Broward County Transit Explained

Broward County Transit
Logo Alt:	Broward County Transit logo
Company Slogan:	Our Best. Nothing Less.
Parent:	Broward County
Headquarters:	1 North University Drive, Plantation, Florida
Service Area:	410sqmi^[1]
Service Type:	Bus, paratransit
Routes:	44
Stops:	5,040 (FY 2007)
Hubs:	Broward Central Terminal, West Regional Bus Terminal, Northeast Transit Center^[2]
Stations:	Lauderhill Mall
Depots:	Pompano Beach
Fleet:	378, excluding paratransit (FY 2007)
Ridership:
Annual Ridership:
Fuel Type:	Diesel, Biodiesel, Diesel-Electric Hybrid, Battery-Electric
Operator:	Broward County Commission
Ceo:	Coree Cuff Lonergan

Broward County Transit (also known as BCT) is the public transit agency in Broward County, Florida. It is the second-largest transit system in Florida after Miami-Dade Transit. It currently operates the only public bus system in Broward County. Besides serving Broward County, It also serves portions of Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade County, where it overlaps its service with Miami-Dade Transit and Palm Tran.

Services

• Regular local Service: Broward County Transit's local service is focused mainly in Broward County. However, they operate routes traveling from Broward County to Palm Beach County, linking their service with Palm Tran.There are also routes that travel from Broward County to Miami-Dade County, linking their service with Miami-Dade Transit.
• Limited-stop service: Known as The Breeze (separate from overall fleet theme), operates 4 routes, one via S.R. 7 (US 441)-(441 Breeze), another one via US-1 (US-1 Breeze), another one via University Dr (University Breeze), and the other via Broward Blvd (Broward Breeze).
• Paratransit and community bus service: Paratransit services are available for disabled riders and senior citizens. Community Buses operate special routes as an extension of the local bus service in Broward County.
• 95 Express: This is an express bus service that travels on Interstate 95 from Pembroke Pines and Miramar to downtown Miami. It only operates on weekdays and peak directions and costs an extra $0.65 ($0.30 for youth, senior, and disabled). It is primarily operated using MCI D4500CT motor coaches.
• 595 Express: This is an express bus service that travels on Interstate 595 from BB&T Center to downtown Miami. It only operates on weekdays and utilizes the same premium express fare as the 95 Express. Like the 95 Express, it is primarily operated using MCI D4500CT motor coaches.

Fleet

Since 2000, BCT has developed themed liveries for each new fleet order. The previous generation, introduced in the early 1980s, did not have a name.

Bee Line generation

The Bee Line generation was first introduced in 1997, replacing older high-floor buses decorated with a split orange and blue stripe around the side. These low-floor buses were painted white with a yellow honeycomb pattern stripe on all sides. A cartoon bee character was also placed on each bus, and was later removed.

The Breeze generation

The Breeze generation was introduced in 2007 for two special limited-stop service routes on US 1 and US 441/SR 7, traversing from northern Broward County to northern Miami-Dade County. BCT has now added 48 40feet NABI 40-LFW buses to the fleet. BCT introduced six New Flyer D60LFR articulated buses for service on the US 441/SR 7 route. The new buses also feature free Wi-Fi to riders.

The Breeze generation 2007-2018 buses were originally painted in white with two blue arcs, one light and one dark. Later buses ordered and some of the older buses were painted in silver with two blue arcs, one light and one dark.

In 2008, BCT ordered 42 newly restyled 40feet low-floor NABIs, including 12 hybrid buses.^{[3] [4]}

Current Livery

The current livery was introduced in 2020 as part of the half-penny tax, also known as Penny for Transportation. The livery consists of the front and sides of the buses being painted silver with an orange and white stripe running across the side of the bus with the back of the bus being painted blue. The Broward County colors of orange, yellow, and white are shown via diagonal stripes parallel to each other on the front and rear quarter panels off the bus.

This paint scheme was introduced on BCT's 147 2020 Gillig BRT buses.

Routes

Local service

Route	Terminals			Primary streets traveled	Ridership (FY2023) ^[5]	Service notes
1^[6]	Aventura Aventura Mall	↔	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay C1	Federal Highway	1,188,588	- Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at Aventura Mall- Connection to Fort Lauderdale International Airport
2^[7]	Miami Gardens NW 207th Street	↔	Coral Springs Westview Drive	University Drive	1,107,888	Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at NW 207th Street and NW 27th Avenue
4^[8]	Hallandale Beach Hallandale Beach Boulevard & NE 14th Avenue	↔	Fort Lauderdale Airport Tri-Rail Station	Ocean Drive, Dania Beach Boulevard	254,426
5^[9]	Pembroke Pines Pembroke Lakes Mall	↔	Hallandale Beach City Hall	Pembroke Road	242,297
6^[10]	Hallandale Beach County Line Road & Dixie Highway	↔	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay B6	South 26th Avenue, North 24th Avenue, Anglers Avenue	305,256
7^[11]	Hallandale Beach Pines Boulevard & NW 210th Avenue	↔	Hollywood Young Circle	Pines Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard	567,717
8^[12]	Pembroke Pines Pembroke Lakes Mall	↔		Taft Street	128,063
9^[13]	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal Bays A2 (9) & B1 (10)	↔		Davie Road, Johnson Street	327,505
10^[14]		↔	Boca Raton Mizner Park	Federal Highway	675,418	Connection to Palm Tran at Camino Real & Federal Highway
11^[15]	Tamarac Commercial Boulevard & US 441/SR 7	↔	Pompano Beach Pompano Citi Centre	NW 21st Avenue, Las Olas Boulevard, Ocean Boulevard	465,401
12^[16]	Davie Broward College, Central Campus	↔	Dania Beach Dania Beach Pier	Sheridan Street	304,225
14^[17]	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay B5	↔	Deerfield Beach Hillsboro Boulevard & Powerline Road	Powerline Road	749,005
15^[18]	Pembroke Park County Line Road & SW 52nd Avenue	↔	Fort Lauderdale Airport Tri-Rail Station	56th Avenue, Griffin Road	24,348	No weekend service Contracted out route
16^[19]	Pembroke Pines Pembroke Lakes Mall	↔	Dania Beach Dania Beach City Hall	Stirling Road	236,318
18^[20]	Golden Glades Golden Glades Station	↔	Lauderhill Lauderhill Mall Bays 2 (18) & 7 (19)	US 441 (SR 7)	1,338,370	Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at Golden Glades
19^[21]	Boca Raton Sandalfoot Boulevard & US 441	↔			1,652,676	Connection to Palm Tran at Sandalfoot Boulevard
20^[22]	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal Bays A3 (20) & C4 (22)	↔	Deerfield Beach NE 3rd Avenue & Sample Road	NE 15th Avenue, Cypress Road	188,184
22^[23]		↔	Sunrise Sawgrass Mills	Broward Boulevard	744,022
23^[24]	Pembroke Pines Pembroke Lakes Mall	↔		Weston Road	47,333	No weekend service Contracted out route
28^[25]	Miramar Memorial Hospital Miramar	↔	Aventura Aventura Mall	Miramar Parkway, Hallandale Beach Boulevard	879,152	Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at Aventura Mall
30^[26]	Plantation West Regional Terminal	↔	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal Bays B2 (30) & A5 (31)	Peters Road, Davie Boulevard	370,083
31^[27]	Coconut Creek Hillsboro Boulevard & Lyons Road	↔		NW 31st Avenue, Lyons Road	591,051
34^[28]	Coral Springs Sample Road & Coral Ridge Drive	↔	Pompano Beach Sample Road & Federal Highway	Sample Road	654,420
36^[29]	Sunrise Sawgrass Mills	↔	Fort Lauderdale Sunrise & Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevards	Sunrise Boulevard	1,077,788
40^[30]	Lauderhill Lauderhill Mall	↔	Fort Lauderdale Galleria Mall	Sistrunk Boulevard, 17th Street Causeway, Seabreeze Boulevard	709,867
42^[31]	Coral Springs Atlantic Boulevard & Coral Ridge Drive	↔	Fort Lauderdale Atlantic Boulevard & Ocean Boulevard	Atlantic Boulevard	323,516
48^[32]	Coconut Creek Johnson Road & US 441	↔	Deerfield Beach Hillsboro Boulevard & Ocean Boulevard	Hillsboro Boulevard	142,634	No Sunday service Connection to Palm Tran at The Cove Shopping Center
50^[33]	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay A6	↔	Deerfield Beach Hillsboro Boulevard & SW 3rd Avenue	Dixie Highway	770,654
55^[34]	Sunrise Hiatus Road	↔	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Galt Ocean Mile	Commercial Boulevard	546,652
56^[35]	Sunrise Welleby Plaza	↔	Lauderdale Lakes Jacaranda Plaza	Sunrise Lakes Boulevard	65,129	Shuttle service
60^[36]	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay C3	↔	Margate US 441 & NW 15th Street	Andrews Avenue, Hammondville Road, Coconut Creek Parkway	701,977
62^[37]	Coral Springs Westview & University Drives	↔	Pompano Beach McNab Road & Federal Highway	Riverside Drive, McNab Road, Cypress Creek Road	641,753
72^[38]	Sunrise Sawgrass Mills	↔	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Galt Ocean Mile	Oakland Park Boulevard	1,620,917
81^[39]	Plantation West Regional Terminal	↔	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay C5	Sunset Strip, NW 56th Avenue, Broward Boulevard	823,037
83^[40]	Coral Springs Coral Ridge Drive & Sample Road	↔	Pompano Beach Pompano Citi Centre	Royal Palm Boulevard, Copans Road	227,995
88^[41]	Plantation Westfield Broward	↔	Parkland Holmberg Road & Coral Ridge Drive	Pine Island Road, Coral Springs Drive	170,212

The Breeze

The Breeze routes operate only weekdays, providing limited-stop service on corridors served by other local bus routes.

Route	Name	Terminals			Primary streets traveled	Ridership (FY2023)	Service notes
101^[42]	US 1 Breeze	Aventura Aventura Mall	↔	Fort Lauderdale Broward Central Terminal, Bay C2	Federal Highway	330,600	Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at Aventura Mall
102^[43]	University Breeze	Golden Glades Golden Glades Station	↔	Coral Springs Westview & University Drives	University Drive	N/A	Peak hours only Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at Golden Glades
122^[44]	Broward Breeze	Sunrise Sawgrass Mills	↔	Fort Lauderdale Broward Health Medical Center	Broward Boulevard	N/A	Peak hours only
441^[45]	441 Breeze	Golden Glades Golden Glades Station	↔	Coconut Creek US 441 & Turtle Creek Drive	US 441	710,071	Connection to Miami-Dade Transit at Golden Glades

Express service

Express service traverse interstate highways, connecting park and ride locations in Broward County with Downtown Miami and Miami International Airport. These routes operate weekdays only.

Route	Name	Terminals			Primary streets traveled	Ridership (FY2023)	Service notes
106^[46]	95 Express Miramar	Miramar Miramar Regional Park	↔	Civic Center, Miami NW 14th Street & NW 12th Avenue or Culmer Metrorail Station	I-95	80,426
108^[47]	95 Express Miramar/Civic Center	Miramar Miramar Park & Ride	↔			88,167
109^[48]	95 Express Pembroke Pines/Miramar	Pembroke Pines C.B. Smith Park & Ride	↔	Brickell, Miami SE 13th Street & Brickell Avenue or Brickell Metromover Station		73,469
110^[49]	595 Express	Sunrise FLA Live Arena Park & Ride	↔		I-595, I-95	54,515
114^[50]			↔	Civic Center, Miami NW 14th Street & NW 12th Avenue or Culmer Metrorail Station		92,489

See also

• Transportation in South Florida
• PREMO light rail

External links

• Official site
• System Facts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Broward County Transit Facts . https://web.archive.org/web/20071215020636/http://broward.org/bct/pdfs/factsheet.pdf . dead . December 15, 2007 . Broward County Commission, Office of Transportation . October 12, 2007 . December 30, 2019.
2. Web site: Frequently Asked Questions . . December 30, 2019.
3. Web site: Broward County Transit. www.broward.org.
4. Web site: GP Bus Gallery :: Broward County Transit of Broward County, FL. https://web.archive.org/web/20110628230131/http://www.freewebs.com/bctbusgallery/. dead. June 28, 2011.
5. Web site: Broward County Transit Reports and Data. Broward County Transit . September 13, 2023.
6. Web site: Route 1 . October 9, 2016 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
7. Web site: Route 2 . January 13, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
8. Web site: Route 4 . July 14, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
9. Web site: Route 5 . April 23, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
10. Web site: Route 6 . September 23, 2018 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
11. Web site: Route 7 . May 6, 2018 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
12. Web site: Route 8 . September 22, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
13. Web site: Route 9 . September 23, 2018 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
14. Web site: Route 10 . January 18, 2015 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
15. Web site: Route 11 . June 17, 2018 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
16. Web site: Route 12 . September 22, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
17. Web site: Route 14 . October 9, 2016 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
18. Web site: Route 15 . January 1, 2015 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
19. Web site: Route 16 . July 14, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
20. Web site: Route 18 . April 23, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
21. Web site: Route 19 . July 14, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
22. Web site: Route 20 . September 23, 2018 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
23. Web site: Route 22 . October 9, 2016 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
24. Web site: Route 23 . January 1, 2015 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
25. Web site: Route 28 . July 14, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
26. Web site: Route 30 . April 23, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
27. Web site: Route 31 . July 14, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
28. Web site: Route 34 . March 29, 2015 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
29. Web site: Route 36 . August 27, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
30. Web site: Route 40 . January 13, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
31. Web site: Route 42 . August 27, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
32. Web site: Route 48 . August 27, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
33. Web site: Route 50 . October 9, 2016 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
34. Web site: Route 55 . September 22, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
35. Web site: Route 56 . January 1, 2015 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
36. Web site: Route 60 . May 6, 2018 . Broward County . December 31, 2019.
37. Web site: Route 62 . September 22, 2019 . Broward County . December 31, 2019.
38. Web site: Route 72 . June 17, 2018 . Broward County . December 31, 2019.
39. Web site: Route 81 . July 14, 2019 . Broward County . December 31, 2019.
40. Web site: Route 83 . August 27, 2017 . Broward County . December 31, 2019.
41. Web site: Route 88 . September 22, 2019 . Broward County . December 31, 2019.
42. Web site: Route 101 . September 22, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
43. Web site: Route 102 . April 23, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
44. Web site: Route 122 . July 15, 2019 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
45. Web site: Route 441 . August 27, 2017 . Broward County . December 30, 2019.
46. Web site: Route 106 . January 14, 2019 . Broward County . January 1, 2020.
47. Web site: Route 108 . April 16, 2023 . Broward County . June 20, 2023.
48. Web site: Route 109 . July 15, 2019 . Broward County . January 1, 2020.
49. Web site: Route 110 . June 17, 2018 . Broward County . January 1, 2020.
50. Web site: Route 114 . February 25, 2019 . Broward County . January 1, 2020.