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MTS to Rename Light Rail Blue Line for UC San Diego
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) and UC San Diego Health have entered into a 30-year agreement to rename the system’s light rail Blue Line the “UC San Diego Blue Line."
The agreement includes naming rights to three stations on the line: the existing station at Old Town, to be renamed Old Town UC San Diego Health South, and planned stations at the UC San Diego main campus and at the health campus in La Jolla, which includes UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center, slated to open in 2016.
The line currently runs from San Ysidro to downtown, with plans to extend to Old Town, UC San Diego’s La Jolla campus and beyond. MTS is working with the San Diego Association of Governments, Caltrans, elected officials and other stakeholders to develop and complete the 11-mile extension by 2019. “UC San Diego and MTS have been partners since 1969, working to encourage the use of public transportation,” said Paul Jablonski, MTS chief executive officer. “The renaming of the Blue Line to the UC San Diego Blue Line takes our partnership to a new level. The UC San Diego Blue Line extension will not only provide a great new way to travel to campus, but UC San Diego Health will realize exceptional opportunities to increase awareness of its world-class medical facilities via the naming rights for 30 miles of light rail service.”
Paul Viviano, chief executive officer of UC San Diego Health, added, “The health system has long been committed to playing an important and positive role in the life and lives of this region and its residents. This agreement is a figurative and literal reflection of that commitment. It represents a new, smart and sustainable way for San Diegans to visit, learn and access the diverse services we offer.”
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