Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
Temporary METRO Center in downtown Santa Cruz | |
| Headquarters | 110 Vernon Street Santa Cruz, California |
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| Service area | Santa Cruz County |
| Service type | |
| Stations | Amtrak – METRO Center/RiverFront Station, 603 Front St., Santa Cruz36°58′26″N 122°01′26″W / 36.97385000431214°N 122.02378371556136°W |
| Daily ridership | 15,800 (weekdays, Q1 2025) |
| Annual ridership | 4,110,800 (2024) |
| Website | scmtd |
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD), or simply Santa Cruz METRO, provides bus service throughout Santa Cruz County, California. In 2024, the system had a ridership of 4,110,800, or about 15,800 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2025.
Santa Cruz METRO also operates the Highway 17 Express service for Amtrak Thruway between the city of Santa Cruz and San Jose Diridon station, in partnership with Amtrak California and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.