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Initially the San Diego Association of Governments only offered monthly passes on the compass card system-wide, and 14-day passes via telephone. Stored cash value cards were introduced in 2017, [ 2 ] with plans in the future capable of automatically purchasing a day pass on the first tap.
In 2018, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System launched Elevate San Diego, a public participation plan that will address the needs for the growing population, and eventually invoke Assembly Bill 805, and increase the half-cent sales tax within MTS jurisdiction via ballot proposition. It has been postponed indefinitely due to the pandemic. [6]
San Diego has two major international airports entirely or extending into its city limits: San Diego International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving San Diego. It is the busiest single-runway airport in the world. [5] It serves over 24 million passengers every year, and is located on San Diego Bay three miles (4.8 km) from downtown.
The Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a border crossing and port of entry that connects San Diego in the United States and Tijuana International Airport in Mexico. Operational since December 2015, CBX consists of a terminal building located in the Otay Mesa community that is connected to the airport with a dedicated 120-meter (390 ft) pedestrian bridge that travels over the United States–Mexico ...
San Diego’s newest giant pandas landed in California on Thursday, according to Chinese state media – marking the first time Beijing has granted new panda loans to the United States in two decades.
The Aztec Student Union is a student union on the campus of San Diego State University (SDSU). It was known as the Aztec Center from 1968 to 2011, when it was demolished for the Aztec Student Union. [1] It leads into the heart of the SDSU campus and is located near many classrooms and administrative services.
In 1960, Bishop Charles F. Buddy founded the first co-educational Catholic high school in the Diocese of San Diego. It would be built on twenty acres of land donated by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Egger. Seventy young students and a faculty of four embarked on a lasting venture which was to become known as Marian High School.
Community college education in San Diego can be traced to 1914 when the board of education of the San Diego City Schools authorized postsecondary classes for the youth of San Diego. Classes opened that fall at San Diego High School with four faculty members and 35 students, establishing San Diego City College.