San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | |
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![]() A Rapid bus departs Santa Fe Depot station (left) while a Blue Line train of the San Diego Trolley loads passengers at America Plaza station. The stations are a major MTS hub in downtown San Diego. | |
Overview | |
Locale | Southern San Diego County, California |
Transit type | Buses, Bus rapid transit, Light rail, Paratransit |
Number of lines | 4 light rail lines[1] 95 bus routes[1] |
Number of stations | 62 light rail stations[1] |
Daily ridership | 244,400 (weekdays, Q2 2024)[2] |
Annual ridership | 71,784,900 (2023)[3] |
Chief executive | Sharon Cooney[4] |
Headquarters | James R. Mills Building 1255 Imperial Avenue San Diego, CA |
Website | sdmts.com |
Operation | |
Operator(s) | San Diego Trolley, Inc. San Diego Transit Corp. Transdev |
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS or often simply MTS) is a public transit service provider for the metropolitan area of San Diego. The agency operates a transit system that includes the San Diego MTS bus system, San Diego Trolley, and Rapid (bus rapid transit). MTS also controls the San Diego and Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) freight railway and regulates taxicabs, jitneys, and other private for-hire passenger transportation services.
MTS works closely with the North County Transit District (NCTD), which operates public transit services in Northern San Diego County, and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), which plans, develops, and constructs transit projects for both MTS and NCTD. MTS is one of the oldest transit systems in Southern California, with predecessors dating back as early as the 1880s. The current agency started operations in 1976 as the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) and changed to its current name in 2005.
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