Due to decreased revenue, Metro cut the UCSC Night Owl service, which was instated in 2005 as an incentive piece of increased student transportation fees. TAPS now operates the service.

Do you ever head downtown on Friday nights? Work late? These options began to look dim for UC Santa Cruz students living on campus when cuts to the Night Owl service were decided on by city bus service Santa Cruz Metro, effectively ending all public transportation after midnight. But with a recent pledge from TAPS, [...]

In an effort to become more environmentally friendly, the Santa Cruz Metro bus line has now fully switched over from using diesel to natural gas.

Santa Cruz Metro proposes to scale back Night Owl services, abandoning late night travelers.

Faced with lowered ridership, the Santa Cruz Metro may discontinue certain routes.