Plans & Projects – SC Metro

People standing waiting for bus under Santa Cruz METRO bus stop Area 1

Current Projects

Reimagine METRO

Reimagine METRO ushered in a new wave of bus service improvements, increasing service in Santa Cruz County by over 50 percent.

Rapid Corridors

METRO is making transit between Watsonville and Santa Cruz faster, more reliable, and more accessible.

Bus Stop Improvements

Cleaner, More Comfortable Bus Stops for South Santa Cruz County

Affordable Housing

We are redeveloping our Santa Cruz and Watsonville transit centers with the goal of providing 175 new affordable housing units by 2033.

One Ride at a Time

One Ride at a Time is a campaign that gives everyone in Santa Cruz County an opportunity to protect our extraordinary natural resources by simply riding the bus.

5 of the ORAT electric buses parked in bus yard

Zero-Emmissions Plan

We have an aggressive strategy to convert the entire METRO bus fleet to zero-emissions vehicles by 2037, three years ahead of the California deadline.