Move Culver City Pilot Adjustments Alter Lane Use on Culver and Washington Boulevards

The City Council scaled back the Move Culver City pilot project in April 2023 after a 3-2 vote that restored car lanes and directed creation of a shared bus and bike lane. The original pilot had added dedicated bus and bike lanes on Culver and Washington boulevards to review transport policy. Council members modified the project again on September 11, 2023, restoring one vehicle lane on Culver Boulevard and combining the bus lane with the bike lane into a shared lane in each direction.

Project timeline and recorded outcomes

At the six-month mark the pilot recorded a 32 percent increase in cycling ridership, an 18 percent increase in pedestrian activity and a 52 percent increase in bus ridership while adding an average of two minutes to driver travel times through the corridor. A public opinion survey conducted during the pilot found that 60 percent of Culver City residents opposed the project and 85 percent wanted it revised or removed entirely due to concerns over auto lane restoration. These measured results and survey responses informed the council decisions that produced the current lane layout.

Culver CityBus operates under a mandate from the California Air Resources Board to transition its entire fleet to 100 percent zero-emission buses by 2040. The city adopted a Rollout Plan in September 2021 to guide that transition. The plan remains separate from the street-lane changes but affects the same residents who rely on local bus service along the affected corridors.

Daily travel for Culver City residents

Commuters, cyclists and pedestrians on Culver and Washington boulevards now use the shared bus and bike lanes established after the September 2023 modification. Drivers encounter the restored vehicle lane on Culver Boulevard. These lane arrangements have been in place since the council action and continue to shape travel times and mode choices for people moving through the city for work, errands and other local trips.

The pilot data and subsequent council votes provide the only quantitative record of how the project performed before the changes. No additional dated figures on current ridership or travel times appear in the available records. Residents continue to experience the lane configuration adopted in 2023 while the longer-term zero-emission bus requirement moves forward on its own schedule through 2040.