Headways

April 08, 2024
Second Year of Strong Ridership Growth
VTA ranked in the top 5 among the nation’s largest transit agencies in ridership growth last year, welcoming some 25-million riders aboard buses and light rail trains last year. The rankings are...
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December 16, 2021
VTA Recovers Nearly Half of Pre-Pandemic Weekday Ridership
Atmospheric rivers... Kids back in school… People taking public transit… Nature is healing. Last month, VTA’s systemwide weekday ridership hit 47% of pre-pandemic levels – a marked increase over the...
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February 18, 2020
Redesigned Express Bus Service Begins in April
Beginning in April, the Valley Transportation Authority will roll out a newly designed Express Bus Partnership Program. VTA’s Board of Directors adopted the plan at its February meeting and will...
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January 15, 2020
How is Our New Service Working?
The New Year brings significantly revised transit service that emphasizes running buses more frequently, in an effort to make public transit a more attractive mobility choice. We know change can be...
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December 26, 2019
Free Rides and a New Transit Service Plan Ringing in the New Year
As you have probably heard by now, we are making major changes to VTA service beginning Saturday, December 28. Ninety percent of our resources will be applied to our more heavily traveled routes, now...
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December 11, 2019
Information Upgrades Coming to New Transit Service
Sometimes figuring out how to make a transit trip isn’t an easy task. Figuring out where routes go, when they operate, where to catch the bus, how to pay the fare, when to request a stop and how to...
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November 12, 2019
Sign, Sign Everywhere a Sign
Along with a new transit service plan come thousands of new bus stop signs. A team of VTA staff have been designing, printing, sorting the new signs since last January. In the coming weeks they’ll...
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August 08, 2019
We’re Changing Some of Our Colors
You might notice that our bus stop signs are beginning to look a little different. That’s because we’re preparing for the launch of New Transit Service and have begun replacing old signs ahead of time...
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May 03, 2019
VTA Board of Directors Approves 2019 New Transit Service Plan
The VTA Board of Directors unanimously approved, at its May 2 Board meeting, the final recommendations outlined in the 2019 New Transit Service Plan. The Board also requested staff to examine a few...
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