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University City bus route changes announced

The SuperLoop – a successful, high-frequency bus service circulating through University City – will expand into the La Jolla Colony area on Sunday, September 5.

The bus service – Metropolitan Transit Service (MTS) Routes 201 and 202 – launched in June 2009, employing state-of-the-art, low-emission hybrid buses to provide rapid, reliable, frequent service within the UTC area.

To further enhance all public transportation services in the community, the SANDAG and MTS also will implement changes to Route 30 on September 5. Route 30 is being moved from its current alignment along Nobel Drive, Lebon Drive, and Regents Road, to routing along La Jolla Village Drive.  This change will provide more direct service with shorter trip times for this important regional route that services La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Old Town, and Downtown.

“The SuperLoop already has proven to be a huge success with nearly 900,000 passengers in the first year,” SANDAG Executive Director Gary Gallegos said. “We are expanding in order to increase efficiency and serve a greater ridership.”

The expanded route will include stops at the Lebon Drive/Palmilla Drive and Regents Road/Arriba Street intersections. The route also will continue to serve many major area destinations, including UCSD, Westfield UTC shopping center, La Jolla Village Square, La Jolla Village Center, and Executive Drive/Genesee Avenue office clusters. Service operates seven days a week, with buses running every ten minutes during peak hours and every 15 minutes during non-peak hours. 

Features will continue to be added to the SuperLoop route in the future. At full build out, the system will include technology to lengthen green lights to allow the buses to get through intersections and unique stations with electronic signs announcing when the next bus will arrive.

The SuperLoop project and its operations are being paid for primarily by SANDAG with funds from the TransNet half-cent sales tax. For more information, visit sdmts.com and sandag.org/superloop.