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Comic-Con is expected to bring in thousands of new trolley riders. But how big of an impact will it have on MTS' overall ridership? Read More »
Tag Archives: Metropolitan Transit System
Newsletter: San Diego open data and MTS credit cards
Newsletter for March 1, 2016. Read More »
MTS admits credit card security gaps
For years, San Diego public transit riders have been able to use credit and debit cards to purchase daily and monthly passes on their Compass Cards. Yet each transaction, whether at a ticket machine or online, may be putting the passenger’s credit card information at risk of being stolen. Read More »
Cost of turnover at NCTD much higher than reported
Turns out, those NCTD severance payouts were even higher than we first calculated. Read More »
Behind the MTS surveillance story
Here's what it took to get the inewsource story on MTS surveillance operations in San Diego. Read More »
Newsletter: January 7, 2014
Weekly newsletter for January 7, 2014 Read More »
Newsletter: December 18, 2013
Newsletter for December 18, 2013 Read More »
MTS buses, trolleys and stations tapped by an $18 million surveillance network
inewsource examined the extent of surveillance throughout San Diego's public transportation network... along with the implications for privacy. Read More »
San Diego shadow market for taxi permits
Taxi permits are not legally transferable in San Diego. That has not stopped some from using loopholes in the system to make what some consider a more fair wage than they'd earn otherwise. Read More »
Security company reprimanding, interrogating officers who voice safety concerns
Security guards who patrol San Diego’s stations and trolleys have told inewsource that their employer has met their concerns about safety with hostility. Read More »