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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 ridership9,400 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[3]
Annual ridership2,746,900 (2023)[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 2023, the system had a ridership of 2,746,900, or about 9,400 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024.

History

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 Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub Venice
Windward Circle 		Washington Bl Daily
2 East-West Culver City Transit Center Venice High School Inglewood Bl Weekdays
3 North-South Westfield Century City Culver City
Mesmer Av & Major St 		Westwood Bl, Motor Av, Overland Av Daily
4 East-West Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub Playa Vista
EA Wy & Jefferson Bl 		Jefferson Bl Monday-Saturday
5 East-West Blair Hills
La Cienega Bl & Rodeo Rd 		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 UCLA Aviation Station Sepulveda Bl Daily
Rapid 6 North-South UCLA 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
Venice Bl & Robertson Bl 		Marina del Rey
Fisherman's Village
Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve 		Culver Bl Weekdays
  • Serves Culver City station

Current fleet

Order Year Manufacturer Model Fleet Series
(Quantity) 		Powertrain
(Engine/Transmission) 		Fuel Propulsion Notes
2001 NFI C40LF 7080-7091 CNG
  • Most of these buses are retired as of 2019.
  • The buses that remain in service have been re-powered with Cummins Westport ISL-G engines.
2003 C30LF 7092-7097
  • Cummins Westport C-Gas Plus
    • Allison WB-300R
  • These buses are used primarily on lines 5 and 7.
  • 7094 has been retired, and it has been auctioned at Ken Porter Auctions.
2004 C40LF 7098-7105
  • Cummins Westport C-Gas Plus
    • Allison WB-400R
  • 7102-7105 were previously painted in the Rapid livery, but were eventually repainted back into the standard livery.
  • 7104 and 7105 have been retired, and they have been auctioned at Ken Porter Auctions.
2009 C40LFR 7106-7111
  • Cummins Westport ISL-G
    • Allison WB-400R
  • All buses are painted in the Rapid livery.
2011 XN40 7112-7131
  • These buses were delivered in 2012.
  • 7112-7115 are painted in the Rapid livery.
  • These are the first New Flyer Xcelsior buses powered by CNG in service in the U.S.[13]
2013 7132-7137
  • 7132 and 7133 are painted in the Rapid livery.
2017 7138-7155
  • These buses were delivered as the replacements for the 2001/2004 C40LF buses in 2017.

Notes

Culver CityBus currently operates an all New Flyer fleet of 54 buses. All buses run on CNG. Culver CityBus has retired its old fleet, mostly made of buses by Flxible, TMC/RTS, and Gillig.

Culver CityBus is beginning to retire its C40LF fleet from 2001 and 2004. New XN40 buses were delivered in 2017, and are currently in service.

All buses are numbered 70—and 71--.

The buses were originally painted green and white, but all buses were repainted to all green in 2000.

In 2008, large decals honoring Culver CityBus's 80th year of service were affixed to buses. They were later removed in 2009.

Culver CityBus began operating six New Flyer C40LFR buses on the new Rapid 6 starting on 4 January 2010.

Rapid Buses are painted primarily a chrome gray to distinguish themselves from the regular bright green buses.

In 2012, Culver CityBus took delivery of 20 New Flyer Xcelsior XN40 buses and started operating some of them beginning in late May 2012 with the rest to be phased in by late June.[13]

References

  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 Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  4. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  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. ^ 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. ^ a b "StackPath".
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