MTD Introduces Dramatic Increase In Service

The Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District (MTD) has been experiencing an increase in ridership over the past few years. At times, some of their most popular routes were so well utilized that the district was put in the unfortunate situation of having to leave passengers behind at bus stops. An effort to relieve this overload situation has been in the works since 2005; MTD and its community partners are pleased to offer the following solutions:

(Omitted - SB Routes - See link below to read full press release.)

Line 6 travels the State/Hollister corridor out to the Camino Real Marketplace. Line 11 travels the State/Hollister corridor then turns left at Fairview Avenue and continues on to the Airport and UCSB. -- These lines have increased frequency on weekdays from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes during the peak hours. The hours of the peak service are: 6:30am - 8:30am and 3:00pm - 6:00pm.

Sherrie Fisher, General Manager, "This is an unprecedented collaboration between the City of Santa Barbara, the City of Goleta, and the County of Santa Barbara, creating the most dramatic increase in service that we have experienced since 1974. Our many thanks go out to the City of Santa Barbara for initiating this process and to the City of Goleta and the County of Santa Barbara for being so willing to participate."

Click here for MTD's complete press release, including SB route info changes.