Culver CityBus

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Founded3 March 1928 [1]
Headquarters4343 Duquesne Avenue,
Culver City, California [2]
Locale Southern California
Service area Los Angeles County
Service type Bus service
Routes7 local – 1 Rapid
Fleet54 heavy-duty transit buses
Daily ridership7,300 (weekdays, Q3 2023) [3]
Annual ridership2,424,800 (2022) [4]
Fuel type CNG
OperatorCity of Culver City Transportation Department
Website culvercitybus.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.

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Culver CityBus bus route number 1 on Washington Blvd. passes a mural by artist D*Face. Culver CityBus Washington Boulevard.jpg
Culver CityBus bus route number 1 on Washington Blvd. passes a mural by artist D*Face.

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. GMC New Look Culver City Bus.jpg
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).

Local & Rapid routes

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
1 Los Angeles

Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub

Venice
Windward Av & Main St
Washington Bl
2 Culver City

Bristol Pkway & Centinela Av

Venice

Venice High School

Inglewood Bl
3Century City

Westfield Century City

Culver City

Mesmer Av & Major St

Westwood Bl, Motor Av, Overland Av
4Los Angeles

Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub

Playa Vista

Waters Edge Wy & Jefferson Bl

Jefferson Bl
5 Blair Hills
La Cienega Bl & Rodeo Rd
Culver City

Culver City School

Braddock Dr
  • Operates 1 westbound AM trip and 2 eastbound PM trips
  • One eastbound PM trip departs from Venice High
6 Westwood

UCLA

Los Angeles

Aviation/LAX C Line Station

Sepulveda Bl
Rapid 6Westwood

UCLA

Los Angeles

Aviation/LAX C Line Station

Sepulveda Bl
  • Serves Expo/Sepulveda E Line Station and BSicon FLUG.svg LAX City Bus Center
  • Operates alongside Route 6 [12]
7 Culver City

Culver City E Line Station

Marina del Rey

Fisherman's Village

Culver Bl

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Make/ModelFleet NumbersThumbnailYearEngineTransmissionNotes
New Flyer C40LFR 7106-71112009Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400RAll in the Rapid livery.
New Flyer XN40 7112-71312011-2012Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R7112-7115 are painted in the Rapid livery.
New Flyer XN40 7132-71372014Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R7132-7133 are painted in Rapid livery.
New Flyer XN40 7138-71552016Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R
New Flyer XE40 7156–7161
Culver CityBus 7158.jpg
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. As of January 2024, the agency is not on track to meet its goal, according to its rollout plan where 10 battery-electric buses were suppsoed to be in regular service by 2023, which was not achieved.

Planned future purchases [16]
Make/ModelFleet NumbersYearPowertrainNotes
TBDTBD (10)2024 Battery Electric Delayed due to not being on track with project timeline.
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

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