Riding the Water Taxi is one of my favorite summer outings. I board at the dock by The Boathouse…read more(Alamitos Bay) then take it over to Shoreline for some lunch and drinks then ride back. Only $5 each way. Such a fun and inexpensive outing.

Had such a great little cruise on the water taxi. Easy to get a ticket online. Nice ride. Went from…read moreAlamitos pier after brunch at Boathouse to shoreline and spent the day over there. Came back on the 2nd to last trip back. Taxi was never overcrowded, even had a margarita that wasn't horrible. Comfy seats. Can sit inside or outside. And it's a nice little cruise with a beautiful view of the area. Good for a little date, or whatever you fancy. Check it out. $5 a ride.

Long Beach Transit service is not only just buses on the ground but also the watertaxi available…read more My friends and I enjoyed our first watertaxi experience in this July. Long Beach was running its seasonal Water Taxi service during this May 23 to September 1, 2025, a fun, breezy way to get around the harbor for just $1 or $5 a ride! Two routes to choose from: 1. Aquabus (blue route on the map) * Ride time: ~20 minutes * Fare: $1 one way Stops: * Dock 4 by the Aquarium * Shoreline Village (Dock 9) * Queen Mary 2. Aqualink (yellow route on the map) * Ride time: ~40 minutes * Fare: $5 one way Stops: * Dock 4 by the Aquarium * Queen Mary * Alamitos Bay Landing (Berth 3) Tickets: You can buy them ahead through the Long Beach Transit APP, or just pay cash onboard (they can give change). Schedule & tips: Each fare is one way which means you can hop off, explore the area for a while, and then catch another boat back (just pay again for the return). Be sure to check the timetable carefully, especially the last trip of the day. Weekends (Fri-Sun) have more departures than weekdays (Mon-Thu), but either way, it's first come, first served and no reserved seats. If the boat is full, you'll just have to wait for the next one. Parking: Where you park depends on where you board. The official site has detailed info and you can search : Long Beach Water Taxis We parked at 99 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802 (height limit 8'2"). The boats have both indoor and outdoor seating, plus a little snack counter. On our 40-minute ride, we got so caught up chatting with friends that we didn't realize we'd reached the last stop and the crew had to ask if we were staying on for another round. The sun was out in full force, but with the breeze off the water, it felt perfectly relaxing. After heading back, we strolled through Harbor Village and ended the afternoon with a leisurely lunch at Parker's Lighthouse. What a perfect way to wrap up a sunny day on the water and highly recommend it.

Grandma approved!…read more The aqua bus is a fun little activity to do in Long Beach! For just $1 per ride(cash, card, or TAP app) you can take a short ride to one of their 3 stops- lighthouse/Aquarium area, queen Mary, shoreline village! The workers are so kind making sure we know where to go and how everything works if you've never been on the aqua bus. They are also super punctual so follow the schedule they have online!

Shouldn't even give ANY Stars. Long Beach Transit has NO Compassion in bringing back Daily Service…read moreand Expect Workers and Guest to walk across the bridge to get to their location or expect everyone to pay Extremely High Uber and Lyft rates to get ANY sort of transportation to get to and from our destination. VERY SAD COMPANY.

Fabulous service offered to the visitors of the Long Beach waterfront (North and South areas) and…read morefree! All you need to know is whether you are heading uptown (North) or down to the Queen Mary (South) or just hop on and sit on the entire loop to get your bearings. Clean buses (cleaner than Muni, which was embarrassing) and the drivers very nice. We took this down to the Queen Mary and then back to hit the marina area. It also goes straight up Pine to the public transportation hub that services the major bus lines as well as rail system servicing LA to Long Beach.

I LOVE living in Long Beach but I find myself being held hostage by the city I love because of…read moredistance but mostly because I'm not one of the more privileged or luckier folks who have designated parking. Well thanks to the Museum Express, I can get away on a Saturday or Sunday, experience one of the many amazing SoCal museums available to us, while not having to deal with driving or parking. The charter bus used, is normally used for the weekly 405 bus that connects Long Beach to UCLA and is clean and comfortable, most of my friends are hesitant to take public transportation but after sharing my experience and pictures from both times I used the Museum Express, they're open. Easy five stars from me, I hope this service is around for years to come because I definitely plan on utilizing it next experience!

Pretty easy to get to, parking can be tricky, trains come often. Five stars bc we have so few good…read moretransit options in socal outside of LA proper.

Another stop, in a bigger transportation hub in downtown Long Beach. It is convenient to the…read moreConvention center and shops and restaurants in the area. You can walk to the ocean from here also. It isn't as clean and it can be a tad confusing if you don't know the area. But nothing major. If you want to go to downtown Long Beach, this could be a good stop coming from DTLA on the Blue line. More convenient and less stressful than driving.

Not to be confused with the Pacific Ghost Highway, which is a road along which ghosts like to float…read morewhenever they get the opportunity. This is an A Line station right on the Pacific Coast Highway in the heart of Long Beach where the PCH comes to town. It's part of the LA light rail network and it's pretty useful. It's close to a lot of neighbourhoods and it's definitely not the nicest place to hang out by any stretch of the imagination, and as a lot of people will tell you, it's pretty sketchy and can be a little dangerous, and there's a lot of panhandlers and whatnot. Long Beach Greyhound station is just a stop from here so that can be really helpful.

This Blue Line station is in the heart of "Eastside" LBC. It is blocks away from Poly High, VIP…read morerecords, and the LBCC PCC Campus. I am a frequent rider and have never had any problems, but I also keep my guard up at all times. The station itself is right in the middle of a BUSY intersection, full of angry patrons waiting for the train to go to Downtown LA. There are some "sketchy" activities going on here, but if you're not looking for trouble and minding your own business, nobody will bug you. Also bring hand sanitizer!

It's been a hot minute since I rode old blue aka the Metro Blue Line, the oldest Metro Train in LA…read morehence also being known as the A line in more recent years, but taking it down to this station at Wardlow Rd and Pacific Place was a journey I enjoyed. This station and stop is well kept up, clean platforms, easy access, signage and kiosk... Exiting off the platform onto the street as well as returning was a bit different from some prior stops or even compared to the Expo line as the jumbo crossing signs are in the path of the sidewalk, which is fine and safe in a lot of ways, but I kept thinking it these started coming down mid cross my tall 6'1 self is like at sign level lol, but you do have a little warning when this happens. Lots of signage to help you navigate and still visible during night. The parking lot is nice (though limited) with connecting services directly in front of it, which you don't see at every Metro Station. I did notice it was barely in use, possibly due to the more recent restrictions and enforcements over the last three years. You can use your metro tap card (physical or digital) to connect with Long Beach Metro buses (reduced rate). Overall was glad to get off here to make my way over to a few places I'd been meaning to check out and only a few stops before the last stop at Downtown Long Beach.

Clean and well lit. Easy parking. Two LBPD officers there greeting riders when I dropped off from…read moredowntown LA at about 5:30 PM on a Saturday. Senior fare of $.75 is a great bargain!

"Come on, ride the train, hey, ride it..."…read more To the 2nd to last stop on the Metro A (Blue) Line toward Downtown Long Beach. The Pacific Avenue stations is very similar to the 5th street stop just before with a long onsides platform as unlike other Metro Lines the A actually loops around after it's last stop at Downtown Long Beach station rather than reversing in the direction it came like the B (Red), E (Gold) Expo, D (Purple) or numerous others. The Pacific Avenue Station is extremely close to Ocean Blvd, The Pike Outlets, Beach, Shoreline and the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific where I had my high school prom ages ago. This station itself was built in late 1990 and has been remodeled and updated several times. Like many stations closer to the water and DTLB... there is no direct parking lot for riders after Wardlow Station and Pacific Coast Hwy Station. You can purchase a reload tap card metro fare at either end of the platform for Pacific Avenue and also connect with city busses for Long Beach as well as the Passport Shuttle Bus, AquaLink or AquaBus water taxis. You can take the train from this station all the way back to 7th & Metro Station or even as far as Azusa, APU and through San Gabriel Valley. Definitely recommend this as a great station being even more central if not just as much as the final station for the Metro A. "...Come on, it's the choo, choo!"

Northbound Blue Line Station, serving downtown Long Beach…read more This is the station that we take when wanting to go North on the Blue Line (to either LAX or DTLA). It is right across from the Burger King, and unlike other stations, there are a lot of empty storefronts in the area. There is no dedicated parking for commuters. It is the 2nd station going North, and such, is a nice place to enter the train to pretty much be assured a seat (it's a long ride to DTLA and preferable to seat vs standing). It gets a lot more crowded (standing room only sometimes) as the line continues to pick up passengers. The big news in June 2023, has been the merging of parts of the old Gold Line into the Blue Line. Now, Pasadena and Long Beach are connected directly and can be traveled without going through any connections (whereas before it was 2 transfers). This also means that Union Station is now served directly by the Blue Line (along with two stations that we enjoy visiting: Little Tokyo and Chinatown). Traveling today, it was a bit surreal to not be forced to get off on the 7th St/Metro Center. Instead we took it 3 more stops to the brand new Little Tokyo station. We could have continued to go directly to Union Station and beyond to Pasadena. It's crazy to think that you can go directly to Union Station from here, and then from there, take Amtrak to get to Chicago or beyond by rail. LA Metro continues to enhance the Light Rail/Subway system in LA County, and it's great that the line that serves Long Beach is an important part of that.

Stopping at various stops in the Downtown Long Beach area, the Passport is a free shuttle line that…read moreruns Friday to Sunday, taking residents and visitors alike around the area. It was closed during all of Covid, with this being my first time taking it again (since I usually walk in the area). The route uses normal LBC transit buses, so folks with disabilities can be accommodated (the Fare meter exists, but the bus driver notifies entrants to not use it). You can also enter from the back entrance door. It runs in a loop, with the northernmost stop being 10th Street and Pine Ave, with the southernmost stop being the Queen Mary/Carnival Cruise Port. Google maps IS accurate for this shuttle (which isn't always the case for other cities or airports), showing correct stops and times. The route takes about 25 minutes from one end to the other, so a round trip is about an hour. Two physical buses service this route at a time, resulting in each stop being visited every 30 minutes. One thing to note is that the bus drivers will use the two endpoints to reset their times (i.e. they idle wait there if they are early, to maintain the 30 minute intervals). But unlike other bus routes, they will not force you off the bus if at the terminus, and will keep the doors open to allow early passengers to board the bus and wait. Note that some stops have both buses going north and going south stopping, so important to check the bus's display to see which direction it is going. It's interesting in that it is the only public transit to the little peninsula (location of the cruise port and Queen Mary) that juts out at the delta of the Los Angeles River. Since it runs only on the weekend, it's not very useful for folks trying to get to work. It is however popular with cruisers who are either trying to get to or away from the Carnival Cruise Terminal. It does drop you off at the paid parking lot, with attendants letting the bus through the gates. One observation: it is clear that Google maps is scraping info from the LB transit web site to create the schedule and stops, for best accuracy. Unfortunately, the name of one of the stops on both is 'Shroeline & Village'...obviously a misspelling. I don't blame the initial person who misspelled this, but more all the people (and software) that must have ignored it/let it pass to make it this far. Submitted a correction to Google...curious to see how far it will go.

The bus driver was pretty rude ngl. I walk in, greet him, just stares at me…read more Alright, so I go sit down and we go on our route. We stop at the convention center. Now, this is my first time ever using a shuttle like this, so he stopped infront of the center and I assumed it was my stop. I get up, walk to the door, it's not opening. I ask him why it's not opening 'cause I didn't know. Instead of telling me this wasn't stop or to sit down, he just stares at me for about a whole 30 seconds then takes off before I'm even seated, so I almost trip over. The transport would be fine if people like this weren't driving it.

We used Johnny's for a recent round trip for our party of 6 and about 12 full sized bags…read more We went to/from LAX. Their communication was excellent and the van was large and spacious. We didn't have to worry about a thing. They simply showed up on time and got us where we needed to be without any concern. Will definitely use them again.

If you want dependable, professional, personable shuttle service Johnny's CA Shuttle is definitely…read morethe company you want to contact. We used them to take our group of 6 to and from the Carnival cruise terminal. Not only were they on time, they were really good about communicating with us so there was no doubt we'd be taken care of. Scheduling was a breeze. We will definitely use them again. Top notch business!!