Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus
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Area served | Santa Monica, CA Los Angeles, CA |
Founded | 1928[1] |
Fleet size | 200 |
Number of routes | 16 (local) 4 (Rapid) |
Ridership | 18,841,607 (2014, annual)[2] |
Union | SMART-TD Local 1785 |
Website | bigbluebus.com |
@SMBigBlueBus | |
@bigbluebus | |
@SMBigBlueBus |
Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus, publicly branded as Big Blue Bus, operates 16 local and 4 "Rapid" bus routes in the cities of Santa Monica and Los Angeles and their environs in California.
History
- Established in 1928 by the City of Santa Monica as Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines to compete with the privately-owned Bay Cities Transit Company.
- In 1950, SMMBL purchased Bay Cities Transit Company after that bus company and the City of Santa Monica were financially struggling by the rising costs.
- In 1999, this bus system's name was officially changed to Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus.
Routes
Local routes
- 1 - Santa Monica Boulevard (Daily from 5am-Midnight) - UCLA/Venice
- 2 - Wilshire Boulevard (Daily from 6am-11pm) - UCLA/Venice
- 3 - Lincoln Blvd (Daily from 5am-Midnight) - UCLA/Aviation Metro Green Line Station
- 5 - Olympic Boulevard (Daily from 5am-10pm) - Santa Monica/Culver City Metro Expo Line Station
- 7 - Pico Boulevard (Daily from 4:45am-11:45pm) - Santa Monica/Pico-Rimpau Blvd.
- 8 - Ocean Park Boulevard (Daily from 6am-Midnight) - Santa Monica/UCLA
- 9 - Sunset Boulevard (Daily from 6am-10pm) - Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades
- 14 - Bundy Dr & Centinela Ave (Daily from 6am-10pm) - Brentwood/Culver City
- 15 - Barrington Avenue (Daily from 6am-7:45pm) - Brentwood
- 16 - Wilshire Blvd & Bundy Dr (Weekdays from 5:30am-8:15pm) - West Los Angeles/Marina Del Rey
- 17 - UCLA/VA Medical Center/Palms (Daily from 6am-10pm) - Culver City/UCLA
- 18 - UCLA/Abbott Kinney/Mariana Del Ray (Daily from 6am-10pm) - Mariana Del Ray/Brentwood
- 41 - 17th Street Station/SMC/Montana (Daily from 6am-9pm) - Clockwise
- 42 - 17th Street Station/SMC/Montana (Daily from 6am-9pm) - Counter-clockwise
- 43 - San Vicente Blvd & 26th Street (Weekdays from 6am-9:30am & 1:15pm-7:15pm) - Santa Monica/Brentwood
- 44 - SMC Campus Connector (Weekdays from 6:30am-6:30pm) - Santa Monica/Santa Monica College/Ocean Park
Rapid routes
- R3 - Lincoln Boulevard (Weekdays from 5:45am-10:30am & 1:30pm-9pm) - Santa Monica/Aviation-LAX Metro Green Line Station
- R7 - Pico Boulevard (Weekdays from 5:30am-11:30pm) - Santa Monica/Pico-Rimpau/Wilshire-Western Metro Purple Line Station
- R10 - Freeway Express (Daily from 5:30am-9:30pm) - Santa Monica/Santa Monica College (Select Weekday westbound trips only)/Downtown Los Angeles
- R12 - UCLA Commuter (Weekdays from 6am-10am to UCLA; 2pm-6pm from UCLA) - UCLA Ackerman Terminal/Culver City Metro Expo Line Station
Fares
Facilities
Transit Store/Customer Service Center
- Address: 1334 5th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401
- Phone: 310-451-5444
Garage/Offices
- Address: 1660 7th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401-3324
Roster
Active
Fleet Number(s) |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1300 | 2012 | Gillig | BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Voith D864.5 | Sports the newer "Big Blue Bus" livery. | |
1301-1344 | 2013 | Gillig | BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Voith D864.5 | Sport the newer "Big Blue Bus" livery. | |
1345-1357 | 2014 | Gillig | BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Voith D864.5 | Sport the newer "Big Blue Bus" livery. | |
1500-1510 | 2015 | Gillig | BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B400R | Sport the newer "Big Blue Bus" livery. | |
1560-1566 | 2015 | NFI | XN60 | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B500R | Sport the newer "Big Blue Bus" livery. | |
1600-1603 | 2015 | Gillig | BRT CNG 29' (G27E102N2) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B400R |
| |
1701-1725 | 2016-2017 | Gillig | BRT CNG 40' (G27D102N4) (G31D102N4) |
Cummins Westport ISL G NZ | Allison B400R |
| |
1801-1807 | 2018 | Gillig | BRT CNG 29' (G31E102R2) |
Cummins Westport L9N | Allison B400R |
| |
1808-1826 | 2018 | Gillig | BRT CNG 40' (G31D102N4) |
Cummins Westport L9N | Allison B400R |
| |
1827 | 2018 | Gillig | Low Floor EV 40' | Cummins BES | Direct drive |
| |
2101-2118[4] | 2021 | Gillig | Low Floor EV 40' (G28D102N4) |
Cummins BES | Direct drive | ||
2900-2904 | 2010 | ElDorado | E-Z Rider II BRT HEV 32' | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B300R |
| |
2905-2914 | 2012 | ElDorado | E-Z Rider II BRT CNG 32' | Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B300R | Sport the newer "Big Blue Bus" livery. | |
3868-3876 | 2011 | NABI | 40-LFW CNG (40LFW.51) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B400R |
| |
5300-5310 | 2010 | NABI | 60-BRT CNG (60BRT.14) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B500R |
| |
5311-5320 | 2011 | NABI | 60-BRT CNG (60BRT.14) |
Cummins Westport ISL G | Allison B500R |
|
On Order
Fleet Number(s) |
Thumbnail | Build Date |
Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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Retired
References
- ↑ Historical Info, Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus.
- ↑ Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus (Big Blue Bus) - 2014 Annual Agency Profile National Transit Database. Retrieved on May 8, 2017.
- ↑ City Council Meeting: April 14, 2015, Agenda Item: 3-B, City of Santa Monica. Retrieved on December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Award Contract with Gillig LLC for Purchase of Battery Electric Buses. City of Santa Monica/
- ↑ www.imcdb.org
- ↑ transitsales.com
- ↑ transitsales.com
- ↑ www.rapidtransit-press.com
- ↑ www.rapidtransit-press.com
- ↑ www.rapidtransit-press.com
- ↑ boise.craigslist.org