Culver CityBus

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Culver CityBus services: local and Rapid
Founded3 March 1928 [1]
Headquarters4343 Duquesne Avenue,
Culver City, California [2]
Locale Southern California
Service area Los Angeles County
Service type Bus service
Routes10 local, 1 Rapid
Fleet56 buses
Daily ridership9,900 (weekdays, Q1 2025) [3]
Annual ridership3,122,100 (2024) [4]
Fuel type CNG, battery electric
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.

Contents

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 2024, the system had a ridership of 3,122,100, or about 9,900 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025.

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]

CityBus participates in the LA Metro system's GoPass program, allowing K-12 and community college students at participating schools to ride the Culver CityBus for free, among 15 other transport services in the county. [11]

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. [12] Among its 3 weekday-only routes, Culver CityBus operates a Rapid route (Rapid 6). [13] Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. [2]

Local routes

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
1 Los Angeles
Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub		 Venice
Windward Av & Main St		Washington Bl
1C1 Culver City
Culver Bl & Overland Av		Culver City
Washington Bl & La Cienega Av		Culver Bl, Washington Bl
2Culver City
Bristol Pkwy & 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
6 Westwood
UCLA 		Los Angeles
LAX/Metro Transit Center 		Sepulveda Bl
7Culver City
Culver City station		 Marina del Rey
Fisherman's Village 		Culver Bl

School supplementary routes

Only operates when school is in session

RouteTerminalsViaNotes
5Culver City
Culver City High School 		Blair Hills
La Cienega Bl & Rodeo Rd		Braddock Dr
  • Operates 1 westbound AM trip and 2 eastbound PM trips
  • One eastbound PM trip departs from Venice High School
Venice
Venice High School
5C1Culver City
Culver City High School		Culver City
Washington Bl & Roverts Av		Braddock Dr
  • Operates 2 westbound AM trips and 2 eastbound PM trips
5C2Culver City
Culver City High School		Culver City
Pepperdine University 		Overland Av
  • Operates 1 northbound AM trip and 2 southbound PM trips

Rapid routes

RouteTerminalsViaNoets
Rapid 6Westwood
UCLA		Los Angeles

BSicon FLUG.svg LAX/Metro Transit Center

Sepulveda Bl
  • Serves Expo/Sepulveda station
  • Operates alongside Route 6 [14]

Bus fleet

Active fleet

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 Leaf's and electric vans. [15] [16]

Make/ModelFleet NumbersThumbnailYearEnginesTransmissionNotes
New Flyer C40LFR 7106-7111 Culver CityBus 7107.jpg 2009Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400RAll are in the Rapid livery
New Flyer XN40 71122010
7113-71152011
7116-7131 Culver City Bus 7118 R6 LAX City Bus Center.jpg 2012
7132-71372014
7138-71552017Cummins Westport ISL G NZ
New Flyer XE40 7156–7161 Culver CityBus 7158.jpg 2021

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. [17]

Culver CityBus was slated to receive 6 additional battery electric buses in 2022 from New Flyer. However, the agency canceled the order and abandoned their 2028 electrification commitment. In December 2024, the agency released a new rollout plan, which directs the agency to continue procuring CNG buses in the meantime. Despite being a smaller transit agency, Culver CityBus lags behind neighboring agencies such as LA Metro, Gtrans, and Big Blue Bus, who have committed to electrification by 2035, 2034, and 2030, respectively. Those agencies have begun electrification of their depots and have Battery Electric Buses in regular service, which Culver CityBus does not.

As of December 2024, their new rollout plan abandons the purchase of battery electric buses on a yearly basis through 2028 and instead delays their electrification commitment to 2040. As a result, Culver CityBus will be the last agency in the larger LA metropolitan area to operate CNG buses.

Planned future purchases [18]
Vehicle LengthQuantityYearPowertrainNotes
40ft62025CNG
Cutaway32025CNG
40ft22025Fuel Cell
40ft142026CNG
40ft62026Battery Electric
40ft82027CNG
40ft42027Battery Electric
40ft82028CNG
40ft42028Battery Electric
40ft122029Fuel Cell
40ft62030Fuel Cell
40ft62031Fuel Cell
40ft122032Battery Electric
40ft122033Fuel Cell
Cutaway32035Battery Electric
Cutaway32035Fuel Cell
40ft122036Battery Electric
40ft182037Battery Electric
40ft222038Battery Electric
40ft102038Fuel Cell
40ft82039Battery Electric
40ft212039Fuel Cell
40ft62040Battery Electric
40ft32040Fuel Cell

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 First Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 15, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  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. ↑ "Over 400,000 students in L.A. have enrolled in Metro's unlimited free ride program". Los Angeles Times. 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  12. ↑ "Bus Schedule". Culver City Bus. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Bus Schedules". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Senior & Disabled Transportation Services". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  16. ↑ "About Us". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  17. ↑ "Culver CityBus is Going Electric". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  18. ↑ "RESOLUTION NO. 2024". culver-city.legistar.com. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
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