Culver CityBus is a public transport agency operating in Culver City, California, currently serving Culver City, the unincorporated community of

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, and the adjacent Los Angeles neighborhoods. Culver CityBus Washington Boulevard

Its regular fleet is painted bright green and its rapid fleet primarily a chrome gray, distinguishing it from Santa Monica's

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, orange-colored

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buses, and red-colored

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buses, whose coverage areas overlap on

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'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.

was founded on 14 April 1928, the

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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: *

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* Westchester * Westwood *

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* Palms *

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* 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,

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, Independence Day, Labor Day,

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and

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Current fleet

Notes

Culver CityBus currently operates an all

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fleet of 54 buses. All buses run on CNG. Culver CityBus has retired its old fleet, mostly made of buses by

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, TMC/RTS, and

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. 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.

References

External links

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