Bus service serving Santa Monica and surrounding region in Los Angeles, California
For other uses of "Blue Bus", see Blue Bus (disambiguation).
Big Blue Bus
Big Blue Bus at UCLA Hilgard Terminal
Parent
City of Santa Monica, Department of Transportation
Founded
1928 (as Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines)
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California
Locale
Santa Monica, Westwood, and Venice, California
Service area
United States
Service type
Transit Bus
Routes
20[1]
Fleet
195
Daily ridership
28,600 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[2]
Annual ridership
8,289,600 (2023)[3]
Fuel type
CNG, Electric
Operator
City of Santa Monica
Chief executive
Anuj Gupta (Interim)
Website
bigbluebus.com
Big Blue Bus (stylized in lowercase) is a public transit agency that provides public bus services for the city of Santa Monica and the greater Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. The service, operated by the city of Santa Monica, was founded on April 14, 1928 and throughout its existence has used a blue color scheme for its buses, leading to the Big Blue Bus nickname that would later become the official name of the agency. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 8,289,600, or about 28,600 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024. Big Blue Bus receives funding from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and offers connections to its Metro Bus and Metro Rail systems, but is operated independently from Metro.
^"Routes and Schedules". Big Blue Bus. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
^"Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2023" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
^"Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
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