Category: San Diego public transit

San Diego Metro Transit System’s First Private Security Officers Begin Patrols

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System announced on Jan. 25 that it has begun onboarding private security officers with Inter-Con Security to provide security services on trolleys, buses, and on the transit system’s properties. The first officers began on New Year’s Day and by the end of the month, the transit system expects to…


San Diego County Looks for Alternatives to Mileage Tax

SAN DIEGO—Some board members of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) on Dec. 3 are looking for alternatives—instead of charging county residents for every mile they drive—to fund the county’s regional transportation plan. The four-cents-per-mile road usage tax proposal—and two half-cent regional sales taxes proposed for 2022 and 2028—was envisioned as a way to help fund SANDAG’s long-term…