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, 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:
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. Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Local routes

School supplementary routes

Only operates when school is in session

Rapid routes

Bus fleet

Active fleet

Culver CityBus also maintains a fleet of largely electric circulator vans and support and paratransit vehicles including Nissan Leaf's and electric vans.
Make/ModelFleet numbersThumbnailYearEnginesTransmissionNotes-
New Flyer C40LFR7106-71112009Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400RAll are in the Rapid livery-
New Flyer XN4071122010Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R-
New Flyer XN407113-71152011Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R
New Flyer XN407116-71312012Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R-
New Flyer XN407132-71372014Cummins Westport ISL GAllison B400R-
New Flyer XN407138-71552017Cummins Westport ISL G NZAllison B400R-
New 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.
Vehicle LengthQuantityYearPowertrainNotes
40ft62025CNGContract awarded to Gillig in August 2025
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