• The eco-friendly, eco-nomical way to go!

     
     
    Get on board and save.   Fueled by vision.

    For every trip you take, you reduce the amount of money you spend on auto-related expenses. So get on board and:

     

    • Spend less on gasoline.
    • Spend less on parking fees (for meters, monthly passes and valets).
    • Make fewer costly trips to your mechanic.
    • Calculate what your own savings would be by visiting publictransportation.org.
     
      Gasoline? That’s so retro, which is why:

    • Every bus in our fleet runs on alternative fuel, such as liquid natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas and electric/gas hybrid technology.
    • Operating one LNG bus is equivalent to eliminating the smog and soot from an average of 25 passenger cars.
    • Dedicated natural gas vehicles can reduce emissions of CO2 by almost 20 percent below those of gasoline-powered vehicles.
     
    Keeping it real...green.
      Ride and breathe easier.
    BBB’s maintenance facility uses green technologies and systems to create a healthy work environment for our employees and the Earth. They include:

    • Installing solar panels.
    • Topping the building with a reflective ‘cool roof’.
    • Using recycled building materials to reduce waste sent to landfills.
    • Cleaning and refining oil for reuse, saving over 19,000 barrels of crude oil from having to be pumped.
    • Recycling tires by grinding them up for street repavment.
    • Recycling 85% of the water used in our bus wash facility.
     
      By riding the Big Blue Bus, you’re helping to keep the air cleaner. Here’s why:

    • Our buses have specialized exhaust systems that filter and remove particulates.
    • Riding the bus also reduces harmful carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming.
    • By leaving your car behind, you can reduce your individual carbon emissions by 20 pounds a day or 4,800 pounds a year.
    • Our entire fleet exceeds all California Air Resources Board emission-lowering regulations. 
     
    Blue: the transit store.    Be good to the planet.
    Step inside for help planning a trip, to purchase fares or to pick up a transit-inspired gift. Don’t be fooled by the name “blue” – this place is green from top to bottom thanks to features such as:

    • Floors made from recycled rubber tires.
    • Walls made from renewable strawboard.
    • Counters made from recycled paper.
    • Stair panels made from reground plastics.
     
      So be good to the planet and your bank account by catching a ride on the Big Blue Bus.

    Because when you ride blue, you save green. 

     
  • About BBB

  • Board faster: have your fare and ID in hand and ready to show the operator.
  • BBB maintenance yard filters its run-off storm water to protect the ocean.