LYNX Route 434, one of the three routes with a stop on the UCF campus, will end service Jan. 11, 2026.
The decision was finalized Thursday at the Lynx October Board of Directors meeting in a unanimous vote. This is part of a larger plan in Seminole County to switch to Scout, a microtransit option similar to Uber. Scout can stop at the UCF SuperStop, but costs $4 to $14 per ride.
“It forces me to pay more for the new transportation system than the buses. It would just inflate the prices,” said Apollo Allen-Gomez, sophomore electrical engineering major. Allen-Gomez uses Route 434 twice a week to attend his classes.
Route 434 connects Seminole State College to UCF Main Campus using part of Alafaya Trail.
Seven other routes within Seminole County will be discontinued.
Haley Torres, a freshman studio art major, has been riding Route 434 since high school. Her father uses Route 103, another canceled route, to get to work.
“It’s kind of crazy considering just how many people I see every single day on this bus,” Torres said. “For people who are homeless or need to get to their jobs, that’s how they’re commuting to work, or that’s how they’re commuting home. I don’t know why they think that that’s a good idea to get rid of one of the most major buses in the city.”
LYNX conducted an analysis, finding that around 51% of riders impacted are from minority populations. However, there was no disparate impact on minority communities compared to their baseline minority ridership of around 67%.
Between all cancelled routes, about 2,100 weekly passenger trips will be discontinued.
If students decide to use Scout, they can sign up for the Freebee app using their UCF email address and get 50% off each ride, according to the Scout website. Students can continue to use their UCF ID to ride LYNX buses for free, including the two remaining routes with a stop on campus.
“The counties and city of Orlando pay us for the service they want us to provide. In this case, Seminole County has decided to go with Scout as their main public transportation service. So, the routes being cut are no longer being funded,” Matthew Friedman, director of marketing communications at LYNX, said.
Senior emerging media major John Story takes Route 434 five days a week, several times a day, on his way to class and work.
“I mean, the big thing, [LYNX] is free. Like, that’s the huge difference for me,” Story said. “I don’t exactly have a large budget for commuting. While one individual ride doesn’t seem like a whole lot when it’s $2, when you’re taking the bus about 2 or 3 times a day, it adds up pretty quickly.”