Headways

April 05, 2019
Learn About VTA's BART Phase II Project
You may have heard this one...VTA is bringing BART into the heart of Santa Clara Valley. Curious about which future station will be the most convenient for you? What might be built near station areas...
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March 19, 2019
San Jose Receives Funding to Begin Complete Streets Project
A great win for the community surrounding Willow Street in San Jose! Shortly after the VTA Board of Directors adopted the 2018 Story-Keyes Complete Streets Study Final Report, the City of San Jose was...
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January 16, 2019
VTA Labor Negotiations Underway
VTA has over 2,200 employees, and approximately 90% of them are represented by four bargaining units, or unions. The VTA Labor Relations Department is responsible for negotiating and administering...
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December 31, 2018
Fare Changes are Coming: Know Before You Go
The second in a two-phase fare increase plan goes into effect January 1, 2019. The VTA Board of Directors passed the plan in June 2017. Prior to that, VTA fares had not changed since 2008. Beginning...
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December 14, 2018
Board Approves Two New Pro-Transit Policies
The VTA Board of Directors approved two new transit-supportive policies at its December 6, 2018 meeting which aim to formalize procedures for Station Access and parking decisions for Transit-Oriented...
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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 20, 2018
Exclusively Trained K-9 Officers Join Transit Patrol
Public transportation is among the most sensitive targets of terrorism, and now VTA has new dedicated tools to protect passengers: Yoshi and Nala, two bomb-sniffing, but affable, Labrador Retrievers...
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