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Newsby StaffDecember 22, 2017

Calif.'s SANDAG awards $7M in disabled, senior transportation grants

In this cycle of grants, SANDAG awarded a total of approximately $7 million through its Specialized Transportation Program — which includes the TransNet Senior Mini-Grant and Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 programs.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 16, 2016

FTA awards $1B federal grant for San Diego trolley extension

The extension will improve access to employment hubs and numerous educational and medical facilities north of downtown, making it easier for people to travel throughout the city.

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Newsby StaffJune 18, 2015

STV designs San Diego MTS sustainable bus maintenance facility

As part of this $50 million program, a new 49,000 square-foot high-bay maintenance building, a 12,000 square-foot operations and administration building, and a two-bay bus wash building were added to the existing facility complex.

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Newsby StaffJuly 26, 2010

Trolley extension route to UC San Diego selected

The $1.2 billion, 11-mile extension to the region's light rail system is expected to increase transit ridership by 20,000 boardings a day. The voter-approved project has half of the funds dedicated from the TransNet half-cent sales tax.

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Newsby StaffMarch 11, 2010

San Diego condo owners fight BRT plans

Residents along part of the planned route claim they were never told of the plan to pave over a greenbelt in front of their homes, putting buses within 11 feet of their homes every 10 minutes.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 17, 2010

San Diego starts work at Transit Center

Project will add elevators and a pedestrian bridge, making it easier for transit patrons to move back and forth to the busy Grossmont Center-area businesses on a mesa about 40 feet above the center and Trolley station.

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Newsby StaffMay 26, 2009

San Diego assoc. awards $9.4M for 'smart growth'

Awarded through the first funding cycle of the new TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program, which will issue grants every two years for the 40-year life of the TransNet extension approved by voters in 2004.

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Newsby StaffApril 15, 2009

Study: 12 percent of San Diego adults use transit

Among all adults surveyed, approximately 48 percent reported that they had ridden some form of transit in the San Diego region during the 12 months prior to the study interview.

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