june 7 2011 locale escondido california routes 1 stops 25 1 at escondido transit center and 12 stops in each direction 1 hubs escondido transit center del lago transit station fleet 7 new flyer c40lf low floor buses 1 daily ridership 2500 average weekday riders fuel type cng operator north county transit district website www.gonctd.com breeze breeze rapid is a bus rapid transit service operated by the north county transit district in escondido california in north county san diego . service operates north to the escondido transit center and south to the westfield north county mall and del lago transit center primarily along escondido boulevard and bear valley parkway . breeze rapid replaces previous local line 350 service although the route remains branded as line 350 . the route officially launched on june 7 2011 with dedicated buses and branded stops . 2 contents 1 history 2 service enhancements 3 service description 4 references 5 external links history edit the project was initiated by the san diego association of governments in june 2005 in cooperation with the city of escondido and nctd . the purpose of the project was to identify improvements to a rapid bus connection between the sprinter at escondido transit center downtown and south escondido the north county fair mall and the future i 15 brt to operate on the interstate 15 express lanes . the previous service was prone to bus bunching heavy boardings near schools on the south end of the route and traffic congestion in key locations during the morning and evening commute periods . 3 the project corridor is identified in the 2030 regional transportation plan for improved local and rapid bus services . 4 service enhancements edit the route includes bus stop improvements queue jump lanes at congested intersections and transit signal priority . bus stops were consolidated from the existing 31 stops to 25 stops and received physical enhancements such as new benches and shelters and route information posted at stops . eight stops include digital message signs that indicate next bus arrival provided using nextbus technology . 3 buses used on this route have been rebranded but are the standard new flyer industries c40lf s common in the rest of the fleet . improvements for pedestrian safety and street system modifications to improve local traffic flow were also made . the goal of the project is to provide an example for both operators and patrons of what can be accomplished through enhanced transit amenities service branding operational improvements and transit priority measures . 4 1 the cost for the route was 4 300 000 and the route was projected to have 2 500 riders at opening . 5 riders are estimated to save up to 20 % or six minutes as a result of the improvements . 6 future rapid bus services operated by nctd will also use the breeze rapid name . 1 such conversions are proposed for line 101 between university town centre and oceanside and for line 303 between oceanside and vista pending availability of funding . 5 service description edit the route is approximately six miles long and at build out service will take approximately 20 minutes from end to end a 20 % reduction in time from previous service . current headways are 15 minutes during weekdays and 30 minutes during nights and weekends but the proposed build out headway is 10 minutes during weekdays and 15 minutes on weekends . 1 references edit a b c d e 1 dead link the region sandag s electronic newsletter . sandag.org . 2011 06 07 . retrieved 2016 01 28 . a b escondido rapid bus transit priority concept study pdf . sandag.org . retrieved 2016 01 28 . a b projects san diego s regional planning agency . sandag . retrieved 2016 01 28 . a b https web.archive.org web 20110318131103 http www.nctimes.com news local escondido article f60558d1 1367 5f15 80b8 4b33fd123a5f.html . archived from the original on march 18 2011 . retrieved august 28 2011 . missing or empty title help escondido breeze rapid service launch event june 7 2011 . facebook . 2011 06 07 . retrieved 2016 01 28 . external links edit official sandag web site sandag.org project details nctd breeze rapid rt. 350 schedule effective august 19 2012 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title breeze rapid & oldid 739317268 categories rapid transit in californiaescondido californiahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from january 2016pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a 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