Headways

December 14, 2018
Construction Imminent on Mathilda Interchange and Express Lanes
The dreaded “Mathilda Monster” is about to get a little less scary, after the VTA Board of directors awarded a $26 million contract to get the project underway. Improvements in this area are a...
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December 12, 2018
2019 VTA Board Leadership Elected
January 2019 will see a change in VTA Board leadership, as Santa Clara City Councilmember Teresa O’Neill takes over as Chair, and Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez becomes Board Vice Chair...
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December 10, 2018
VTA.org Users: Thank You for the Feedback
VTA is beginning to redesign VTA.org, which hosts information about transit service, projects, programs, governance, employment, and more. Our strategy is user-centered. Our design decisions will be...
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December 07, 2018
Video Enforcement Coming to SR 237 Express Lanes
New rules are coming to the State Route 237 Express Lane corridor, and other express lane corridors in the future. At its December 6 meeting, the VTA Board approved a new toll ordinance which will...
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December 05, 2018
VTA Board to Consider Final Relocation Plan for BART Phase II Project
On December 6, the VTA Board of Directors will consider adopting the Final Relocation Plan for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension into downtown San Jose and the City of Santa Clara. The...
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December 03, 2018
VTA Fills Vacant Positions by “Growing Our Own”
The positions were nearly impossible to fill, until VTA decided to ‘grow their own’. Now, six new Overhead Line workers are ready to take on one of the most sensitive and potentially dangerous jobs in...
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November 26, 2018
Commuter Checks Reduce the Cost of Transit
Many Silicon Valley employers already offer a monthly SmartPass for VTA transit service, but what about employees who want to ride Caltrain, BART, ACE, SamTrans, AC Transit, Santa Cruz Metro, or...
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November 05, 2018
Safety Around Bus and Rail is Top Priority
We may sound like a broken record, but it bears repeating...often: Safety is our number one priority. VTA bus and rail operators go through extensive safety training to operate their vehicles, but...
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November 05, 2018
Multimodal Improvement Plans Pass for Mountain View and Santa Clara
At the VTA Board of Directors meeting on November 1, the Board passed separate Multimodal Improvement Plans (MIP) for the City of Mountain and City of Santa Clara. The MIPs had also previously been...
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