San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) is requesting proposals from qualified and responsible transit planning firms to complete a Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA), including its bus, light rail, and paratransit services. The goal of this update is to evaluate MTS’ current performance, and restructure transit services as necessary to more efficiently and effectively serve the region's travel needs within the projected financial and operating constraints. Starting in FY28, MTS is anticipating an operating budget shortfall of roughly $100 million (on a current $448 million budget). Consequently, MTS is assessing the feasibility of placing an agency-sponsored sales tax measure on the ballot in Fall 2026. While discussions of the sales tax measure are preliminary, it is estimated that the half-cent sales tax would generate about an additional $75 million annually to improve current transit services. It is expected that more than $75 million annually would be generated as part of the sales tax measure, but an estimated $75 million annually would be focused on service enhancements to the current network...
