The public comment period for the Comprehensive Operational Analysis has concluded and the MTS Board approved on March 23, 2006 the proposed plan with minor modifications to Routes 20, 81, 86, 87, 120L, 210, 832, 833, 834, 854, 855, 856, 936, 962, 965, and 966. Please take a moment review these changes below.
List of Modifications
| Route 20 | Route 20 is changed from the initially proposed routing. The new Route 20 trips which will operate between Downtown San Diego and Escondido (designated as Route 20A) will not serve Fashion Valley during most of the day. Late night and weekend trips will serve Fashion Valley. The new Route 20 trips which will operate between Downtown San Diego and Kearny Mesa (Clairemont Dr. and Complex Dr., designated Route 20B) will serve Fashion Valley. Passengers will also have the option of taking the new Route 120L (a limited stop bus) to Fashion Valley and Kearny Mesa from Downtown. |
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| Route 81 | Route 81 was a replacement route for Route 833. Route 833 has instead been kept as the route number (both have the same routing as the current route). The new Route 833 will run on weekdays at a 60-minute frequency. Also, some early morning and late night trips will be discontinued. Weekend service on the new Route 833 will be combined with the new Route 832, resulting in service approximately every 90-minutes along both routes, with a service span of approximately eight hours (span to be determined). |
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| Route 86 | Route 86 was a replacement route for Route 834. Route 834 has instead been kept as the route number (both have the same routing as the current route). The new Route 834 will only run on school days, four trips per day with two in the morning and two in the afternoon, to match school times for the Grossmont Union High School District. |
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| Route 87 | Route 87 was a replacement route for Route 832. Route 832 has instead been kept as the route number (both have the same routing as the current route). The new Route 832’s routing and schedule will be kept as current except that some early morning and late night trips will be discontinued. Weekend service on the new Route 832 will be combined with the new Route 833, resulting in service approximately every 90-minutes along both routes, with a service span of approximately eight hours (span to be determined). |
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| Route 120L | Route 120 has changed slightly from the proposed routing. In the northbound direction, Route 120 will exit SR-163 at Genesee Ave. which turns into Starling Dr., left onto Meadow Lark Dr., left onto Vista Hill Ave., right onto Health Center Dr., right onto Kearny Villa Rd., left onto Aero Dr., right onto Convoy St., right onto Kearny Mesa Rd. which turns into Mercury St., right onto Balboa Ave., left onto Kearny Villa Rd. and then to the Kearny Mesa Transit Center. The bus will follow the same routing in the opposite southbound direction. |
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| Route 210 | Route 210 will have a new routing. The new Route 210 will begin in the morning at Camino Santa Fe and Flanders Dr., then east on Mira Mesa Blvd. to Black Mountain Rd. South on Black Mountain Rd. to Miramar Rd. to Southbound I-15. The new Route 210 will travel via I-15 and stop at both the El Cajon Blvd. and University Ave. transit plazas for connections with Routes 1, 15, 115, 7, and 908 (when the COA is fully implemented, Routes 1, 15L, 7, 10L, and 965 will be the connecting routes). The new Route 210 will enter Downtown San Diego via SR-94, right on 14th St., left on Broadway, right on Pacific Highway, left on Ash St., right on Harbor Dr., right on Grape St. to its terminal. In the afternoon, the bus will follow the same route, except that it will take G St. and 13th St. from Broadway to SR-94. There will be five trips in the morning and five trips in the afternoon with these approximate departure and arrival times:
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| Route 832 | The new Route 87 was a replacement route for Route 832. Route 832 has instead been kept as the route number (both have the same routing as the current route). The new Route 832’s routing and schedule will be kept as current except that some early morning and late night trips will be discontinued. Weekend service on the new Route 832 will be combined with the new Route 833, resulting in service approximately every 90-minutes along both routes, with a service span of approximately eight hours (span to be determined). |
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| Route 833 | Route 81 was a replacement route for Route 833. Route 833 has instead been kept as the route number (both have the same routing as the current route). The new Route 833 will run on weekdays at a 60-minute frequency. Also, some early morning and late night trips will be discontinued. Weekend service on the new Route 833 will be combined with the new Route 832, resulting in service approximately every 90-minutes along both routes, with a service span of approximately eight hours (span to be determined). |
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| Route 834 | Route 86 was a replacement route for Route 834. Route 834 has instead been kept as the route number (both have the same routing as the current route). The new Route 834 will only run on school days, four trips per day with two in the morning and two in the afternoon, to match school times for the Grossmont Union High School District. |
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| Route 854 | Route 854 will be discontinued from Grossmont College to Lakeside as proposed, but the change to this route will be delayed until January, 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 855 | The routing for the new Route 855 has changed from the proposal. The new Route 855 will now remain the same as the current routing, except that it will begin in La Mesa at Allison Ave. and Palm Ave. and travel via Spring St. instead of Palm Ave. to Spring St. trolley station. The new Route 856 will travel to Cuyamaca College (please see the new Route 856 for more information). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 856 | The new Route 856 has changed from the proposal. The new Route 856 will now remain the same as the current routing between College Grove and Cuyamaca College, however, the route will be extended from College Grove, via College Dr. to San Diego State University. Working with the new Route 936, College Ave. and Broadway in Lemon Grove will be served with both routes for an effective every 15-minute service. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 874/875 | The new Route 874/875 has changed from the proposal. The new Route 874/875 will travel via Lexington St. and Jamacha Rd. instead of 3rd St. in El Cajon (the “Lexington Loop”). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 936 | Route 936 has changed from the proposal. Route 936B will not run as proposed since Route 856 has taken over its entire route. Route 936A will remain as proposed except that it will be called Route 936. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 962 | Route 962 has changed from the proposal. The new Route 962 will remain the same as proposed, except that it will travel only to Spring Valley Shopping Center on every trip instead of Rancho San Diego Village. Route 856 will serve Rancho San Diego Village. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 965 | Route 965 will remain as proposed, except that the new Route 966 will run for eight hours per day in the North Park area. MTS will work with the community on the proposed routing and schedule. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Route 966 | Route 966 is a new route which will replace parts of Route 965 in North Park. MTS will work with the community on the proposed routing and schedule. |