The Big Blue Bus is a City of Santa Monica department, governed by Santa Monica’s City Council. BBB’s service area spans more than 51 square miles of greater Los Angeles and its buses provide rides to more than 19 million people each year. Service is funded via farebox revenues and a variety of county, state and federal subsidies. No monies from the City’s general fund are used by the Big Blue Bus. For NextBus info, call 310-602-6114.