Culver City Bus

Don’t ever take this line if you have alternative routes! This line would be my best option but I switched to Big Blue Bus, which is much more reliable and always on time! I once waited for this bus more than 50 mins during rush hour, and they supposed to come every other 15 – 20 mins. Worst part is the express bus does not stop at some major streets, and there seems to be more express busses than local ones. Totally nonsense to me.

Look, I read Shawn H’s response, which was entitled as hell. I get it. Bus drivers are people. Got it. Do your job better. Culver buses are rarely on time. That’s the bottom line. Sometimes they leave too early, which is extremely problematic. I was walking to the bus one time and it came a full 5 minutes before it was supposed to. I’ve taken the bus in other major cities, they run on time just fine, because they have systems in place to make sure people get to their stops on time. If the bus is early, it stops somewhere and waits a bit to catch up. Do CC buses not do this? I don’t know but the fact is they need to figure out this problem.

This is the 10^th time that i am stuck at a bus stop for an hour no eta no apologies when it finally arrives late to work. The blue isnt as dependable but now the green line is getting worse i hope they fix this all soon

I take the culver city 6 every morning, according to the schedule the bus is supposed to be there at 7:12. I’m not going to lie and say the bus has never been on time however, every time without fail when op number 52 is driving the bus has NEVER been on time. If you need to be somewhere on time, you know like work… do not catch this bus leave early. I can see Shawn H.‘s point about rush hour traffic, but why is it that you are able to make it on time but this guy consistently has to make me late. I think I have even ridden when you were driving ads we got there with time to spare. But yet again here we are 730 and I’m still half way there because he has to drive ten miles an hour the whole way. To you Shawn H. thank you for getting me to work on time and to you op number 52 pick a new line or new profession, people have places to be.

As a driver for Culver City, passengers must understand that they get a ride from point A to point B for just $ 1.00. We do not have control over rush hour traffic, nor the amount of passengers that rides the bus lines. Sepulveda Blvd. is a busy street that runs from Harbor City to the neck of the Valley, so you’re going to expect traffic at all times. Line 6, is a highly profile line that services UCLA students and employees, just like Santa Monica services Santa Monica college and Metro services all colleges in the LA area. Line 1, service the beach area so when get travelers from all over the country that LOVES the beach area, this can also cause the buses to not only run late at times but, get overcrowded especially during the summer. Since Culver City is cheaper than all the rest of the other lines, they choose to ride our buses. Our head signs are clear and visible, so if it says’ «Sepulveda Blvd-​UCLA» and someone comes to ask, «Does this bus goes to UCLA.» What does that say about you? We get so many passengers who NEVER knows how to get to their destinations which holds up the bus to make it to its next time point. When we arrive to our destination, we can’t get not one minute to use the restroom (if we are able) without someone asking a question, and if we ask for a minute to use the restroom 9 times out of 10 the person gets mad and upset and call us rude, and gets on the phone to make a complaint, not to mention, if we arrive and is granted at least 5 – 8 minutes, there is always someone knocking on the door asking, «What time are you leaving? I just want to ask a question, are you on a break? Can I just come in and sit down? Etc etc». Then there are the talkers, granted sometimes it’s nice meeting new people everyday but, the conversations with the drivers slows down the bus. Then there are the broke people who never have the fare only excuses, and when we do our job and only quote the fare, they’re ready to fight us, call us out our names and down right disrespect us because they don’t have money. Then there’s the co-​signers who wants to interrupt the driver who is trying to calmly handle the rude customers but wants it to be more than what it is. Next we have the disable riders, I have personally dealt with many rude disabled passengers who thinks because they have ADA on their side, it’s ok to disrespect the driver at all times. Now, we have the smelly passengers and drunks who gets on without paying their fare, and the passengers gets mad at us for allowing them on the bus. Yes, I got a call in for this one as well! When I get a passenger on a loco bus, they asks me am I a rapid bus, I tell them rapid buses says the words «Rapid» on the bus, I am now being an sarcastic ass, when all I’m doing is teaching you the difference between the two. These are just the smallest things we deal with every single day of our lives and still try our best to drive these buses safety and with a smile. When you ride on a public bus, please know where you are going, have the correct fare (or fare), and be prepared for ANYTHING. We are humans not machines!

The #1 bus tends to be fine, but the #6 and Rapid 6 are nightmares. Always late, always horribly overcrowded, not scheduled as often as they need to be. At rush hour it’s not uncommon for buses to be so crowded that they cannot be boarded or to no-​show completely. By the time the southbound buses get to Santa Monica Boulevard and Sepulveda (very early on the route) they’re packed to the doors. Worse: the 6 and R 6 are the only buses that run on Sepulveda between LAX and UCLA, so you’re stuck taking them.
Culver CityBus’s drivers can’t control traffic or the number of people who ride the bus, but management needs to do better. These buses should run way more often — the local 6 usually runs only every 20 minutes during the day and only once an hour at night, which probably contributes a lot to the unbearable overcrowding. And they need to invest in some articulated buses, as Metro and Big Blue Bus have done.

I rode two Culver City bus lines today (the 1 and the 3). The seats on the 1 were very uncomfortable. The material on the seat irritated my skin. Besides this complaint, I like that the buses I’ve rode through the years by the Culver City Bus have been clean, not overly crowded, and could get me to various destinations (be they important or just for fun).

The culver city bus line is a circus, there is little correlation between the schedule and when a bus shows up, but at the end of the day they provide a necessary service.

Drivers are always rude I always take the culver buses and they are always rude especially the female drivers. They are always giving a look rolling there eyes. Just like today I asked the female driver if the bus 2 went to west la and just looked at me if I was stupid and she had her sunglasses on assuming I wasn’t able to see that she’s giving me a look.

My job. Fare is still only $ 1 regular .75.for students and. 35 for senior or disabled. Transfers for MTA or Big Blue Bus are. 40 and. 20 for senior or disabled. To transfer to another
bus it’s a quarter regular and ten cents for elderly or disabled. Please have your fare ready so we can move along. Time is of the essence as an operator. If there is traffic we May not be able to go to the restroom or eat for hours.

I learned of the Culver City Bus once when waiting for a Santa Monica Big Blue Bus in Venice and noticing the frequent appearances of the 1 bus. On later trips I sampled these green buses, most notably when a Priceline «Santa Monica zone» motel turned out to be a distant Super 8 in Culver City.
They are reasonably reliable. The schedule is not super-​high-​octane but they usually are on time. Not to get too far but the brevity and limited hours of Culver City Bus, compared with the LA buses, makes them less convenient for the long haul but also makes them more pleasant as no one lives on them.
The rapid lines are quite impressive. When poor planning left me with a great distance to travel in a brief time (from Westwood to the South Bay), a Rapid 6 driver did a brilliant job navigating Sepulveda to the LAX bus center.
Not the most famous of bus systems in a region not known for glamorous mass transit, Culver City Bus will probably be a rising star since it connects to the western-​expanding Expo Line train.

MOST of the drivers at rude and unpunctual… Not reliable on times, too bad I have no other choice of transportation.

# 1 bus is the worst line ever. I take it daily west then east to get home. The longest I’ve waited is 1 hour 20 mins. They really need to work this out.

Riding the 6 bus now from LAX. Missed my bus stop to transfer so just decided to ride it back around instead of getting out in the heat with my luggage. The bus driver is so informal and rude, he said that I had to pay like I was trying to steal. I explained that I’m not from here and in northern California we can ride it back around, they might ask in case you’re lost but not to collect more fare. Even so, I could have paid the 40¢ for a transfer. I guess ride if you’re familiar with the routes and such but not if you need to interact with the driver. In South Sac they may not be nice, but rarely are they rude. The way he addressed me the entire time was so rude, not a good way to start my vacation.

What can you get for a dollar in the year 2014? Nothing. Except, a ride on the Culver City bus. Nice, clean, new buses. Always on time? No. Takes TAP card? Yes. Very useful way to get around Culver City and surrounding areas.

Unfortunately, they have the market for the routes to and from work otherwise, I would probably use ANY OTHER public transit. Yes, the price is phenomenal for Los Angeles ($ 1.00 to ride, $ 1.25 for a CC Bus transfer and $ 1.40 for an Inter-​Agency Transfer) but you absolutely get what you pay for. The majority of the drivers are rude and seem quite miserable. They let their friends ride their route with them — talking the entire time and paying no mind to their time schedule, if a patron has rung the «Stop Requested» cord and overshooting the stop. Drivers who completely ignore starting points for the line by totally bypassing the first stop. I’ve experienced all of these things many times over by the way.
Don’t even bother emailing or calling Customer Service — they won’t respond at all to emails if you leave your number and ask that someone reach out to you (even though the site says to email complaints). If you call, typically you’ll never get on the phone with an actual Supervisor. Someone takes your name, number and your complaint and says that someone will get back to you. I called in a complaint about a bus leaving the Culver Transit Center 2 minutes early (as a location on the schedule, they shouldn’t leave earlier than the time posted) the my transferring bus had just pulled up and it took off. That was 8 days ago; I have not received a call yet. Oh, and the person on the phone said «maybe it was the bus from before that was running late» then why did the next bus that was set to come 20 minutes later come 20 minutes later!!! The Supervisors lie to cover for the drivers.
I’ll be moving soon to where I’ll be able to use the Expo line to get to work — I hope they finish soon because I will rid myself of the Green Line.
They’re really awful but I have to say there are a handful of nice and decent drivers on the bus line. Sadly, they rotate them out every few months so you lose the ones you could depend on.

Our first trip on Culver City Bus came leaving the Annenberg Space Museum of Photography in Century City. We took the 5 p.m. Route 3 bus home, dropping us off just two blocks from our base of operations. Talk about convenience and this was only the beginning. Culver City operates seven different routes.
The big green state of the art «green» buses charge only $ 1 for adults and 35 cents for seniors 62 or older per ride. Unlike other LA systems, you can purchase a one additional ride transfer for just 35 cents, 10 cents for a senior.
We rode routes 1, 3, 6, and 7 during our stay. Every bus was clean, every driver
courteous and all but one bus on time. All total we rode 7 buses.
This is California’s second oldest bus company. You can get to UCLA, LAX, Culver City downtown and Expo Station and the Culver City Mall among its destinations.
Take our LA Trip, click onto my photo. End of day 2 of 9. Start at 2÷10÷14.

Bus driver left me at my bus stop… Fail. It’s hit or miss. Sucks when they arrive at the bus stop earlier than normal. Now I have to wait 30 minutes to an hour for the next one. I normally transfer from the SMBB 12 to 3 GB at Pico.

I take the Culver City Bus #1 from the Culver City Expo Line to Venice Beach. It’s clean and you can use your TAP card. No more looking for parking in Venice for me. :D

I’m a special education teacher who works in Culver City and loves taking her students out into the community. I’ve been doing so for 9 years now. And in those 9 years, we have taken many a bus trip and seriously, every single bus driver that we’ve had, has been super amazing. My kids are learning, so they often take a while boarding the bus, cannot find the appropriate coin slot, jam up the machine (sorry!), don’t have their change in hand– despite my constant efforts to ensure that they do, etc etc. But these drivers (and their patrons) are more than patient and super helpful. Mad props for what you do!
The highlights:
*Patient drivers
*Clean buses
*Plenty of stops
*Always on time
*Air conditioned buses
*$ 1.00 bus fare for adults
*Culver City Bus now takes TAP cards, which is going to make my life and my students sooooo much easier.