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.
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 , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
History
Culver CityBus was founded on 3 March 1928, making it the second oldest municipal bus line in California and the oldest public transit bus system still operating in Los Angeles County. Big Blue Bus was founded on 14 April 1928, the San Francisco Municipal Railway began streetcar service 28 December 1912.
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.
Service area Within its service area of around 25.5 square miles, the Culver CityBus provides service to the communities of: Venice Westchester Westwood West Los Angeles Palms Playa Vista Marina del Rey Mar Vista Century City Culver City
Routes Culver CityBus operates 3 daily routes, 3 weekday-only routes, and 2 Monday-Saturday routes within Los Angeles County. Among its 3 weekday-only routes, Culver CityBus operates a Rapid route (Rapid 6). Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Local routes RouteTerminalsViaNotes1Los AngelesWashington/Fairfax Transit HubVeniceWindward Av & Main StWashington Bl Serves Culver City station1C1Culver CityCulver Bl & Overland AvCulver CityWashington Bl & La Cienega AvCulver Bl, Washington Bl Downtown circulator route Serves Culver City station Route to be discontinued in the near future.2Culver CityBristol Pkwy & Centinela AvVeniceVenice High SchoolInglewood Bl3Century CityWestfield Century CityCulver CityMesmer Av & Major StWestwood Bl, Motor Av, Overland Av Serves Westwood/Rancho Park station, West Los Angeles College and Culver City Transit Center Route to be extended to Downtown Inglewood station in the near future 4Los AngelesWashington/Fairfax Transit HubPlaya VistaWaters Edge Wy & Jefferson BlJefferson BlServes La Cienega/Jefferson station, West Los Angeles College and Culver City Transit Center6WestwoodUCLALos AngelesLAX/Metro Transit CenterSepulveda BlServes Expo/Sepulveda station and Culver City Transit Center Operates alongside Rapid 6 To be merged with Rapid 6 in the near future.7Culver CityCulver City stationMarina del ReyFisherman's VillageCulver Bl
School supplementary routes Only operates when school is in session RouteTerminalsViaNotes5Culver CityCulver City High SchoolBlair HillsLa Cienega Bl & Rodeo RdBraddock DrOperates 1 westbound AM trip and 2 eastbound PM trips One eastbound PM trip departs from Venice High SchoolVeniceVenice High School5C1Culver CityCulver City High SchoolCulver CityWashington Bl & Roverts AvBraddock DrOperates 2 westbound AM trips and 2 eastbound PM trips5C2Culver CityCulver City High SchoolCulver CityPepperdine UniversityOverland AvOperates 1 northbound AM trip and 2 southbound PM trips
Rapid routes RouteTerminalsViaNoetsRapid 6WestwoodUCLALos Angeles LAX/Metro Transit CenterSepulveda BlServes Expo/Sepulveda station Operates alongside Route 6
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. Make/ModelFleet numbersThumbnailYearEnginesTransmissionNotesNew Flyer C40LFR7106-71112009 Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400RAll are in the Rapid liveryNew Flyer XN40711220107113-711520117116-713120127132-713720147138-71552017Cummins Westport ISL G NZNew Flyer XE407156–71592021
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.
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 purchasesVehicle LengthQuantityYearPowertrainNotes40ft62025CNGContract awarded to Gillig in August 2025Cutaway32025CNG40ft22025Fuel Cell40ft142026CNG40ft62026Battery Electric40ft82027CNG40ft42027Battery Electric40ft82028CNG40ft42028Battery Electric40ft122029Fuel Cell40ft62030Fuel Cell40ft62031Fuel Cell40ft122032Battery Electric40ft122033Fuel CellCutaway32035Battery ElectricCutaway32035Fuel Cell40ft122036Battery Electric40ft182037Battery Electric40ft222038Battery Electric40ft102038Fuel Cell40ft82039Battery Electric40ft212039Fuel Cell40ft62040Battery Electric40ft32040Fuel Cell
References
External links Culver City Bus