Long Beach Light-Rail and Bus Network

The Long Beach rail system would work with the existing bus route to create a transit network serving the entire Metro sub-region. In the context of increased centralization and higher density at the core, this network would serve two distinct functions: high frequency local circulation within central Long Beach and less frequent feeder service connecting the suburbs to outlying stations and satellite transit hubs.

Central Service

Long Beach Transit would provide most of the local service for central Long Beach. Higher population density in the central area will spur increased demand for more frequent bus service along closely spaced routes, thereby reinforcing the central area's inherent transit advantage in relation to the suburban periphery. This transit advantage will in turn enable even higher densities and increased centralization in central Long Beach.



Suburban Feeder Routes

Outside the central area, a collective of bus services (Metro, Torrance Transit, OCTA, Gardena Bus Lines, and Carson Circuit) would create a network of feeder routes connect suburban areas to nearby light-rail stations as well as a handful of satellite transit hubs (Los Cerritos Center, Lakewood Mall, Downtown Bellflower, Compton, Artesia Transit Center/Downtown Carson, Harbor City). Because of their lower densities and distance from the center city, these outlying areas will lack the transit advantages (high frequency of service, closely-spaced routes) of the central area.



Feeder Service by Line

7th Street

Channel Drive Station

• Metro 577x
• OCTA 60
• OCTA 1
  
• LBT 171

Redondo Avenue Station

• LBT 131

PCH & Lakewood

South Street Station

• Metro 266
• OCTA 30
• Long Beach 192

Lakewood Mall Station

• Metro 265
• LBT 93
• LBT 191

Spring Street Station

• LBT 102

Los Alamitos Park Station

• LBT 171
• LBT 172
• LBT 173

Blue Line

Compton Station

• Metro 50
• Metro 125
• Metro 127
• Metro 128
• Metro 202

Artesia Station

• Metro 60/760
• Metro 130

Del Amo

• Carson Circuit D & G
• LBT 191
• LBT 192
• Metro 202

Wilmington/Harbor City

Normandie Station

• Gardena 2
• Torrance Transit 9
• Metro 232
• Metro 205

PCH Station

• Torrance Transit 7
• MX3
• Metro 445
• CE448

Wilmington Blvd Station

• Metro 232

Avalon Blvd Station

• Metro 446, 447
• Metro 202

Santa Fe Ave Station

• Torrance Transit 3