MTS News
MTS Delivers $1 Billion in Annual Value to Regional Economy
MTS commissioned the Fermanian Business & Economic Institute to conduct a study based on economic data from the fiscal year ending in June 2018. MTS chose Fermanian because it specializes in expert consulting dedicated to discovering insights that effect change for organizations around the globe
First Battery-Electric MTS Bus Now Serving Passengers
The new six battery-electric 150 mile per charge buses have rolled out on an 18-month pilot program to serve routes 1, 2, 4, 10, 13, 815, 905 and 936. Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is excited to be able to bring clean, quite and maximum return on investment vehicles to our commuters and the
2019 In Review
We had a big year in 2019 - we launched South Bay Rapid connecting Otay Mesa to Downtown, reintroduced the first ever trolley car as part of the SDG&E Silver Line, and started running our electric buses along the system.
Coming This Fall: Quiet. Clean. Electric.
MTS riders, and San Diego Country residents, will soon start seeing a new look on some MTS buses. Think: green. Electric green. That’s right, MTS will quite literally go green when electric buses roll out this fall. However, it’s not just a new look that riders can expect. In addition to running
First Ever Trolley Goes Back into Service
Way back on Sunday, July 26, 1981 the San Diego Trolley hit the rails of the South Line (now called the UC San Diego Blue Line) for the first time. On that day, approximately 15,000 people lined up to take a ride from Santa Fe Depot to the San Ysidro border crossing. These days, the UC San Diego
2019 Comic-Con Wraps
Comic-Con is under a month away and you know what that means – the wraps are coming out!! Every year major players like Fox and Nickelodeon use the Trolley as a way to get the word out about new projects to the thousands of Comic-Con attendees. This year – the 50th Anniversary of Comic-Con- we have