Transportation
SOUTH BAY RAPID
FACT SHEET
Better Transit, More Choices,
and a Multi-modal Approach
The Project
alternative. The service will offer faster
The South Bay Rapid is the fourth Rapid
travel times and better reliability than
transit project in the San Diego region. Three
regular bus service by using transit-only
new Rapid lines along Interstate 15 (I-15)
lanes, traffic signal improvements, limited
and in the Mid-City area of San Diego began
station stops, and real-time vehicle arrival
service in 2014. Rapid is an exciting level of
information. Station amenities to provide a
offer passengers high-quality
transit service that provides high-frequency
pleasant waiting environment include new
transit that is fast, frequent,
and limited-stop trips, as well as new
shelters, level platforms to ease boarding,
and comfortable. The project
amenities. SANDAG is collaborating with
landscaping, and enhanced paving.
will provide new upgraded
Metropolitan Transit System, Caltrans, and
vehicles and enhanced
the City of Chula Vista to develop stations
Project Status
The South Bay Rapid will
stations resulting in a premium
transit service. The stations’
and other infrastructure for the South Bay
architectural design will reflect
Rapid. The project is divided into two phases
the surrounding community’s
of implementation.
character.
service to start in 2018.
transit line between the Otay Mesa Port of
Route
State Route 94 (SR 94). The line will provide
residents of Chula Vista and San Diego with
fast, frequent, high-quality transit service
and new access to the international border
at Otay Mesa. The project will include eight
stations, a Direct Access Ramp at the East
Palomar Street station, arterial transit-only
lanes, transit signal priority, and enhanced
customer amenities.
Phase
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i n c l u d e t w o n e w i n - l i n e ( f re e w a y level) stations and Park & Ride lots at
H Street and Plaza Boulevard. Phase two of
the project will result in increased access for
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Magdalena Avenue and State Route 125,
Phase One: Design and build a 12-mile
Chula Vista, Interstate 805 (I-805), and
San Diego, CA 92101
includes the transit guideway between
is expected to begin in early 2016, with
Entry and Downtown San Diego via eastern
401 B Street, Suite 800
Construction for the first phase, which
National City residents as well as reduced
The South Bay Rapid route is 21 miles
between Downtown San Diego and the Otay
Mesa Port of Entry. There will be 12 stations
in the first phase (15 at full build out) serving
major activity centers and transfer points in
Downtown San Diego and the South Bay,
including offices, shopping, recreational
facilities, residential communities, and
Park & Ride lots, as well as the Otay Mesa
Port of Entry.
Project Features
Stations: Along with new passenger
shelters, the stations will be designed
with technological enhancements that will
provide real-time vehicle arrival information.
Combined with landscaping, the aim is
travel times for most passengers.
to create a unique architectural design
The Solution
stations will be located in the public right-
The South Bay Rapid project aims to achieve
of-way. Stations will be designed to provide
high-speed service along a corridor that
safe pedestrian access at intersections.
currently does not offer a mass transit
that identifies these as Rapid stations. All
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expected to attract new riders who currently
do not use transit.
Funding: The first phase of the project will
regional half-cent sales tax for transportation
HOV Lanes
Direct Access Ramp
system. This enhanced transit experience is
be funded predominately by TransNet, the
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Operating Plan
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Station (future)
In compliance with the ADA, each station
disabilities.
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SR 94/I-805 Direct
Connector (future)
Imperial Ave.
El Cajon
vehicle will be accessible to passengers with
54th St.
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La Mesa
Blvd.
approved by San Diego County voters. The
budget for the first phase is estimated at
$100 million, which includes design,
engineering, construction, property
acquisition, and procurement of new vehicles.
*Construction will be scheduled pending funding.
The second phase of the project will use
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federal, state, and local funding sources.
Rapid Vehicles: Rapid vehicles will be
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articulated buses that have a low-floor
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design to ease boarding, and new fare
boxes which will accept Compass Cards to
speed passenger boarding. Multiple doors
also will streamline the boarding process.
Comfortable seating and larger windows will
improve the ride quality.
Transit Lane Priority and Funding:
Coordinated traffic signals will be timed
to allow Rapid vehicles to move quickly
through busy intersections. Signal priority
treatments will extend green light times for
transit vehicles.
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