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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2015

San Diego MTS taps Transdev for bus services

Transdev will operate 52 of 95 bus route services from MTS facilities in Chula Vista and El Cajon, using MTS buses and uniforms with MTS branding. Transdev has been under contract with MTS to provide similar services for the past eight years.

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Newsby StaffNovember 25, 2014

Appeals court rejects San Diego's highway, transportation plan

Environmental groups contend the plan far exceeds state targets for greenhouse gas emissions and too heavily favors more roads.

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Newsby StaffOctober 15, 2014

San Diego’s Jablonski ‘Gets People Where They Want to Go’

Paul Jablonski, CEO of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), is being honored with APTA’s Outstanding Public Transportation Manager Award for his 40-plus years in the industry. METRO finds out what makes him tick in our questionnaire.

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Newsby StaffOctober 15, 2014

Diridon Receives Hall of Fame Distinction

Is emeritus executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute, which is affiliated with the San Jose (Calif.) State University College of Business.

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Newsby StaffOctober 3, 2014

San Diego MTS investing $54M to rebuild bus facilities

The agency is celebrating the completion of a $30 million facility in the South Bay and groundbreaking on a $24 million facility in East County.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2014

Calif. agencies receive 'Ladders of Opportunity" funding for buses

San Diego MTS secured $18 million for the purchase of 45 Gillig buses, while the San Francisco MTA secured more than $9 million to purchase 12, 60-foot buses.

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Newsby StaffAugust 21, 2014

San Diego MTS ridership reaches 95M passengers

Trolley ridership increased nearly 34% over the previous year from 29,699,366 in FY 2013 to 39,694,197 trips in FY 2014, while the bus system logged 55,316,353 trips in FY 2014, a 1% decrease over FY 2013 primarily due to construction delays on major routes.

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Photo Galleriesby StaffAugust 7, 2014

Photos: San Diego MTS service at Comic Con 2014

San Diego MTS introduced a mobile ticketing app during the popular art and entertainment convention.

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Newsby StaffAugust 7, 2014

Mobile app helps MTS move San Diego Comic-Con attendees

Comic-Con — a five-day celebration of popular art and entertainment at the annual convention along downtown San Diego’s scenic bay front — attracts 130,000 attendees and the San Diego Trolley system handles more than 215,000 extra passenger trips during the festivities.

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Newsby StaffMay 13, 2014

San Francisco Muni crime down 30%

The reduction of crime onboard Muni follows the partnership announced by Mayor Edwin M. Lee, the SFMTA and the SFPD in November of last year to deploy more officers on the system to increase overall security.

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