This new 21-mile Bus Rapid Transit service will connect the Otay Mesa international border crossing with downtown San Diego via eastern Chula Vista. New transit access will be afforded to regional employment centers in downtown San Diego, the Otay Mesa Business Park, and the future Eastern Urban Center, as well as to residential communities in Chula Vista and National City.
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In the long term, the BRT will operate on high-occupancy vehicle lanes on SR 94 and along the I-805 managed lanes with in-line stations in National City and Chula Vista that connect to park-and-ride lots. The route exits southbound I-805 at Palomar Street in Chula Vista via a new direct access ramp. From there it will travel on a dedicated right-of-way with stations in the Otay Ranch transit-oriented villages of Heritage, Lomas Verdes, and Santa Venetia. From there, the BRT will continue southbound with stations at the new Otay Ranch Town Center, the Eastern Urban Center, and a future university station. The BRT will use SR 125 to directly serve the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
Between 2002 and 2005, planning and engineering studies on the alignment, station locations, and transit priority treatments, as well as development of preliminary capital and operating cost estimates were completed. In early 2006, work focused on integration of the BRT project (stations and direct access ramps) into the I-805 managed lanes environmental document. The current phase of work includes environmental analyses and preliminary engineering.
The South Bay BRT project, which will be designed and built by the San Diego Association of Governments and operated by the Metropolitan Transit System, is expected to go into service in late 2012 or 2013. It will benefit the community in numerous ways, including:
- Providing a rapid and reliable transportation alternative connecting Downtown San Diego and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.
- Extending service to areas that do not currently have access to rapid transit. Offering competitive prices to encourage ridership for business, recreational, and student travelers.
- Relieving traffic congestion in a major transportation corridor.
Hi I live right next to this transit route in the ONLY area where is is NO Median at all! It is literally measured at 11 feet from residents doors between both the Monet and the Treviana communities. We have are a denser population with children and families who will have to live 11 feet from buses going from 5 am to 10 pm every ten minutes. We support transit in the area but this will negatively affect our home values, safety, and quality of life. SANDAG knew that the builders two years ago had removed the signs and planted trees to make this area like a little park. The city can't tell us why an 11 foot set back was approved for ONLY THIS AREA. Our communities look for a slight re-routing to keep the transit vision alive but not negatively affect so many families.
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