach, New York. For the bus system in Long Beach, California, see Long Beach Transit.

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] (2009 figures)
Daily ridership	1,150 (weekday) 666 (Saturday) 429 (Sunday)[1]
Chief executive	Brendan T. Costello
Web site	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 MTA Long Island Bus and Long Island Rail Road at Long Beach Station in the city centre. Although Long Beach Bus is designed to complement MTA bus and 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. The extended service to points east is operated under contract to MTA Long Island Bus and therefore included in the MTA numbering scheme under the designation N69 Point Lookout. 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 will be unaffected by the pending 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 $1.50 USD, except for the Point Lookout service, which has a $2.00 base fare.

Service is available at all times except early Monday morning.

Route	Terminal	Major streets	History	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.
N69 Point Lookout	Point Lookout	Lido Boulevard	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.
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.

Special Services

Additional service will be offered during the Quicksilver Pro New York surfing tournament in September 2011 in order to link event-goers with remote parking at Jones Beach State Park.^[3]

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. ^ ^{a b} NTD Program filing for City of Long Beach, 2009
2. ^ US Census Bureau Factfinder. [1]
3. ^ "If we drive, where do we park?", Quicksilver Pro FAQs, City of Long Beach, longbeachny.org

External links

• Long Beach Department of Transportation, City of Long Beach, longbeachny.org
• Schedule