About Us

LYNX is officially known as the Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority, in charge of coordinating public transportation for Orange, Osceola and Seminole Counties.

Public transportation in Central Florida began in 1931 with the birth of the Orlando Transit Company. The OTC served four routes in the City of Orlando and one in neighboring Winter Park. There was no bus station. Buses simply lined-up along Pine Street in downtown Orlando until departure time.

The agency grew steadily for several decades until the name LYNX was chosen in 1992. That name replaced Tri-County Transit, which the Board of Directors thought might put unnecessary limitations on future growth of the system.

LYNX Chief Executive Officer Linda Watson was hired by the Board of Directors in June of 2004 and the agency’s current downtown terminal – LYNX Central Station – was opened later that year. Since then, a new operations and maintenance facility, dubbed LYNX Operations Center, has been opened.

LYNX operates a fleet of 290 buses on 65 routes, called Links, and has service every day of the year. LYNX provided a record 26 million passenger trips in 2007. That marks the 24th time in the past 25 years that a ridership record has been broken.

LYNX administrative offices are located in downtown Orlando at LYNX Central Station, 455 N. Garland Avenue, Orlando, Florida. The primary agency phone number is 407-841-2279.

LYNX adheres closely to the state of Florida policy of making all municipal record open for public inspection. If you would like to make a public records request, click here and follow the directions provided.