# Culver CityBus

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 2023, the system had a ridership of 2,746,900, or about 9,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024.

## 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.

## 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.
| Route | Terminals | Terminals | Via | Notes |
| 1 | Los Angeles Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub | Venice Windward Av & Main St | Washington Bl | Serves Culver City station |
| 1C1 | Culver City Culver Bl & Overland Av | Culver City Washington Bl & La Cienega Av | Culver Bl, Washington Bl | Downtown circulator route Serves Culver City station |
| 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 | Serves Westwood/Rancho Park station, West Los Angeles College and Culver City Transit Center |
| 4 | Los Angeles Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub | Playa Vista Waters Edge Wy & Jefferson Bl | Jefferson Bl | Serves La Cienega/Jefferson station, West Los Angeles College and Culver City Transit Center |
| 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 Only operates when school is in session |
| 5 | Venice Venice 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 Only operates when school is in session |
| 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 Only operates when school is in session |
| 5C2 | Culver City Culver City High School | Culver City Pepperdine University | Overland Av | Operates 1 northbound AM trip and 2 southbound PM trips Only operates when school is in session |
| 6 | Westwood UCLA | Los Angeles LAX/Metro Transit Center | Sepulveda Bl | Serves Expo/Sepulveda station, Culver City Transit Center and LAX/Metro Transit Center Operates alongside Rapid 6 |
| Rapid 6 | Westwood UCLA | Los Angeles LAX/Metro Transit Center | Sepulveda Bl | Serves Expo/Sepulveda station and LAX/Metro Transit Center Operates alongside Route 6 |
| 7 | Culver City Culver City station | Marina del Rey Fisherman's Village | Culver Bl | |

## 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/Model | Fleet Numbers | 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

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. This deadline is 12 years of the CARB mandate 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 :
| Make/Model | Fleet Numbers | Year | Powertrain | Notes |
| TBD | TBD (10) | 2024 | Battery Electric | Delayed due to not being on track with project timeline. |
| TBD | TBD (10) | 2025 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (6) | 2026 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (18) | 2028 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (4) | 2033 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (6) | 2034 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (10) | 2036 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (10) | 2037 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (6) | 2038 | Battery Electric | |
| TBD | TBD (18) | 2040 | Battery Electric | |