San Diego MTS bus system

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MTS Bus New Flyer XN40 operating on Route 20 on July 17, 2025
Parent San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Headquarters James R. Mills Building
1255 Imperial Avenue
San Diego, CA
Service areaSouthern San Diego County, California
Service type Transit bus
Routes94
Fleet 750 buses [1]
Daily ridership124,700 (weekdays, Q2 2025) [2]
Annual ridership37,691,500 (2024) [3]
Fuel type
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The San Diego MTS bus system is a public transport bus service in San Diego County, California. It is operated by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and consists of 97 routes across San Diego and the southern half of the county. [1] [4] The system includes 85 "MTS Bus" fixed-route services, 9 "Rapid" bus rapid transit routes, and the "MTS Access" paratransit service.

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Operations are divided between private contractors and the San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC), a subsidiary of MTS. SDTC operates 27 routes from the Imperial Avenue Division in downtown San Diego. Transdev operates 74 routes from the South Bay Division in Chula Vista and the East County Division in El Cajon, and also manages the "MTS Access" paratransit service using minibuses based at the Copley Park Division in Kearny Mesa.

All buses and facilities, including those used by contractors, are owned by MTS. The network serves San Diego as well as the surrounding East County and South Bay regions, [5] while the North County area is covered by the North County Transit District (NCTD)'s BREEZE bus system. [6]

Routes

Rapid Routes

Local Routes

Rural Routes

Bus fleet

Active fleet

On Order

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "About MTS". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. May 14, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
    2. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. August 27, 2025. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
    3. ↑ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
    4. ↑ "Bus Routes". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. August 24, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
    5. ↑ "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
    6. ↑ "North County Transit District System Map" (PDF). North County Transit District. October 8, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
    7. 1 2 3 "Annual Service Performance Report" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System . October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
    8. 1 2 "Rapid Bus Service | San Diego Metropolitan Transit System". www.sdmts.com. May 22, 2015.
    9. ↑ Routes 201/202 and 204 were formerly known as SuperLoop until the introduction of Rapid in 2015. Some parts of the MTS website still use the names "SuperLoop Rapid 201/202" and "SuperLoop Rapid 204" for these routes, however. [8]
    10. ↑ Includes 70,219 from predecessor route 950
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