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The elected officials quoted seem unaware that service cuts usually have a much bigger impact on ridership than fare increases. Even more frustrating and maddening is that SANDAG is considering a tax increase that would fund more highway expansions while MTS could face deep service cuts.
Transit fare hikes or service cuts? Here’s what riders want, according to a new MTS study
One-way MTS fares haven’t been raised since 2008.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The elected officials quoted seem unaware that service cuts usually have a much bigger impact on ridership than fare increases. Even more frustrating and maddening is that SANDAG is considering a tax increase that would fund more highway expansions while MTS could face deep service cuts.
Someone’s vaping in the back of the the 235.🤬
December 19, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Someone’s vaping in the back of the the 235.🤬
Every minute of every day in San Diego. There is zero enforcement.
So Chicago drivers are just unabashedly running red lights these days?
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Every minute of every day in San Diego. There is zero enforcement.
San Diego's dangerous as designed streets are functioning as intended. #VisionZero is never going to happen in San Diego as long as cars are prioritized over people.
Boy, 14, hit and killed by car in Mira Mesa identified
Jayden Stewart was walking in the roadway when he was struck in foggy conditions, authorities say.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
San Diego's dangerous as designed streets are functioning as intended. #VisionZero is never going to happen in San Diego as long as cars are prioritized over people.
"San Diego County has not seen average rent decline on an annual basis since the end of 2010. One of the drivers of the rent slowdown is a 5.7% vacancy rate, its highest since 2009."
Building more supply matters a lot, never mind that critics have deemed that new supply as "unaffordable".
Building more supply matters a lot, never mind that critics have deemed that new supply as "unaffordable".
San Diego rents have fallen for 6 months. Should you ask your landlord for a deal?
San Diego rents are down 0.3% year-over-year to an average $2,520 per month.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
"San Diego County has not seen average rent decline on an annual basis since the end of 2010. One of the drivers of the rent slowdown is a 5.7% vacancy rate, its highest since 2009."
Building more supply matters a lot, never mind that critics have deemed that new supply as "unaffordable".
Building more supply matters a lot, never mind that critics have deemed that new supply as "unaffordable".
If San Diego put as much emphasis on inexpensive housing for people as it does free or inexpensive housing for cars, we wouldn't have a homeless crisis. If we want better public spaces, we have to start by taking back at least a part of the enormous amount of public space devoted to cars.
How San Diego’s reliance on ‘hostile architecture’ reflects our abandonment of public space
The concept is used to describe public infrastructure design in San Diego and beyond that is intended to change behavior.
timesofsandiego.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If San Diego put as much emphasis on inexpensive housing for people as it does free or inexpensive housing for cars, we wouldn't have a homeless crisis. If we want better public spaces, we have to start by taking back at least a part of the enormous amount of public space devoted to cars.
Oh, hell no! What public good is served by subsidizing rich people living in the riskiest locations?
This is what passes for progressivism and climate policy in California. Jane Kim’s answer for elevated fire risk and actuarial risk? Put it on the public dime. Urban renters should bail out well to do exurban property owners and landlords in fire zones. FAIR plan is already a ticking time bomb!
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oh, hell no! What public good is served by subsidizing rich people living in the riskiest locations?
I’ve encountered that dangerous maneuver too many times. So far no vehicle collisions, but the worst was when the bus drive braked so hard I got thrown into the seat in front of me injuring my knees and another passenger got thrown to the floor.
Pickup driver behind us thought he could launch himself around the front of the bus to get to a driveway while we were pulling away from the curb. He could not.
Zero crashes riding MTS in 8 years and now 2 in one month. My luck is deteriorating.
Zero crashes riding MTS in 8 years and now 2 in one month. My luck is deteriorating.
December 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I’ve encountered that dangerous maneuver too many times. So far no vehicle collisions, but the worst was when the bus drive braked so hard I got thrown into the seat in front of me injuring my knees and another passenger got thrown to the floor.
Screens within view of the driver should go dark when the vehicle is in motion.
December 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Screens within view of the driver should go dark when the vehicle is in motion.
No more highway expansions. Just stop already.
Commuters weigh in on state Route 52 improvement project. ‘A mixed bag.’
Caltrans is studying potential improvements to SR-52 in the Tierrasanta and Santee area between Interstate 15 and state Route 125, including the Mast Boulevard Interchange.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
No more highway expansions. Just stop already.
And if a city still provides parking for cars, most of those people that drive will insist that it be provided at no cost to them, never mind that the parking space costs something to build and maintain and reduces the tax base of the city.
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
And if a city still provides parking for cars, most of those people that drive will insist that it be provided at no cost to them, never mind that the parking space costs something to build and maintain and reduces the tax base of the city.
"Chris Roberts, an activist with climate group San Diego 350, predicted the plan’s emphasis on highway expansions instead of the Purple Line will backfire, pointing to a SANDAG analysis that determined that more managed lanes will lead to more driving."
SANDAG has a new transportation plan. Now it must convince voters to pay for it.
Before an overwhelming vote of support from SANDAG’s board, CEO Mario Orso warned that a budget crisis at MTS could derail the future of transit in the region.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
"Chris Roberts, an activist with climate group San Diego 350, predicted the plan’s emphasis on highway expansions instead of the Purple Line will backfire, pointing to a SANDAG analysis that determined that more managed lanes will lead to more driving."
This is a plan even San Diego could afford if it was serious about #VisionZero.
Some ideas for improving road safety that can be implemented in US cities without modifying infrastructure:
• No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal.
• No turn on red.
• 20 mph speed limit.
• Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists.
Others?
• No cars moving through the intersection when pedestrians have a "walk" signal.
• No turn on red.
• 20 mph speed limit.
• Leading pedestrian interval for cyclists.
Others?
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is a plan even San Diego could afford if it was serious about #VisionZero.
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I read this morning that Penn Station serves more than 2x passengers per day as Atlanta Hartfield, the country’s busiest airport. So I had to map them at the same scale. 🤯
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I read this morning that Penn Station serves more than 2x passengers per day as Atlanta Hartfield, the country’s busiest airport. So I had to map them at the same scale. 🤯
Reduced to buses and highway expansions. And bus projects always get watered down in favor of cars.
"Leif Gensert, vice president of transit advocacy group Ride SD, worries that rapid buses won’t offer service as reliable as the kinds of rail projects SANDAG now wants to downgrade and delay."
"Leif Gensert, vice president of transit advocacy group Ride SD, worries that rapid buses won’t offer service as reliable as the kinds of rail projects SANDAG now wants to downgrade and delay."
‘We have left the era behind of very big ideas’: SANDAG trades trains for buses in $125B transit vision
SANDAG’s latest wish list for transit hinges on one big assumption: that voters will back new sales tax measures.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Reduced to buses and highway expansions. And bus projects always get watered down in favor of cars.
"Leif Gensert, vice president of transit advocacy group Ride SD, worries that rapid buses won’t offer service as reliable as the kinds of rail projects SANDAG now wants to downgrade and delay."
"Leif Gensert, vice president of transit advocacy group Ride SD, worries that rapid buses won’t offer service as reliable as the kinds of rail projects SANDAG now wants to downgrade and delay."
I wish I lived in a city that didn't gate its skate parks and have such limited hours when they're open.
All Skate Stoppers now :(
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I wish I lived in a city that didn't gate its skate parks and have such limited hours when they're open.
"San Francisco earns the top mark — A+ — with all 33 cameras permitted by state law installed and actively issuing citations. Since launching warning tickets in March 2025 and full citations in August, the city reports a dramatic 72% average reduction in speeding at 15 key camera locations."
Report: Speed Camera Programs Working in San Francisco, Floundering in Bureaucracy in L.A. - Streetsblog California
Great progress and success in the Bay Area, while So Cal lags
cal.streetsblog.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"San Francisco earns the top mark — A+ — with all 33 cameras permitted by state law installed and actively issuing citations. Since launching warning tickets in March 2025 and full citations in August, the city reports a dramatic 72% average reduction in speeding at 15 key camera locations."
"Now I’ll have to pay to walk my dog, stroll in the park on a nice day, go to the Old Globe, play bridge and/or go to one of the restaurants."
The lower Inspiration Point lot is free for city residents for the first three hours. That's less than it costs me to take the bus to the park.
The lower Inspiration Point lot is free for city residents for the first three hours. That's less than it costs me to take the bus to the park.
Why charge for parking at park when businesses aren’t open?
Some of the city’s new Balboa Park parking policies are overly punitive.
www.sandiegouniontribune.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Now I’ll have to pay to walk my dog, stroll in the park on a nice day, go to the Old Globe, play bridge and/or go to one of the restaurants."
The lower Inspiration Point lot is free for city residents for the first three hours. That's less than it costs me to take the bus to the park.
The lower Inspiration Point lot is free for city residents for the first three hours. That's less than it costs me to take the bus to the park.
Major cities on opposite ends of the country have now elected transit riders as mayors this year. That needs to be anything but exceedingly rare.
Miami just elected its first democratic mayor in 28 years.
Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit.
Running on transit is a way to win elections!
Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit.
Running on transit is a way to win elections!
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Major cities on opposite ends of the country have now elected transit riders as mayors this year. That needs to be anything but exceedingly rare.
You see a city and its issues much differently when you don't just travel everywhere by car by default.
Tuesday's Most Read # 2 - Transit
‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor link.theoverheadwire.com/9dcbm @keawilson.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @usa.streetsblog.org
‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor link.theoverheadwire.com/9dcbm @keawilson.bsky.social @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @usa.streetsblog.org
'I'm Always on the Bus': How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle's Next Mayor — Streetsblog USA
"I really think that our public transit system is such a big part of people's daily experience of government," says the incoming mayor of the Emerald City.
link.theoverheadwire.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You see a city and its issues much differently when you don't just travel everywhere by car by default.
San Diego will never tax itself enough to maintain all of its car infrastructure, nor should it. But the status quo of attempting to maintain all of that infrastructure without significant changes needs to stop.
We are in the early innings of people coming to grips with the real cost of building our cities almost exclusively for automobility
LA quietly stopped repaving all streets last July to avoid fulfilling its ADA obligations. The federal govt says when you repave a street, you have to update all the curb ramps. LA has tons of out of date curb ramps, so the rule makes repaving much more expensive. The city's solution: stop repaving!
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
San Diego will never tax itself enough to maintain all of its car infrastructure, nor should it. But the status quo of attempting to maintain all of that infrastructure without significant changes needs to stop.
With San Diego seemingly bent on raising every fee under the sun, why aren't dangerous drivers being targeted through automated enforcement of speeding and running of red lights?
All the New Fees Still Not Enough to Cover City Budget Deficit
Mayor Todd Gloria is directing city department leaders to cut costs.
voiceofsandiego.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
With San Diego seemingly bent on raising every fee under the sun, why aren't dangerous drivers being targeted through automated enforcement of speeding and running of red lights?
Waiting on the 290 at RB for security to arrive due to a belligerent person that doesn't have a valid fare and won’t leave the entrance to the bus.
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Waiting on the 290 at RB for security to arrive due to a belligerent person that doesn't have a valid fare and won’t leave the entrance to the bus.
Rear-end collision on southbound Park at University between a vehicle whose driver wanted to run a light that was already red and the car in front of them whose driver properly stopped. The surge in reckless driving affects everyone, regardless of travel mode.
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Rear-end collision on southbound Park at University between a vehicle whose driver wanted to run a light that was already red and the car in front of them whose driver properly stopped. The surge in reckless driving affects everyone, regardless of travel mode.
Delivery robots should be limited to city streets until sidewalks are wide enough to accommodate them.
I came across *the* example I have been hammering with these food delivery robots.
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
A man with a mobility aid is forced to step aside because there is not room for him because the robot will not make room for a person (esp. those with a mobility aid who need addditional room)
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Delivery robots should be limited to city streets until sidewalks are wide enough to accommodate them.