Palm Tran is taking a trip back in time! To celebrate 55 years of public transit in Palm Beach County, we wrapped a bus in our old Co-Tran colors! If you see it on the road, snap a selfie! The first 20 people to post selfies can receive a 7-day bus pass on their Paradise Pass Account! *
The specially wrapped bus features the logos of Florida Transit Management, Co-Tran and Palm Tran, the different names of the public transit agency for Palm Beach County over the years. Along the sides are yellow, orange and green stripes, the colors of the agency when it was CoTran.
A Brief History of Public Transit in Palm Beach County
- Aug. 2, 1971 Palm Beach County created a new publicly owned tranit operation which started service on August 2, 1971.
- 1971-1980 Palm Beach.County Transportation Authority (PBCTA), a.k.a. Florida Transit Management Inc. (FTM) is formed. There are five basic routes. However, a population explosion left FTM unable to cope with the flood of new ·passengers.
- 1980 - 1995 PBCTA reinvents· FTM and now calls it COTRAN. Palm Beach County commissioners expressed concern with the situation, helped COTRAN obtain funds for new buses and expand routes. There are about 20 routes.
- Aug. 6, 1996 Palm Tran starts with a clean slate. The fleet expanded from 44 buses to 123, driving on 33 routes.
Source: Motor Coach Today January-March 2000 Vol. 7 No. 1
Rules:
- The selfie must be posted to Facebook or Instagram, showing you with the 55-year Anniversary Palm Tran bus.
- The post must be public.
- Palm Tran must be tagged in the post.
- Photos must be appropriate (family-friendly).
- Posts must be published before October 30, 2026
* Limit one pass per customer. $20 will be added to each recipient's Paradise Pass account, equivalent to a 7-day bus pass. Palm Tran will contact users via Direct Message for further instructions on how to redeem the pass. If users do not have a Paradise Pass account, they will have to create one using a valid email address. Submissions after October 30, 2026, or after 20 passes have been distributed (whichever occurs first), will not be eligible to receive the offer.
