Founded3 March 1928 [1]
Headquarters4343 Duquesne Avenue,
Culver City, California[2]
LocaleSouthern California
Service areaLos Angeles County
Service typeBus service
Routes7 local – 1 Rapid
Fleet54 heavy-duty transit buses
Daily ridership7,300 (weekdays, Q3 2023)[3]
Annual ridership2,424,800 (2022)[4]
Fuel typeCNG
OperatorCity of Culver City Transportation Department
Websiteculvercitybus.org

Culver CityBus is a public transport agency operating in Culver City, California, currently serving Culver City, the unincorporated community of Marina del Rey, and the adjacent Los Angeles neighborhoods.

Culver CityBus bus route number 1 on Washington Blvd. passes a mural by artist D*Face.[5]

Its regular fleet is painted bright green and its rapid fleet primarily a chrome gray, distinguishing it from Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus, orange-colored Metro Local buses, and red-colored Metro Rapid buses, whose coverage areas overlap on Los Angeles's Westside. In 2022, the system had a ridership of 2,424,800, or about 7,300 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2023.

History

A now-retired GMC New Look bus running on Route 6 of the Culver CityBus.

Culver CityBus was founded on 3 March 1928, making it the second oldest municipal bus line in California[6] and the oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles County.[7] Big Blue Bus was founded on 14 April 1928,[8][7][9] the San Francisco Municipal Railway began streetcar service 28 December 1912.[10]

Service area

Within its service area of around 25.5 square miles,[1] the Culver CityBus provides service to the communities of:

Routes

Culver CityBus operates 3 daily routes, 3 weekday-only routes, and 2 Monday-Saturday routes within Los Angeles County.[11] Among its 3 weekday-only routes, Culver CityBus operates a Rapid route (Rapid 6).

Route Direction Terminals Via Days of Operation Notes
North/East Terminal South/West Terminal
1 East-West Los Angeles

Washington /Fairfax Transit Hub

 Venice
Windward Av & Main St		 Washington Bl Daily
2 East-West Culver City

Bristol Pkway & Centinela Av

 Venice

Venice High School

 Inglewood Bl Weekdays
3 North-South Century City

Westfield Century City

 Culver City

Mesmer Av & Major St

 Westwood Bl, Motor Av, Overland Av Daily
4 East-West Los Angeles

Washington / Fairfax Transit Hub

 Playa Vista

Waters Edge Wy & Jefferson Bl

 Jefferson Bl Monday-Saturday
5 East-West Blair Hills
La Cienega Bl & Rodeo Rd		 Culver City

Culver City School

 Braddock Dr School days only
  • Operates 1 westbound AM trip and 2 eastbound PM trips
  • One eastbound PM trip departs from Venice High
6 North-South Westwood

UCLA

 Los Angeles

Aviation Station

 Sepulveda Bl Daily
Rapid 6 North-South Westwood

UCLA

 Los Angeles

Aviation Station

 Sepulveda Bl Weekdays
  • Operates alongside Route 6[12]
  • Serves Expo/Sepulveda station
  • Also serves LAX) LAX City Bus Center
7 East-West Culver City Station
Robertson Bl & Venice Bl		 Marina del Rey
Fisherman's Village
 Culver Bl Weekdays
  • Serves Culver City station

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Make/Model Fleet Numbers Thumbnail Year Engine Transmission Notes
New Flyer C40LFR 7106-7111 2009 Cummins Westport ISL G Allison B400R All in the Rapid livery.
New Flyer XN40 7112-7131 2011-2012 Cummins Westport ISL G Allison B400R 7112-7115 are painted in the Rapid livery.
New Flyer XN40 7132-7137 2014 Cummins Westport ISL G Allison B400R 7132-7133 are painted in Rapid livery.
New Flyer XN40 7138-7155 2016 Cummins Westport ISL G Allison B400R
New Flyer XE40 7156–7161 2021

Culver CityBus also maintains a fleet of largely electric circulator vans (used on its downtown circulator routes, for example 1C1) and support and paratransit vehicles including Nissan Leafs and electric vans.[13]

Future

Culver CityBus has announced intentions to replace its entire fleet with battery-electric buses by 2028, in time for the 100th anniversary of its founding and the 2028 Olympic Games, while avoiding early retirement of its current fleet, assuming a 12-year useful service life.[14] This deadline is 12 years of the CARB mandate[15] and may be delayed if the agency is unable to make the transition within the 2028 timeframe. The agency will not need to increase its fleet size, thanks to the use of service block restructuring if battery range does not grow to meet current service block demands.

Planned future purchases[16]
Make/Model Fleet Numbers Year Powertrain Notes
TBD TBD (10) 2024 Battery Electric May be delayed, as CCB was supposed to have 10 BEBs in service by 2023 which was not achieved
TBD (10) 2025
TBD (6) 2026
TBD (18) 2028
TBD (4) 2033
TBD (6) 2034
TBD (10) 2036
TBD (10) 2037
TBD (6) 2038
TBD (18) 2040

References

  1. 1 2 "Fact Sheet". Culver City Transportation Department. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Government > Transportation". City of Culver City. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Third Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. November 30, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2022" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  5. ↑ "D*Face Paints New Mural on Washington Blvd. in Culver City – Culver City Times". culvercitytimes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  6. ↑ "Culver City Timeline: A Work in Progress". 13 July 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Public Transit Ridership, Los Angeles County, California".
  8. ↑ "Big Blue Bus Breakthrough | More Than Red Cars – the Obscure, Offbeat and Half-Forgotten Transportation History of Southern California".
  9. ↑ "Our History – Big Blue Bus".
  10. ↑ "Muni History". 18 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bus Schedule". Culver City Bus. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  12. ↑ Carter, Charles (29 January 2010). "New public transit options open up for campus". UCLA Today. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Senior & Disabled Transportation Services". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  14. ↑ "Culver CityBus is Going Electric". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  15. ↑ "California transitioning to all-electric public bus fleet by 2040 | California Air Resources Board". ww2.arb.ca.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  16. ↑ https://www.culvercitybus.com/files/content/bus/v/6/news/culver-citybus-is-going-electric/culver-city-battery-electric-bus-transportation-facility-electrification-transition-plan.pdf
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