Matt Stucky

They are Chinese, crazy tariffs so they aren’t sold here.

MTS officially opposes self-driving vehicles as Waymo begins SD plans “San Diego’s drivers help keep this city moving, fed and well-supplied,” said Elo-Rivera, chair of the MTS Board’s Taxi Advisory Committee.

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Have no fear, our local politicians are doing their best to ban these!

Todd Gloria Is a Disappointment to His Allies and Enemies The San Diego mayor came into office with high expectations and a Democratic super majority. Even his supporters are baffled by how little he has done.

Ouch. voiceofsandiego.org/2026/01/14/t...

It didn’t seem to make the news, but Preserve Greater Golden Hill suffered a big loss last week in their lawsuit to stop the project at 30th and A Street. A judge denied their request for a permanent injunction, finding they were not likely to prevail.

I wonder if Matteo would host an event supporting the other side of the debate on another night…

Maybe I’m just getting old, but I don’t see a problem with Matteo hosting this event. It’s perfectly fine to not like what they stand for without thinking they should be effectively banned from meeting at community spots. Different issue if Matteo is donating all the food, making a contribution etc.

Perfectly reasonable to not like the outcome, but no one should get their hopes up that the Supreme Court will choose to review this decision.

Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College?

Can UCSD get to work on one of these? I’d sign up, this sounds like a great retirement www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...

Nearly the same end result could be achieved entirely without CEQA: the mayor could go stencil “bus only lane” on Sports Arena Blvd tomorrow and convince MTS to slightly increase frequency of one bus route, and this would all be upzoned under SB 79. Or just get that idea added to the SANDAG plan.

The half-mile circle from the Zoo drive stop stretches into the block north of Upas, which is right on the edge of the circle for the stop near University. I think it picks up at least a few parcels.

There is a single block of bus only lane on 4th Ave between Broadway and E St. Also on 11th Ave going north from Broadway to the 163. But I doubt SB 79 changes downtown zoning.

I think you’re missing some bus stops in San Diego, there are three streets with dedicated bus lanes and frequent routes. bsky.app/profile/mtbo...

This will definitely get the kids off the social media! If only someone had thought before to tell them it might be bad for them…

This is a question that will make a lot of difference in San Diego.

This seems right. There might be a bigger map if the standard is a major transit stop for a route that has any segment that travels in a dedicated bus-only lane. I think that might be the correct standard, but we’ll see. It might take some lawsuits

There are dedicated lanes on Park, ECB, University, the rapid route on the 15…

It’s not entirely clear whether the bus route needs full dedicated lanes for the entire route, or only a dedicated lane somewhere along the route. But HCD said to count a stop if the stop itself is adjacent to a dedicated bus lane (p. 9): www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...

Tier 2 includes bus service meeting the standards of PRC 21060.2(a)(1). That specific subdivision says the bus line must have full-time dedicated bus lanes or operation in a separate ROW plus better than 15 minute service intervals.

I think these maps are missing some bus stops

So…have you tried to map it yet in SD?

This is what HCD said is the safe way to interpret it in a different context: if there is a bus-only lane at the stop, it counts. (See p. 9) www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...

Still lots of uncertainty, I’m not certain about this at all. This is the expansive interpretation

There is some ambiguity and this will probably go to court. But HCD has said it should count if the stop itself is adjacent to a dedicated bus lane even if it’s not continuous. www.hcd.ca.gov/sites/defaul...

SB 79 itself only refers to (a)(1) of that statute. Not all of it.

What part of SB79 requires all door boarding?

Based on existing zoning, this mainly would affect areas south of University to about Upas, which are largely single family.

If there is a purple dot on that map, and one route that stops there has a dedicated lane on some portion plus 15 minute headways or better, then SB 79 should apply.

Right. So major transit stops on this map that also include stops for routes with dedicated lanes and at least 15 min headways.

I think the cleaner interpretation is the stop must be served by a bus route with a dedicated lane somewhere on the route, not the entire route. So for San Diego, this hits routes running on Park, University, and ECB. But it’s not entirely clear.