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The shuttle hopes to provide a safe and clean transportation alternative around National City

After years of planning and construction, San Diego’s Mid-Coast Trolley finally hit the tracks on Tuesday as part of its first test run as the ambitious project inches closer to completion.

Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner will offer expanded service for trains between San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties, rail officials announced Wednesday.

As President Joe Biden urges more federal spending for public transportation, transit agencies decimated by COVID-19 are struggling to figure out how to win back passengers.

San Diegans are invited to give their input on the San Diego Association of Governments’ (SANDAG) initiative to create a transportation center that would provide direct transit to the airport.

The Metropolitan Transit System’s Board of Directors approved a change to its fare policies Thursday, including a reduction of youth fares and free transfers for the bus and trolley.

Free rides are now offered by San Diego County public transportation systems to COVID-19 vaccine sites, the Metropolitan Transit System and North County Transit District announced.

The public is invited to give their input on a proposal to increase local transit fares. NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews has more information for you.

The Mid-Coast Trolley Expansion project is making good progress. Construction for the project began in late 2016 and has continued through the pandemic while hitting marks on its schedule.

Passenger numbers on New York’s MTA and London’s Underground metro system initially crashed by around 95 percent, and have since recovered to only about one-third of last year’s levels. And while those numbers have rebounded, passenger numbers are likely to be lower in the near-to-medium term.

Amtrak announced Thursday that people intending to travel on the Pacific Surfliner route from San Diego to San Luis Obispo around the Christmas holiday must make reservations.

Reservations will be required on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner route during the Thanksgiving holiday period to safely manage an expected increase in travelers, the company announced Thursday.

The San Diego Metropolitan Transit Service will expand its evening and weekday service starting Sunday, which will bring some levels of trolley and bus service to near pre-COVID-19 levels.

Local buses are now getting frequent doses of of disinfecting fog, according to officials with San Diego’s Metropolitan Transit System.

As cases of coronavirus increase in the United States, some who rely on public transportation to get around, are thinking about potential contamination.

A series of overnight closures go into effect Sunday on Interstate 5 for construction of the Mid-Coast Trolley line, officials said.

Michelle Wu, a City Council member in Boston, wants everyone to ride for free on subways and buses that crisscross the region, NBC News reports.

One of San Diego’s most beloved holiday traditions will once again take the spotlight at Balboa Park this Friday: December Nights.

NBC 7’s Ashley Matthews has where to park for December Nights in Balboa Park.

Police are asking for the public’s help to find a man with dementia who went missing from an independent living facility south of Lemon Grove.