- Culver CityBus
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Founded March 3, 1928 [1] Headquarters 4343 Duquesne Avenue,
Culver City, California[2]Locale Southern California Service area Los Angeles County Service type Bus service Routes 7 local
1 expressFleet 52 heavy-duty transit buses Daily ridership 5,000,000+ passengers annually[1] Fuel type CNG Operator City of Culver City Transportation Department Web site 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 entire fleet is painted bright green, 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.
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History
Culver CityBus and Big Blue Bus were founded in 1928, making them the oldest municipal transit agencies in California.
Service area
Within its service area of around 25.5 square miles,[1] the Culver CityBus provides service to the communities of:
- Venice
- Westchester
- Westwood
- West Los Angeles
- Palms
- Marina del Rey
- Mar Vista
- Century City
- Culver City
Routes
As of January 2011, the Culver CityBus operates 3 daily routes and 5 weekend-only routes within Los Angeles County.[3] Among its 5 weekday routes, the Culver CityBus operates an express routes (Rapid 6).
Route Direction Terminals Via Days of Operation # Notes North/East Terminal South/West Terminal 1East-West Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub Venice
Windward CircleWashington Boulevard Daily 2East-West Fox Hills Mall Venice High School Inglewood Boulevard Weekdays only 3North-South Westfield Century City Culver City
Mesmer Avenue and Major StreetWestwood Boulevard,
Motor Avenue,
Overland AvenueDaily - Also serves West Los Angeles College on Weekdays and Saturdays
4East-West Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub Fox Hills Mall Jefferson Boulevard Weekdays only 5East-West Blair Hills
La Cienega Boulevard and Rodeo RoadCulver City School Braddock Drive Schooldays only - Operates 1 westbound AM trip and 2 eastbound PM trips per day
- One of the eastbound PM trips departure from Venice High School
6North-South UCLA
Ackerman TerminalAviation Station Sepulveda Boulevard Daily - Operates alongside the Rapid 6
- Also serves Los Angeles International Airport
Rapid 6North-South UCLA
Ackerman TerminalAviation Station Sepulveda Boulevard Weekdays
peak periods only- Operates alongside Route 6[4]
- Also serves Los Angeles International Airport
- See also: Metro Rapid
7East-West Culver City
Venice Boulevard and Culver BoulevardFisherman's Village Culver Boulevard Weekdays only - # Weekend service is provided on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.[2]
Fares
Fare Type † Adult Student ‡ Senior(62+)/Disabled/Medicare ‡ One-way US$1.00 US$0.75 US$0.35 Local Transfer US$0.25 US$0.10 Interagency Transfer US$0.40 US$0.20 EZ transit pass US$84.00 per month US$35.00 per month - † Blind and children five years of age and under may ride free, but maximum 2 children with an accompanying adult.
- ‡ Proper identification must be presented to obtain the reduced Student and Senior/Disabled/Medicare fare.
UCLA Student and staff
Culver CityBus and Santa Monica Big Blue Bus participate in BruinGo program, in which UCLA students and staff can show their BruinCard (university ID) to the driver so that the university pays a part of the fare. [5]
Type Fare One-way (not available during summer quarter) US$0.50 BruinGo! Flash Pass US$33.00 per quarter Fleet
Culver CityBus currently operates 46 buses. All, except for 7092-7097, are New Flyer C40LF. All buses run on CNG and have been acquired in 1998 and 2002. Buses acquired in 2002 have LED Luminators. Culver CityBus has retired its old fleet, mostly made of buses by Flxible, TMC/RTS, and Gillig.
All buses are numbered 70—and 71--.
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 and were later removed in 2009.
Culver CityBus began operating six New Flyer C40LFR buses on the new Rapid 6 starting on January 4, 2010.
References
- ^ a b c "Fact Sheet". Culver City Transportation Department. http://www.culvercity.org/en/Government/Transportation/Bus/~/media/Files/Bus/Fact%20Sheet%205.2011.ashx. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Government > Transportation". City of Culver City. http://www.culvercity.org/Government/Transportation/. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Bus Schedule". Culver City Bus. http://www.culvercity.org/Government/Transportation/Bus/BusSchedule.aspx. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ Carter, Charles (29). "New public transit options open up for campus". UCLA Today. http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/new-public-transit-options-open-153256.aspx. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "BruinGo! Transit". UCLA Transportation. http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1000521. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
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