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Culver CityBus services: local and Rapid
Founded3 March 1928[1]
Headquarters4343 Duquesne Avenue,
Culver City, California[2]
LocaleSouthern California
Service areaLos Angeles County
Service typeBus service
Routes10 local, 1 Rapid
Fleet56 buses
Daily ridership9,900 (weekdays, Q1 2025)[3]
Annual ridership3,122,100 (2024)[4]
Fuel typeCNG, battery electric
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 2024, the system had a ridership of 3,122,100, or about 9,900 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025.

History

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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

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

Routes

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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).[12] Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.[2]

Local routes

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Route Terminals Via Notes
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
2 Culver City
Bristol Pkwy & Centinela Av 		Venice
Venice High School 		Inglewood Bl
3 Century City
Westfield Century City 		Culver City
Mesmer Av & Major St 		Westwood Bl, Motor Av, Overland Av
4 Los 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
7 Culver City
Culver City station 		Marina del Rey
Fisherman's Village 		Culver Bl

School supplementary routes

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Only operates when school is in session

Route Terminals Via Notes
5 Culver 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
5C1 Culver City
Culver City High School 		Culver City
Washington Bl & Roverts Av 		Braddock Dr
  • Operates 2 westbound AM trips and 2 eastbound PM trips
5C2 Culver City
Culver City High School 		Culver City
Pepperdine University 		Overland Av
  • Operates 1 northbound AM trip and 2 southbound PM trips

Rapid routes

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Route Terminals Via Noets
Rapid 6 Westwood
UCLA 		Los Angeles

LAX) LAX/Metro Transit Center

Sepulveda Bl
  • Serves Expo/Sepulveda station
  • Operates alongside Route 6[13]

Bus fleet

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Active fleet

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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.[14][15]

Make/Model Fleet Numbers Thumbnail Year Notes
New Flyer C40LFR 7106-7111 2009
  • All are in the Rapid livery
New Flyer XN40 7112-7131 2011-2012
  • 7112-7115 are 2011 models and in the Rapid livery
  • 7116-7131 are 2012 models
New Flyer XN40 7132-7137
2014
  • 7132-7133 are painted in Rapid livery
New Flyer XN40 7138-7155
2016
New Flyer XE40 7156–7161 2021

Future

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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.[16]

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[17]
Vehicle Length Quantity Year Powertrain Notes
40ft 6 2025 CNG
Cutaway 3 2025 CNG
40ft 2 2025 Fuel Cell
40ft 14 2026 CNG
40ft 6 2026 Battery Electric
40ft 8 2027 CNG
40ft 4 2027 Battery Electric
40ft 8 2028 CNG
40ft 4 2028 Battery Electric
40ft 12 2029 Fuel Cell
40ft 6 2030 Fuel Cell
40ft 6 2031 Fuel Cell
40ft 12 2032 Battery Electric
40ft 12 2033 Fuel Cell
Cutaway 3 2035 Battery Electric
Cutaway 3 2035 Fuel Cell
40ft 12 2036 Battery Electric
40ft 18 2037 Battery Electric
40ft 22 2038 Battery Electric
40ft 10 2038 Fuel Cell
40ft 8 2039 Battery Electric
40ft 21 2039 Fuel Cell
40ft 6 2040 Battery Electric
40ft 3 2040 Fuel Cell

References

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  1. ^ a b "Fact Sheet". Culver City Transportation Department. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b "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 May 18, 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. ^ a b "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. ^ "Bus Schedules". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Senior & Disabled Transportation Services". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  15. ^ "About Us". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  16. ^ "Culver CityBus is Going Electric". www.culvercitybus.com. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  17. ^ https://culver-city.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=13312106&GUID=E5443398-60A6-4556-8F4E-0855F5967197}}
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