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SANDAG unveils Super Loop Super Loop
station designs

SANDAG invites the public to view new designs for stations for the Super Loop, a new transit service coming to North University City, on Wednesday, July 11, 2007, from 3 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, located at 4126 Executive Drive, San Diego.

“Super Loop stations will include shelters, leaning rails or seating, and ‘real time’ electronic signage indicating the arrival of the next Super Loop vehicle,” said Christine Rychel, SANDAG project manager. “We’re looking forward to sharing more details about the Super Loop with the greater University City community.”

Preliminary plans call for the development of up to 15 stations, an average of a half mile apart along the 7.5 mile Super Loop bus route. During peak travel times Super Loop vehicles will frequent stations every 10 to 15 minutes and will connect University Towne Centre and La Jolla Village Square shopping centers, Executive Way and Genesee Avenue office clusters, Nobel Park and the University of California, San Diego, and other destinations. 

A cousin of a traditional bus route, the Super Loop will feature distinctive vehicles that are smaller and more flexible than traditional transit vehicles. Vehicles will comfortably accommodate at least 25 people in seats and offer plentiful standing room for additional riders. Priority traffic treatments will allow the Super Loop vehicles to ease in and out of traffic more rapidly than traditional vehicles, providing a higher-speed alternative for motorists. Super Loop construction will begin in early 2008 and operation will begin in late 2008.

Super Loop is funded in part by TransNet, San Diego County’s half-cent sales tax for transportation projects. The project also is made possible through the efforts of SANDAG, the City of San Diego, Metropolitan Transit System, North County Transit District, and California Department of Transportation.

Project Manager:
Christine Rychel, Senior Transportation Planner
cry@sandag.org, (619) 699-1971