Long Beach has a functioning bus system. It has the route coverage and frequency of service needed to make it practical to get to and from your destinations in the city. Buses are new, clean and safe. Most of them are low-emission CNG, and there are even a few electric buses in service. If you're visiting, consider using the bus as an alternative to driving, especially if you're going downtown. Or mix modes and use the bus in the daytime, returning by cab or Lyft or Uber at the end of the evening.

We were able to use the free bus to gofrom the Queen Mary to downtown long beach and waterfront tourist area and the Aquarium and the big tourist area, also used it to go to restaurants. Our last day there we used the free bus to go to downtown Long Beach and take the regular bus to the Long Beach Airport.

The drivers are extremely helpful! If you are not sure where you want to go they can help - one even gave great restaurant recommendations!

If you just want to sit on the bus of a one hour trip and city bits of the city it was great. But you could also get on and off and see some the the great attractions of downtown and the waterfront.