Long Beach Transit service is not only just buses on the ground but also the watertaxi available. 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. read more

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Grandma approved! 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! read more

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First drive got later to location stop paramount and carson, second rude attitude gentleman was not nice . Closed the door on two woman and me Bus # 1224 today February 12, 2026 time 4:20pm. We need kind drivers and it's not our favorite he is not on time! read more

Okay so I love the bus. I use it to get everywhere and I'm a pretty frequent rider. The drivers are usually always nice but this review is about a specific driver. The driver for the bus 172 Palo Verde to downtown at 5pm on January 30th tried to tell me the bus was 1.45. Which is a pretty stupid lie considering all the buses are 1.25. I'm not sure what the point of asking for 20 cents more like I genuinely don't know why he did that but it was stupid and pointless. Do better driver hopefully next time it's the usual driver for 172 since he knows the cost of fair. read more

192 bus or to be honest any bus has a unreliable schedule takes FOREVER and i still gotta pay that's insane F Long Beach Transit sucks so bad read more

Drivers are very rude and disrespectful. Especially on line 173. Do better, LBT. read more

i have traveled in many other big cities and I've never seen such terrible bus scheduling. The buses run late, their schedule doesn't match with transit app and most don't even know which stop you're at. No indicators to let you know which stop is next and sometimes the bus just doesn't come, heard that from a local. Overall, worst public transit I've been on. read more

What's the point of having public transportation when it doesn't come frequently or even come at all?! I had a very bad experience today where I was pretty much stranded. I came to the right bus stop and I waited for almost two hours and it never came even though Googles Map said it will. I ended up just giving up and had to take an expensive Uber back home. read more

Safety safety safety and driver awareness. I called and never received a phone call back. read more

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I can only give my opinion. I've never had an issue with any transit driver. In fact, I've had great conversations with most of them. Ironically, I would see a driver who's off work and would remember me from her route. When you're dealing with people and copious personalities of passengers, it can be taxing on anyone. So imagine dealing with that every day. We need them just as much as they need us. If there's a problem, let's work together on a solution. What's the point of being angry or disappointed, when we can be the opposite. Things are solvable... read more

My friend and I have a great ride on the aqua link today! It's was a fun beautiful trip cruising around the marina and checking out the sights until we stopped for lunch at the yard house. Captain Steven was extremely polite and helpful. It's a fun thing to do as a local just to get out in the sun on the water! read more

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I got attacked on the bus a month ago and no one stepped in to intervene and help me, not even the bus driver. Never have I ever felt this humiliated in a long time. read more

$1 AquaBus was a great deal to cruise. I took it from Dock 4, "Pine Avenue Pier." I'll have to try the $5 AquaLink next. Thanks, Long Beach Transit. read more

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passport service. I hate to rag on free transit, but this service is awful. First ride the driver stopped the bus to take his 15 minu break while we cooled our heels. Second ride took an hour and 15 minutes to show up (for an every 30 minute service), then the driver took his break while we waited. Third ride, waited at Shoreline where they have a display showing minutes till the next ride. 20 minutes. 7 minutes. 3 minutes. 30 minutes. What!? They just skipped our stop! Horrible service. Can't be relied on. read more

The Driver on the 1229 LBT Line-51 @1:16p 11.19.23 was extremely polite and professional. Had a lot of pride based on appearance. Well groomed and nice shoes! read more

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Hello good evening! I live on a very busy street and as I'm trying to park my vehicle your driver is honking at me as if she's in a rush i don't appreciate it she was gesturing me to move so she can proceed on her route I think that is very unprofessional of her I'll definitely be leaving a review on Yelp , Google and every other platform regarding your employees customer service .. BUS #1821 .. the 21 read more

This is the first I have used the Long Beach Transit. We needed to get from The Aquarium to the Queen Mary. It was little confusing where to catch the bus. Once we found the bus stop everything was smooth. The bus was free, on time and took us right where we needed to be. Both buses we rode on were clean. I saw they have a lot of bad reviews, I am guessing they are regulars, maybe we just got lucky. read more

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Today on market headed to del AMO n long beach Blvd. The nicest young lady drove the bus and helped me get home when my mobility scooter was running low very low ...I was scared I'm 60 and disabled. Well she got me on market street took me home and I learned a new way to travel from home to my errands. It was about 11 or close to it I wish I had got her name! But I hope her superiors bother to track who she is and just thank her I sure did!!! I truely find all the bus drivers I take to be kind and professional and helpfull to me .. line 61 down Atlantic at del AMO I take most often very good drivers kind and helpful and friendly ...it's a blessing I trained to be a transit driver before I became disabled. read more

If only I could give 0 stars! After adding 2$ to my virtual TAP card hours ago, it still did not show the updated stored value on my phone. I hopped on the bus, went straight to the driver to explain the situation and ask him if he could show me how I could get the app to update. He went berserk. I did not catch much of what he was trying to say (he had a very thick accent) but I think he misunderstood my question and thought I wanted him to show me how to physically tap my card on the reader (not sure how that would require an explanation). I then proceeded to ask him to calm down as there was no need to shout and clarified that was not what I was asking, big mistake! He started yelling even louder, saying that I had to get off immediately, all while other passengers were either staring or giggling at the absurdity of the situation. I ended up getting off the bus to avoid keep getting yelled at and booked a Lyft. I never would've expected a third world country kind of public transit anywhere in the US. Apparently I was wrong (had to wait 30 minutes for the bus to arrive). I learned my lesson though, LBT is a no go. Never again (I previously tried LA metro, where I was the only one paying the fare. A dumpster fire as well, filled with homeless who sleep, urinate and defecate on the trains, I personally witnessed mentally unstable individuals physically attack or yell at random passengers and security was nowhere to be found. I guess it's obviously easier to yell at me than a meth head or other questionable characters sleeping on the bus/train). 121 line to Downtown Long Beach, around 4 pm, 2nd and Marina stop. read more

I'd give 0 stars if I could. If you're a victim of a strong arm robbery on board the bus, the driver acts like he's gone blind & deaf and lets the thief off at the next stop, refuses to call the police and only calls his supervisor after the thief is long gone. Long Beach Transit is not safe. read more

Long Beach transit is not ADA compliant. I am disabled and not able to get a seat and many times drivers will not even kneel the bus for me causing many injuries and more pain. On the 90's series the bus drivers prioritize the able bodied teenagers over the disabled riders. Drivers refuse to enforce the disabled & elderly seats in the front of the bus for those of us that need them and instead they are used for people taking cans to recycle, teenagers that are not disabled and people taking their pets in strollers. I filed a complaint with LB Transit about lack of accessibility to be told that they cannot ask people to give the seats up if they're not disabled due to being sued. Are you kidding me?? read more

first of all, the life program hasn't yet contact me back or been at the Long Beach transit for the whole year of 2023 of April they always give false advertisement on dates they never show up to. I also paid for a month bus from June 7th-July 7th. but I then paid early for my next month bus in August in June 5th.. I thought I had more days to use until July 7th until my new month payment for august kicked in July 8th. but I lost days I paid for as they don't tell you that your month pass won't count the days you already paid for it will take it away if I use it. but if I use it and I have a few days left over I dont understand why it won't count what I already paid for read more

I got on the Long Beach Transit bus and was treated by the bus driver as if he was an active Gang member, very un professional demeanor. That's 192 Certitos line bus ,# 1302 @ 7.45 am read more

The 21, 22, 23 Cherry busses never run on time... I follow the schedule, and Text the bud tracking numbers, and always arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of time, and still am never able to catch the bus on time, and then have to end up catching an Uber to work... total BS read more

Long Beach Transit is a step up from the "It's better than nothing" category, that's it. 1- No hate for the drivers. They take crap from management and they take crap from the public. Can be difficult to maintain a happy demeanor. 2- Most of this review is aimed at the website: ridelbt.com They gave the website a facelift not too long ago. My verdict? It was designed by someone whom does NOT use public transportation. What a clunker... The old site wasn't perfect but it was a lot easier to navigate through on your phone. If you need information for a planned trip within Long Beach, I highly recommend you do it on a regular computer with a decent sized monitor. 3- Alerts: Pathetic implementation of alerts for riders. As an example. Bus 51 route Long Beach Blvd. If you are going southbound on Long Beach Blvd because you have an appointment at the Memorial Medical Center, you'll have to get off the 51 at Long Beach Blvd and 31st St. Then you will walk about 5 1/2 blocks down to get to the main hospital building. Why? Because 3 bus stops including the one that drops you off at Willow Blue Line Station have been taken out of circulation due to some unknown kind of street work. If you use a walker as an example, well then tuff, start walking! Walk FASTER! LOL... There is no alert for this situation to be found on LBT website. Pathetic. I thought all of this was taken care of a few years back when the tax payer agreed to a bigger pinch... Hmmm. 4- LBT is pushing hard on the Moovit app. I'm not impressed with this app. For example, Moovit also fails to include the cancelled bus stops! So if you are a senior citizen or you have some mobility issues, you will not get accurate information from this app. Abysmal... read more

This has to be one of the worst transit companies in Southern California. It's Constant with busses just not showing up because drivers called out or there was an incident. This is a public service company and they have the worst customer service in the city and surrounding cities. Today instead of a $1.25 bus ride that usually gets me to work 30 minutes early I'll get betting to work 17 minutes late. Poor poor service. read more

yet again lbt failed. they don't care about the well being of passengers needing to get to work. yet again had to oay for and uber. this is suppose to be a convenience. they're just too lazy to schedule drivers. and don't care about your concerns. they truly need to reimburse me for all the ubers and lyfts for all of us who 've been let down by thair failure of service. they're an embarassment to the city and to us. read more

The drivers are the most consistently polite and helpful drivers on all the bus lines I use in Los Angeles County. I especially enjoy the rides on Line 71 to the VA. read more

I barely wanna give y'all one star long beach transit buses is always late never on time the people are rude & don't care about nobody's time Long Beach transit only has one job is to drive & get people to the destination on time they can't do that I've rode Long Beach transit almost my whole life and it's giving y'all just hiring anybody at this point it's not giving please work better on time management it would be great for your passengers. read more

I was on bus 192 #2209 on September 1st 2023 and the bus driver at around 2:20pm was charging way too much.I was a senior and 1 usually pay 60 cents but this bus driver charged me 1.25 I know it's not much but that is not the right amount and he was doing that to everyone.Not just that but many students got on the bus and paid 75 cents and he called them out all mad and made them pay $1.25 and some had to get off the bus because they didn't couldn't afford it. read more

Bus 191 at 10:32 am #1839 Bus driver so rude she look at me and she close the door. This happen twice. She shares at me and rolls her eyes. She has a problem the way I look and dress, she be judging me. She thinks she get away with being disrespectful, because her judging me I won't say anything about her rudeness. read more

Not even 1 star I rode the 173 going to Norwalk bus 2504 and this Asian bus driver was the worst i pull the string for my stop and he passed it and started yelling at me like crazy I don't understand how these people can think they can yell at anyone . If you come across this guy and see him yelling please report him don't let these kind of people get away with this . read more

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I just learned today that they changed the text code for using the bus stop code to get schedule info for that bus stop and there is no indication of this new code anywhere on the sign at each bus stop. That is just what I would expect from the BRAIN-DEAD MANAGEMENT at such a stupid company as this. THIS COMPANY IS A JOKE. MDK On my MacBook Pro read more

They need to hire new bus drivers. Some of them are having really bad attitudes when people get on. Their drivers don't even let people sit down before driving off I understand they have a schedule to keep but some people are pregnant and if they get hurt on the bus because of the drivers it's on the bus systems fault. Drivers need more training too. read more

bus driver for route 2 1816 made me get off while she took her break ( no problem), I was the only passenger and driver made me pay my fare again to get back on the bus . even if it's just 1.25$ i was legit on the bus for less than 2 minutes. stupid "policy'" in my opinion. read more

LB Transit stands head and shoulders of its negligible competition. The busses run regularly, though perhaps infrequently. A number of downtown, tourist-oriented lines are free (Pine Ave Link, the Passport). We have TWO ferries! (Take that, everyone else!) Low fares (only 90 cents). Comfortable rides. Still not an adequate replacement for a car, but good if you're walking and you suddenly get tired or lazy. Easy trasnfers at the downtown Transit Mall to many other transit lines. I only wish that the airport were better served by more than one line. The 111 takes an hour to cover a 15 minute drive.... Why no transit-mall/airport shuttle? Also, its logo reminds me of BART, which I so dearly miss. read more

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Do the screens not work so that you can't call out the LBT!? This is ridiculous! The times are not accurate and people are sleeping on benches waiting for buses! Come on, you can do better! I have seen it. lBT is awesome, step up to the plate and be as good as you can be read more

Long Beach transit is Long Beach limo service I grew up taking this bus for over over many many years me and my friends would use Long Beach transit to get around Long Beach and the surrounding cities of Long Beach this is a great source of transportation if you don't want to drive the bus takes you everywhere and you can go to the mall you go by the parks you can go by restaurants you go by places and visit people and you don't have to drive bus fare is not that much is plenty room on the buses I recommend using the bus it's safe friendly and it does take you in very great locations if you have time to ride a bus and sightsee I recommend Long Beach transit it is very very good to use he will go to different areas of Long Beach and see nice locations and you can transfer from one bus to another bus to take you from one location to another but the bus is the best to take to go to the mall to go to work to go to school very very easy very very local to all the locations in very user-friendly the bus drivers are very nice and the people that ride the bus there are also nice read more

us 41 @3:57 pm Nov 2nd literally skipped me twice. I was sitting waiting for the bus and it just went past me. I ran for the bus again while they were restarting it and they didn't even open the door. The bus wasn't even full I'm so confused read more

The Bus Route I often take is Route 61, and there's this old driver named Sam who's a very great guy! His positive, and helpful attitude always make my trips and days enjoyable! Even on a day where I'm feeling a bit down, he instantly makes it all better with a small chat during the trip and I can't be thankful enough we have a driver like him! read more