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Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District

Bus service provider in Santa Cruz County, California, United States

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD), or simply Santa Cruz METRO, provides bus service throughout Santa Cruz County, California. In 2025, the system had a ridership of 5,349,000, or about 20,000 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2026.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Watsonville bus terminal, October 2017
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD), or simply Santa Cruz METRO, provides bus service throughout Santa Cruz County, California. In 2025, the system had a ridership of 5,349,000, or about 20,000 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2026.2

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$215.2M 2008–2026
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2008–2026: $215.2M in all. Federal grants $215.2M.$0$20M$40M$60M2008 · Federal grants: $490.0K20082009 · Federal grants: $5.0M2010 · Federal grants: $4.9M20102011 · Federal grants: $9.6M2012 · Federal grants: $7.6M20122013 · Federal grants: $5.5M2014 · Federal grants: $5.5M20142015 · Federal grants: $5.4M2016 · Federal grants: $6.3M20162017 · Federal grants: $5.2M2018 · Federal grants: $6.6M20182019 · Federal grants: $16.1M2020 · Federal grants: $28.4M20202021 · Federal grants: $21.4M2022 · Federal grants: $26.0M20222023 · Federal grants: $524.4K2024 · Federal grants: $45.4M20242026 · Federal grants: $15.3M2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsTotal
2026$15.3M$15.3M
2024$45.4M$45.4M
2023$524.4K$524.4K
2022$26.0M$26.0M
2021$21.4M$21.4M
2020$28.4M$28.4M
2019$16.1M$16.1M
2018$6.6M$6.6M
2017$5.2M$5.2M
2016$6.3M$6.3M
2015$5.4M$5.4M
2014$5.5M$5.5M
2013$5.5M$5.5M
2012$7.6M$7.6M
2011$9.6M$9.6M
2010$4.9M$4.9M
2009$5.0M$5.0M
2008$490.0K$490.0K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. Feb 24, 2022$26.0M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants5 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2022-044
  2. Aug 5, 2024$23.2M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants6 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2024-121
  3. Jul 8, 2020$20.6M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants7 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2020-144
  4. Sep 19, 2024$20.4M from Federal Transit Administration: Buses And Bus Facilities Formula, Competitive, And Low Or No Emissions Programs8 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2024-232
  5. Jul 20, 2021$13.6M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants9 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2021-114
  6. Jul 20, 2026$12.2M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants10 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2025-246
  7. Jul 20, 2021$7.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants11 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2021-113
  8. Jul 9, 2020$7.3M from Federal Transit Administration: Federal Transit Formula Grants12 To SANTA CRUZ METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DISTRICT Award CA-2020-143

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