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A LYNX bus stop on North Orange Avenue in downtown Orlando.

LYNX is a bus system run by the Central Florida Regional Transit Authority, serving the Orlando area. Standard (Adult) one-way fare is $1.50 with free single transfers. LYNX runs the free Lymmo bus in downtown Orlando, connecting many downtown destinations to parking and the new LYNX Central Station, along a fully separate right-of-way. All LYNX buses except for the Lymmo have bike racks

The Central Florida Regional Transit Authority was formed in May 1972 under the name Orange-Seminole-Osceola Transportation Authority. The bus service was originally named Tri-County Transit, or TCT for short. The authority changed its name in 1994. The name LYNX was chosen in a public naming contest that same year.

LYNX Trivia

  • All LYNX bus routes are referred to as "Link(s)" hence the name of the system.
  • LYNX is notorious for having the most advertisement-wrapped buses of any system. Most buses are wrapped top to bottom with advertisements.
  • The bus stops are designed with a lynx paw in place of the commonly-used bus stop sign flags.
  • Due to tourists in the area who did not know the lynx paw signs were in fact bus stops, all the signs currently being installed still have a lynx paw, but it is smaller and portrayed on the center front of an outline of a bus, with the word "Lynx" appearing in the destination sign area.

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