The money represents the agency’s largest award for a competitive state grant, coming as part of $690 million for public transit across California
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System has secured more than $60 million in state funding to help maintain its trolley system and beef up its electric bus fleet, officials announced this week.
MTS secured the funding through the California State Transportation Agency, which doled out a total of $690 million to agencies across the state. The money represents the San Diego agency’s largest competitive state grant to date. “The substantial investment by the state into the MTS system is encouraging as we look to continue growing ridership and advance our region’s priorities, including transitioning to a zero-emissions bus fleet,” said San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn, who chairs the MTS board. “Building and maintaining MTS infrastructure is vital to our mission of providing safe and reliable service for riders in the years ahead.”trolley tracks, between downtown San Diego and El Cajon.
About $12 million is slated to help electrify bus operations in Kearny Mesa, including the construction of an overhead charging system for 30 buses. MTS currently hasThe agency currently uses compressed natural gas to fuel most of its fleet, which includes more than. A quarter of all new bus purchases must be zero-emission vehicles starting this year, increasing to 50 percent by 2026 and 100 percent by 2029, according to state rules.
MTS operates more than 100 bus routes and three trolley lines in 10 cities and unincorporated parts of the county. Last year, the agency served more than 57 million riders.since the pandemic, although it has picked back up in recent months.
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