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January 13, 2021
VTA Board Turns Over With 8 New Members 
Sunnyvale Vice Mayor Glen Hendricks takes over as VTA Chair for 2021, taking the reigns from Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez. San Jose City Councilmember Charles "Chappie" Jones was elected...
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January 11, 2021
BART Phase II Project First to Submit for Critical Federal Funding Program
VTA achieved two critical milestones for the BART Phase II Project being the first transit agency in the nation to submit an application for $1.735 billion through the Federal Transit Administration’s...
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January 06, 2021
VTA Bus Stop Balancing Program to Consolidate Stops for Faster Travel
Our bus stops are getting more spaced out! The number one complaint about our bus service is that it takes too long to get to a destination. In an effort to speed up your bus trip, VTA is analyzing...
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December 30, 2020
New State Law Modeled After VTA Training
January 1, 2021, is the official start of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month and the deadline under California law for all employees of public transit agencies to be trained to...
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December 29, 2020
VTA GM/CEO Urges Governor to Prioritize Transit Workers for Vaccine
In a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom, VTA General Manager and CEO Nuria Fernandez urged that public transit workers be included in Phase 1B of the state’s vaccine distribution plan, consistent with the...
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December 22, 2020
CDC Panel Recommends Public Transit Workers be Included in Next Round of Vaccines
A panel for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Dec. 20 that frontline essential workers, including public transit workers, are among the next group of people to be...
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December 14, 2020
VTA Joins Public Transit Systems Around the Country in Urging Congress to #SavePublicTransit
VTA is joining fellow APTA members and industry partners on Tuesday, Dec. 15 to collectively advocate to #SavePublicTransit with a day of mobilization and engagement. Organized by the American Public...
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December 08, 2020
Human Trafficking Awareness: VTA Demonstrates Its Leadership
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority highlighted its efforts in combatting human trafficking to a global virtual audience today. The 2020 USDOT Transportation Leaders Against Human...
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December 08, 2020
Board Approves New Leadership for 2021 in Annual Election of Officers
Nine outgoing board members also recognized for their service Current Board Vice Chairperson Glenn Hendricks was unanimously elected chairperson at the Dec. 3 Board of Directors meeting. Chair-elect...
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