San Diego’s current transit system is hurting our lungs, working families, and fueling climate change.
Lack of public transit options forces San Diegans into congested streets and highways, which are leading contributors to air pollution and climate change in the San Diego region, and limits job opportunities. Breathing some of the most polluted air in the region, communities south of the 8 freeway are also the most impacted by traffic and climate change.
Vote Yes on Let’s Go! San Diego
San Diegans need clean air, a healthy climate, and fast, reliable transit to thrive. The Let’s Go! SD transit measure will get us there. By increasing public transit service, frequency, and access, the measure will help clean our air, reduce traffic congestion, and build our economy. That’s why Environmental Health Coalition, SanDiego350, and the Transit Coalition are asking you to VOTE YES on Let’s Go! SD on your November 2024 General Election ballot.
The Let’s Go! San Diego ballot measure will deliver transportation improvement to:
- clean our air and protect our lungs
- fight climate change
- reduce traffic and fix potholes
- provide affordable, fast, and frequent public transit options
- and help fund the 10 Transit Lifelines.
10 Transit Lifelines
Residents at the frontlines of the climate crisis, air pollution, and traffic congestion in Barrio Logan, City Heights, and National City came together to identify transit priorities – the 10 Transit Lifelines. They reflect a vision to advance affordable and frequent transit solutions that will benefit all San Diegans.
Let’s Go! San Diego would fund these Transit Lifelines:
- Frequent and 24-hour service
- Blue Line Express from South County to Downtown
- Purple Line from South County to Sorrento Valley to relieve congestion on the 805
- No cost transit for seniors, youth, disabled, and veterans
The Let’s Go! San Diego measure would place a one-half cent sales tax on the 2024 ballot, and, if passed, put us on the path to a healthy, equitable, and sustainable future.
Will you Vote for a thriving San Diego?
In November we need you to vote YES on the Let’s Go! SD transit measure. Click below to let us know you’ll vote for a clean, healthy, traffic-free San Deigo.
Key Facts!
Transportation is responsible for 41% of local climate-change-causing emissions.
Children who live or go to schools near busy roads have higher rates of asthma than children in areas farther from roads.
San Diegans drive more on the freeway than the California average, including Los Angeles.
Exhaust fumes contain toxic chemicals that can damage DNA, cause cancer, make breathing difficult, and cause low weight and premature births.
70% of jobs are not reachable by public transit in San Diego County.
78% of MTS riders have no car available
The Let’s Go! San Diego citizen’s initiative is funded by the Electrical Workers, Laborers, and Carpenters Unions, and transit and infrastructure firms HNTB and Flatiron.
