San Diego MTS bus system

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SDMTS 2782 - 2018 Gillig Low Floor bus - Front Right 1.jpg
MTS Bus Gillig Low Floor operating on Route 992 in August 2019
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
Operator

The San Diego MTS bus system is a public transport bus service serving San Diego County, California. It is part of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS). The system operates 97 bus routes in San Diego and the rest of the southern half of the county. [1] [4] There are 85 "MTS Bus" fixed-route services, 9 "Rapid" bus rapid transit routes, and the "MTS Access" paratransit service.

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Routes are operated by private contractors and by the San Diego Transit Corporation (SDTC), a subsidiary of MTS. SDTC operates 27 routes based out of downtown San Diego (Imperial Avenue Division), Transdev operates 74 routes based out of Chula Vista (South Bay Division) and El Cajon (East County Division), and operates the "MTS Access" paratransit service that are operated with mini-buses based out of Kearny Mesa (Copley Park Division).

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

Routes

Rapid Routes

Local Routes

Rural Routes

Fleet

Active fleet

On Order

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