- special district
- California · San Diego County
- 2028 cohort · 562 days left
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status
Our October 16, 2026 crawl of sdmts.com(opens in new tab) found at least 362 public documents, about 2,042 pages. 3 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.
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- documents found
- 362+
- estimated pages
- 2,042
- checked files passed
- 3 / 50
- crawl date
- Oct 16, 2026
What our crawl found on sdmts.com
Counts from our October 16, 2026 crawl, which visited 135 pages. Our crawler found 362 public documents on sdmts.com — an estimated 2,042 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.
The crawl stopped at its time limit, so every count here is a minimum: the site has at least this many documents.
Documents by category
- Other116 · 32%
- Policies80 · 22%
- Agendas & minutes77 · 21%
- Reports47 · 13%
- Forms42 · 12%
No single category dominates this inventory — the largest bucket is uncategorized material at 32% — so a short sampling pass is the fastest way to establish remediation priorities.
By file format
- PDF 359 · 99%
- Excel (XLSX) 2 · <1%
- Word (DOCX) 1 · <1%
Checked sample
3 of 50 passed(6%)
- Passed basic checks: 3
- Did not pass: 47
Most checked files are missing basics such as tags, a document title, a declared language or labeled form fields. Files made without accessibility tooling usually look like this, and they need structural work, not touch-ups.
The rate covers the 50 files we checked, not all 362 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.
Scanned share
8% scanned
Most of the collection is digital-native text, which keeps remediation at the lighter end: tagging and structure work rather than OCR.
Scanned images need text recognition (OCR) before they can be tagged.
Forms make up 12% of the documents. Forms take the most work to fix, since every field needs a label and a logical tab order.
Crawl scope
- Crawl date
- October 16, 2026
- Pages visited
- 135
- Documents in the inventory
- 362
- Files checked
- 50
- Limits hit
- time
- Started from
- sdmts.com(opens in new tab)
These are machine checks on a sample, not a compliance finding, and they say nothing about the people who publish San Diego Metropolitan Transit System's documents. The results for the sampled files are public above. The full inventory of every document we found, with detailed per-file reports, is available to verified staff of San Diego Metropolitan Transit System after claiming this page.
Files we checked on sdmts.com
Links go to the files on sdmts.com as we found them on October 16, 2026.
These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on October 16, 2026. They are not a legal compliance finding and don't cover reading order, alt-text quality or table structure. Something wrong? Ask for a correction or removal.
| File | Category | Result | Checks not passed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27-tac-minutes-adaPDF · 6 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title |
| 2026-05-13-tac-pre-meeting-packetPDF · 123 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels |
| 2026-06-18-asac-minutes---adaPDF · 7 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2026-09-03---ec-minutes---adaPDF · 6 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2026-09-17-asac-pre-meeting-packet 0PDF · 93 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels |
| 2026-10-01---ec-pre-meeting-packet 1PDF · 151 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text, Form field labels |
| 2026-10-09---psc-agendaPDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2026-10-13-sdae-agendaPDF · 1 page | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| 2026-10-15---board-agendaPDF · 4 pages | Agendas & minutes | Did not pass | Document title |
| form 802PDF · 3 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Document language, Document title, Form field labels |
| CA Form 802form-802-2024-ga-pride-final · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| form-802-2024-pac-artsPDF · 3 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| CA Form 802form-802-2024-sd-county-fair-final · PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| form-802-2024-shamrock-finalPDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| CA Form 802form-802-2024-vip-pride-final · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| CA Form 802form-802-2025-sd-fc-3.1.25-final · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Form field labels |
| CA Form 802form-802-trolley-dances · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Form801PDF · 2 pages | Forms | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Form field labels |
| mts-resolutions-listPDF · 61 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Document title |
| Microsoft Word - REVISED ORD. 1 MAY 2005Ordinance No. 1 · PDF · 8 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Microsoft Word - Ordinance No. 10.docOrdinance No. 10 · PDF · 2 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| ordinance no. 3PDF · 4 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| ordinance no. 4 0PDF · 13 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title |
| Microsoft Word - Ordinance No. 6.docOrdinance No. 6 · PDF · 1 page | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language |
| Ordinance No. 7PDF · 4 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Ordinance No. 8PDF · 4 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| ordinance-no.14PDF · 3 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title |
| video-system-procedures-9162026PDF · 13 pages | Policies | Did not pass | Document title |
| budget book fy21PDF · 144 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| commreport-web1PDF · 10 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| fy-2027-budget-book-finalPDF · 146 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| fy2022 budgetPDF · 146 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text |
| fy2023-budget-bookPDF · 142 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| fy2025-budget-bookPDF · 154 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| fy2026-budget-book-finalPDF · 147 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| fy24-budget-book-finalPDF · 144 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| mts-harassment-survey-findings-reportPDF · 93 pages | Reports | Did not pass | Document title |
| 010311 Lego BraunPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 081310 COMEDYPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| 111909 AMTRAKPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text |
| CA Form 801.pdfbrendan-shannon-prism-march-801 · PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Image alt text |
| daniel-brislin-narcan-donation-801PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| form 801 - csac - eiaPDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Form801-HawaiiChamber-June2014 000PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Form801-ShanghaiApril2014 000PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| Form801-TOPS-June2014 000PDF · 1 page | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document language, Document title |
| rtm nov2021PDF · 2 pages | Other | Did not pass | Tagged structure, Document title, Image alt text |
| C32026-05-28-sdrba-agenda 1 · PDF · 2 pages | Agendas & minutes | Passed | None |
| CA Form 802form-802-bella-vista-fest · PDF · 1 page | Forms | Passed | None |
| THE san diego metropolitan transit system a study of its economic impactmts impact study final · PDF · 35 pages | Reports | Passed | None |
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What each check looks for
- Tagged structure
- The file has a tag tree, so assistive technology can tell headings, lists and paragraphs apart.
- Document language
- The file declares its language, so screen readers pronounce it correctly.
- Document title
- The file has a document title, shown instead of the file name.
- Image alt text
- Every image in a tagged file carries alternative text, or the file has no untagged images.
- Form field labels
- Every fillable form field has a label a screen reader can announce.
How we measured this
1.Crawl
We start at the organization's website and follow its sitemaps and links on the same site. We respect robots.txt and crawl delays, and skip login areas.
2.Classify
Each document is sorted by file format and, from its link text and file name, into a category such as forms or agendas. Page counts are estimated, often without downloading the whole file.
3.Check a sample
We open up to 50 PDFs and run basic machine checks: tags, document title, language, image alt text and form-field labels.
4.Publish only with evidence
Figures appear only when a crawl finds at least 25 documents and checks at least 20 of them.
Limits of this method
- We only see public pages we can reach through links or sitemaps. Documents behind logins or on other services may be missed.
- Crawls stop at page, document and time limits. When one is hit, the counts are minimums.
- Categories and page counts are estimates from links, file names and file metadata.
- Machine checks can't judge reading order, alt text quality or table structure. Passing them is not WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
- Figures describe the site on the crawl date, not today.
This page's evidence
- Crawled October 16, 2026: we fetched 135 pages from https://www.sdmts.com/ and found 362 documents.
- The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
- Changelog: October 16, 2026 — inventory refreshed from the latest crawl.
- How we crawl, classify and check documents
Plan the work before April 26, 2028
562 days is enough time to work through a backlog in stages, if the inventory starts now.
Where San Diego Metropolitan Transit System should start
Start with schedules, route maps and paratransit or reduced-fare applications: riders rely on them daily.
Riders need these files to plan trips and apply for reduced fares or paratransit.
Usually owned by customer service, planning and the board secretary.
A timeline to April 26, 2028
Inventory and triage
by January 4, 2027
Fix the documents people use most
by September 14, 2027
Everything in use conforms
by April 26, 2028
A planning split of the time left, not a legal requirement.
Estimated cost with DocoMatic
$1,927 – $2,891
≈ 9,635 credits for 2,042 estimated pages
- 237 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
- 144 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
- 1,661 standard pages at Level 1
This is a directional estimate from crawler statistics, not a quote. Run the remediation cost calculator with your own page counts for a tailored figure.
What DocoMatic does
- Finds the PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files on your website and estimates the backlog.
- Fixes documents at three levels, from basic tagging to complex forms.
- Checks every fixed file, with veraPDF PDF/UA-1 validation from Level 2 up.
- Human review: turn it on when you request a fix, or arrange it with our team.
- Monitors your site so new documents don't rebuild the backlog.
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Compare with similar organizations
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System beside the special districts in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.
| Organization | Population | Documents found | Estimated pages | Crawled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (this page) | — | 362+ | 2,042 | October 16, 2026 |
| Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority | — | 1,492 | 20,624 | October 7, 2026 |
| Alameda County Housing Authority | — | 447 | 12,685 | October 7, 2026 |
| Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District | — | 269+ | 7,488 | October 7, 2026 |
| Alameda County Resource Conservation District | — | 95 | 1,324 | October 7, 2026 |
| Alameda County Transportation Commission | — | 2,825 | 52,918 | October 7, 2026 |
Each figure comes from that organization’s own crawl; a + marks a crawl that stopped at a limit, so its count is a minimum. The table compares document inventories, not accessibility.
Related organizations
Special districts in California
- Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority: ADA deadline report
1,492 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Alameda County Housing Authority: ADA deadline report
447 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District: ADA deadline report
269 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Alameda County Resource Conservation District: ADA deadline report
95 documents · due April 26, 2028
Also due April 26, 2028 in California
- Ravendale-Termo Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 89 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Green Point Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 42 documents · due April 26, 2028
- Silver Fork Elementary School District: ADA deadline report
school district · 75 documents · due April 26, 2028
- City of Industry: ADA deadline report
city · 335 documents · due April 26, 2028
Frequently asked questions
When is San Diego Metropolitan Transit System's ADA Title II deadline?
April 26, 2028. San Diego Metropolitan Transit System is in the 2028 cohort under the Department of Justice's rule on web and mobile accessibility for state and local governments, with compliance dates as set by the Department's interim final rule of April 20, 2026 (91 FR 20902).
How was San Diego Metropolitan Transit System's deadline set?
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System is a special district government, and the Census Bureau calculates no population for one. The rule gives every special district government the later date, whatever the size of the area it serves.
How many public documents does San Diego Metropolitan Transit System have?
Our crawl on October 16, 2026 fetched 135 pages from https://www.sdmts.com/ and found at least 362 documents (it stopped at a crawl limit), an estimated 2,042 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.
How many of San Diego Metropolitan Transit System's documents pass accessibility checks?
3 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (6%). That is a sample of the 362 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
How much would it cost to fix San Diego Metropolitan Transit System's documents?
Our directional estimate is $1,927 to $2,891 with DocoMatic: about 9,635 credits for 2,042 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.
Which documents should San Diego Metropolitan Transit System fix first?
Start with schedules, route maps and paratransit or reduced-fare applications: riders rely on them daily.
Do older PDFs have to be made accessible too?
Not all of them. Documents already posted before the compliance date are excepted unless they are currently used to apply for, gain access to, or participate in the organization's services, programs or activities (28 CFR 35.201(b)). Genuinely archived content is excepted too, but only while it is kept solely for reference, research or recordkeeping, sits in a clearly identified archive area and is not changed. Everything published from the compliance date on is covered, and so is any older file people still use to reach a service.