About:MTS/service change/6-10-2018

MTS 6-10-2018

Changes go into effect on Sunday, June 10, 2018. Be sure to pick up a new PURPLE timetable for the affected routes!  Download Take One Routes

Description of Changes

1

Extended from Hillcrest to Fashion Valley, via Sixth Ave., Hwy. 163, and Hotel Circle. Route 1 service along 4th/5th Avenues in Hillcrest is discontinued, but all stops would remain served by Routes 3 and/or 120. The La Mesa Blvd. Trolley Station (Allison Ave.) will be the eastern terminal for all trips. Route 1A service to 70th St. Trolley Station is discontinued, and service between Downtown La Mesa and Grossmont Transit Center (via La Mesa Blvd.) will be served by new Route 852.

7

All Route 7 trips will operate between Downtown and University Ave./College Ave. only. Continuing service east of College Ave. into Downtown La Mesa via University Ave. will be served by new Route 852, operating every 30 minutes, 7 days/week. Also, Route 7 schedule is increased to operate every 10 minutes in both directions (instead of every 6 or 12 minutes, depending on direction).

8

Seasonal adjustments

9

Seasonal adjustments

12

Saturday frequency is increased from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.

13

Weekday frequency is increased from 15 minutes to 12 minutes. Morning and evening service is added between 24th Street Transit Center and Euclid Transit Center. Also, other schedule adjustments on all days.

25

Route is streamlined to use Highway 163 and Friars Rd. between Mesa College Drive and Fashion Valley. Service on Comstock St. (west of Linda Vista Rd.) and Osler St. is discontinued. Local service between Mesa College Drive and Fashion Valley remains on other routes as follows: Health Center Dr. on Route 120, Genesee Ave. on Routes 41 & 120, and Ulric St. on Route 120.

28

Schedule adjustments with added weekday peak hour trips.

30

Seasonal adjustments on weekends only.

31

Minor schedule adjustments.

50

Route is re-aligned in Clairemont and University City to use Regents Rd. and Governor Drive instead of Genesee Ave., replacing Route 105 service on this segment. Also, Route 50 midday service is discontinued between approximately 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. (but remains available on Route 41 on Genesee Ave. and Route 105 on Clairemont Dr.).

105

Route is re-aligned in Clairemont and University City to use Genesee Ave. instead of Regents Rd. and Governor Drive, replacing Route 50 service on this segment.

Service along Milton St. and Burgener Blvd. is discontinued, and operated via Ingulf St. and Denver St. (current Route 105A routing) instead.

120

Schedule adjustments on all days. Also, limited-stop service along 4th and 5th Avenues will resume on Sundays due to Route 3 frequencies added in January. Please use Route 3 to access local stops.

237

Morning schedule adjustments to improve connections with Rapid 235.

833

Schedule adjustments and added early morning trips.

851

Route is streamlined to operate to/from Highway 94 along Bancroft Dr. instead of Kenwood Drive. Also, service west of Hwy. 125 along Elkelton Blvd. is discontinued, and weekday afternoon peak frequency is reduced to 60 minutes. See map of Route 851 inside this Take One.

852

New Route 852 operates along University Ave. and La Mesa Blvd., between 54th Street and Grossmont Transit Center. It replaces Route 7 east of College Avenue and Route 1 east of Downtown La Mesa. Service will operate every 30 minutes, 7 days/week.

905

Route 905 is realigned to a single variant (instead of 905A/905B) via the current Route 905 alignment between the Otay Mesa border and Airway Rd./La Media Rd., then via La Media Rd. and Otay Mesa Rd. to/from the Iris Transit Center. Also, weekday frequency is 30 minutes all day, plus 15-minute peak service operating eastbound in the morning and westbound in the afternoon.

Service to Britannia Blvd. and the western segment of Airway Rd. (including Southwestern College), and to eastern Otay Mesa Rd. and Sanyo Rd., is replaced by new Route 909 (weekdays only).

909

New Route 909 operates between the Otay Mesa border and Southwestern College (Otay Mesa), via Otay Mesa Rd. and Britannia Blvd. It replaces Route 905B along Heinrich Hertz Dr., Sanyo Ave., and Otay Mesa Road. It replaces Route 905A service to Airway Road west of La Media Road. Service is hourly on weekdays only, between approximately 5:30am and 7:30pm.

923

One earlier eastbound trip is added, departing Pt. Loma Avenue at 5:22 am

944

Evening schedule adjustments.

950

Weekday schedule adjustments. Also, added eastbound service on weekends.

962

Frequency is increased to 15 minutes on weekdays and 30 minutes on weekends. Also, the route is streamlined to Plaza Blvd. and Paradise Valley Rd., instead of Harbison Ave., Reo Dr., Cumberland St. and Potomac Street. Local Paradise Hills service is mostly replaced by a re-aligned Route 963.

963

Route is changed on the east end to continue east on Plaza Blvd. to Harbison Ave., and replace the Paradise Hills portion of Route 962, via a loop of Reo Dr., Cumberland St., Saipan Dr., and Alleghany St. Service operates every 30 minutes on weekdays and hourly on Saturday/Sunday.

Service south along Euclid Ave. to Plaza Bonita is replaced by a realigned Route 968. However, Route 968 will remain on Euclid Ave., with service along the Granger Ave./24th St. loop discontinued.

967

Routing is adjusted to eastbound 4th St. between Euclid Ave. and Harbison Ave., continuing east to Alta Vista (Mariposa Pl./Ava St) via the current routing. Also, Saturday service is discontinued.

968

Route is re-aligned to operate weekdays only, between 8th St. Transit Center and Plaza Bonita. From 4th St., Route 968 will turn south on Euclid Ave. to Sweetwater Rd. and into Plaza Bonita. Route 968 service east of Euclid Ave. and to the Munda Rd. loop is discontinued. Alternate access to Bayview Heights is available on Route 963 on Alleghany Street.