San Diego – April 16, 2020 – At today’s MTS meeting, Chair Nathan Fletcher said the MTS initiative “Elevate 2020” would not proceed to the ballot in 2020.
This is a statement from Bee Mittermiller, SanDiego350 Transportation Committee Chair:
SanDiego350 members are disappointed that the transit initiative has been put on hold given its huge potential for improving San Diego County’s transit system, reducing carbon pollution, and increasing quality of life for residents. However, we understand the coronavirus pandemic has made this campaign impractical in this time of uncertainty.
We applaud MTS’s actions to protect its drivers and the riders who are critical workers serving the needs of our communities, and for making sure that its essential services are continuing.
We are committed to to keep working with MTS and we encourage MTS to continue their public outreach, which has been extraordinary.
Amidst this tragic pandemic we can see best practices developing around telecommuting and active transportation. We need to build on those developments in a way to complement building out transit infrastructure.
