Founded in May 1972 as Orange Seminole Osceola Transportation
Authority (OSOTA). Became Tri-County Transit in 1984. Began doing
business as LYNX in 1992, and changed official name to Central
Florida Regional Transportation Authority in March 1994.
Area Served
Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties; an area of approximately
2,500 square miles with a resident population of more than 1.8
million people. Small portions of Lake, Polk and Volusia
counties are served as well.
Chairman
Carlton Henley/Seminole County Commissioner
Chief Executive Officer:
John M. Lewis Jr.
Operating Budget
$116,200,174 (FY12)
Fleet Size
270 air-conditioned coaches.
Daily Service
- 63 local routes called Links serve the tri-county area.
- Earliest service begins at 4:30 a.m.
- Last bus leaves downtown at 12:15 a.m.
- Peak frequency is every 15 minutes on heavily used links.
- Average frequency in urban areas is every 30 minutes.
- Outlying areas receive hourly service.
Services
- Fixed route bus service seven days a week and on holidays
- LYMMO – free downtown circulator (a transportation partnership
with the city of Orlando)
- Van pool commuter services for which LYNX provides the
vans
- FastLink - weekday morning and afternoon commuter service
designed to reduce stops along specific corridors providing a
quicker trip.
- Door-to-door paratransit van service called ACCESS LYNX for
qualified individuals who cannot access other modes of
transportation.
- Road Rangers presented by State Farm roadside assistance
program for disabled vehicles on I-4.
- PickUpLine - nine flex-service routes designed to make it
easier for residents in outlying service area to call ahead
two-hours in advance for pickup and connection to stops within a
designated area and LYNX fixed-route system.
- Numerous community service shuttles, including shuttles to
Citrus Bowl events
Ridership
- More than 85,000 rides provided each weekday.
- 28,023,186 passenger trips in FY11. A ridership record!
Miles Traveled
More than 16,507,492 vehicle million miles (FY11).
Fuel Used
Nearly 4.2 million gallons of Biodiesel fuel per year
Notable
In May 2009, LYNX became the first transit agency in the nation
to build, operate and blend its own Biodiesel fueling station.
Operator Pablo Perez won the 2011 International Bus Roadeo
Championship. Our Maintenance team won in 2006 and 2010.
