We’re moving our community forward by making your bus ride even better with Brighter Blue! Brighter Blue is our five-year plan to improve Big Blue Bus service by providing riders with fast, sustainable, and reliable access to jobs, healthcare, education, and other essential services, and providing a world-class transit experience for major events, including the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Reimaging Our Bus System
Brighter Blue was developed in response to post-pandemic travel behavior changes and an expanding regional rail network. Each improvement is informed by a comprehensive analysis of Big Blue Bus's current services and an extensive 18-month community and stakeholder outreach effort.
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Planned Improvements
Big Blue Bus riders can anticipate the following service enhancements under Brighter Blue:
- More frequent service on most routes, including a high-frequency network with weekday service every 10 minutes or better on select corridors during peak hours.
- Expanded operating hours so that most routes start earlier in the day, end later at night, and operate on weekends.
- Improved connectivity to key destinations, such as the LAX/Metro Transit Center, Culver City Transit Center, and the Metro D Line extension.
Current Brighter Blue Implementation Phase
The first phase of Brighter Blue was implemented in the December 2024 Service Change. Over the next five years, we plan to bring you even more service improvements.
What We've Accomplished So Far:
- Express 7 was discontinued and resources were reinvested in the Route 7 and Rapid 7.
- Route 7 received a new bus stop to meet the demand of riders.
- Route 9 schedule was improved to better align with Palisades High School's final and minimum day schedules.
- Route 14 service to Inglewood was canceled to now begins and end in Culver City. Buses now serve the Culver City Transit Center improving connection to regional transit partners.
- Route 17 weekday service was increased to every 15 minutes and operating hours were extended to approximately 10:20 p.m.
- Route 42 service was discontinued and resources were reinvested.