MOVE Culver City Downtown Corridor

MOVE Culver City is an initiative to create mobility options for everyone. The project’s goal is to help ensure that bus passengers, cyclists, and emergency vehicles will all benefit from increased speeds, ease of travel, and reliability of sustainable connections to key destinations and regional transit connections.

The Western Segment, completed in 2024, extended the shared bus/bike lanes 1,500 feet east of their previous endpoint at Washington/La Cienega Ave to Washington/La Cienega Blvd. The Eastern Segment will extend the lanes 1,500 feet further to the city boundary at Washington/Fairfax. Bike lanes will also be built on one block of Adams Blvd to seamlessly connect with existing bike lanes in the City of Los Angeles.

The first version of MOVE Culver City was a pilot project. It used temporary materials like paint, wooden platforms, and plastic posts because the City Council wanted to test the concept of mobility lanes for improved sustainable mobility options. This method of roadway construction is called quick-build, and it is used because compared to permanent materials like concrete, it is less expensive, easy to modify, and quicker to build. In 2023, after an evaluation of the first pilot, the City Council directed staff to conduct another pilot with a modified design. This pilot will run for two years and will also use temporary materials.

There are trade-offs to using the quick-build method. Paint and plastic have short lifespans and require more maintenance than concrete. Our team has received feedback regarding the aesthetics of the project. The painted curb extensions and plastic lane separators are not intended to last forever. The project team worked hard to find a barrier treatment for the Modified Project that maximizes safety, durability, visibility, and aesthetics. This pilot helps the community and its leaders make informed choices about a future permanent design.

The mid-pilot review will compare data collected this year to the pre-implementation baseline data from August 2024.

This report will be published on the website and social media by December followed by a 1.5 year report in 2026.

The mid-pilot report will measure:

• Transit reliability: Is my bus on time?
• Transit speed: Was the project effective at speeding up buses?
• Transit ridership: Are more people taking the bus?
• Vehicle travel time: Can I get where I need to go by car?
• Pedestrian volume: Are more people walking?
• Bicycle volume: Are more people biking?

In short - in whichever way you feel most comfortable.

Most existing parking spots were retained. There are around 4,000 publicly accessible parking spots within one block of the MOVE Culver City corridor, with around 75% off-street (in lots or garages) and the remainder on-street. No off-street parking spaces will be impacted by the Modified Project, and care has been taken to limit any impact to on-street parking near the corridor.