The San Diego Association of Governments (abbreviated SANDAG) is an association of local

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governments. It is the

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for the County, with policy makers consisting of

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s, and

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s, and also has capital planning and fare setting powers for the county's transit systems, the

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (''SDMTS'' or often simply ''MTS'') is a public transit service provider for Central, South, Northeast and Southeast San Diego County. The agency directly operates a large transit system that includes t ...

and

North County Transit District The North County Transit District (typically abbreviated as NCTD) is the agency responsible for public transportation in Northern San Diego County, California. The agency manages the COASTER commuter rail service between Oceanside and San Die ...

, some of which was assumed by the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (became MTS in 1986). SANDAG, along with the

Southern California Association of Governments The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) of six of the ten counties in Southern California, serving Imperial County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Riverside County, San Bern ...

, are the only metropolitan planning agencies in Southern California.

Governance

The board was previously governed with the representation of one board member from every city in San Diego County, with each member holding two votes in two systems. The approval of a project required the majority tally vote representing all cities and board members and the majority of represented members weighted by population. After the passage of SANDAG's reform bill in 2017, any four representatives representing a majority of the county's population can overrule the tally vote.

Programs

Fare payment systems

The Compass Card was launched by SANDAG in May of 2009 to integrate the fare payment systems of

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and

into one system, meant to reduce the number of fare transactions at customer service centers. The Compass Card was replaced by

PRONTO Pronto, stylized as PRONTO, is the second-generation contactless payment system for automated fare collection on public transit services in San Diego County, California. The system is managed by the San Diego Association of Governments, operat ...

in September 2021.

References

External links

SANDAG
· San Diego Association of Governments

March 2006 Assessment of SANDAG's Role in San Diego from the Legislative Analyst's Office Councils of governments Government of San Diego County, California Local government in California Metropolitan planning organizations {{California-stub

Governance

Programs

Fare payment systems

See also

References

External links