This page is a summary of the changes that would be made under the draft 70% Plan for the 2021 Transit Service Plan, organized by service change theme.
For more details, learn how each plan would affect your route and the routes in your city.
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Light Rail
- All light rail lines would operate every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends (instead of every 15 minutes on weekday, every 20 minutes on weekends).
- Light rail service would also end at 12:30 a.m. (instead of 1:30am).
Bus
All bus routes would generally end service earlier than their pre-COVID service, and most bus routes would experience reduced service frequencies than their pre-COVID service.
Frequent Bus Route Frequency
- Frequent routes would generally operate every 20 minutes on weekdays (instead of every 15 minutes).
- Some frequent routes are exceptions and would operate more or less frequently than 20 minutes on weekdays.
|
Route |
Pre-COVID Service |
80% Plan Weekday Frequency Change |
|---|---|---|
|
25 |
Less than every 15 minutes between Alum Rock Station and Valley Medical (every 20 minutes between Valley Medical and De Anza College) |
Every 15 minutes between Alum Rock Station and Valley Medical (every 30 minutes between Valley Medical and De Anza College) |
|
Rapid 500 |
Every 15 minutes |
Every 10-20 minutes |
|
Rapid 522 |
Less than every 15 minutes |
Every 15 minutes |
|
Rapid 568 (new route) |
N/A |
Every 30 minutes |
Midday Bus Service Cuts
Some routes would have reduced midday frequency on weekdays compared to pre-COVID service:
|
Route |
Pre-COVID Service |
80% Plan Midday Service Cut |
|---|---|---|
|
20 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 60 minutes midday |
|
53 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 30 minutes peak, every 60 minutes midday |
|
89 |
Every 30 minutes |
every 20 minutes AM peak, every 40 minutes midday, every 30 minutes PM peak |
Weekend Bus Service Cuts
Some bus routes would face minor weekend service cuts, with reduced frequency compared to pre-COVID service:
|
Route |
Pre-COVID Service |
80% Plan Weekend Service Cut |
|---|---|---|
|
21 |
Operates from Stanford to Santa Clara Saturday: every 40-45 minutes
|
Operates from Stanford to Mountain View only Saturday: every 60 minutes |
|
25 |
Saturday: Operates every 15 minutes (btwn. Alum Rock & Valley Med) and every 30 minutes (De Anza to Valley Med) Saturday: Operates every 15 minutes (btwn. Alum Rock & Valley Med) and every 60 minutes (De Anza to Valley Med) |
Saturday: no change to Alum Rock – Valley Med segment; every 45 minutes (De Anza to Valley Med) Sunday: no change to Alum Rock – Valley Med segment; every 60 minutes (De Anza to Valley Med) |
|
26 |
Operates 20 minutes (btwn. Westgate & Eastridge only) all weekend |
Operates 30 minutes (btwn. Westgate & Eastridge only) all weekend |
|
27 |
Saturday: Operates every 40-45 minutes Sunday: Operates every 60 minutes |
Saturday: operates every 60 minutes |
|
31 |
Operates every 60 minutes on Saturdays No service on Sunday |
Discontinue Saturday service No change to Sunday service |
|
40 |
Operates every 40-45 minutes all weekend |
Saturday: operates every 60 minutes Sunday: no change |
|
44 |
Saturday: operates every 40-45 minutes Sunday: operates every 60 minutes |
Operates every 60 minutes all weekend |
|
47 |
Saturday: operates every 40-45 minutes Sunday: operates every 60 minutes |
Operates every 60 minutes all weekend |
|
55 |
Operates every 30 minutes all weekend |
Saturday: no change Sunday: operates every 45 minutes; reduced service to 8:00am – 7:00pm |
|
57 |
Saturday: operates every 20 minutes Sunday: operates every 30 minutes |
Operates every 30 minutes all weekend |
|
60 |
Operates every 20 minutes all weekend |
Operates every 30 minutes all weekend |
|
61 |
Operates every 20 minutes (btwn. Berryessa BART and Bascom & Curtner) and every 40-45 minutes (btwn. Berryessa BART and Sierra & Piedmont and on Bascom loop) all weekend |
Operates every 30 minutes (btwn. Bascom & Curtner and Sierra & Piedmont) and every 60 minutes (Bascom loop) all weekend |
|
64 |
Operates every 30 minutes (64A) or every 60 minutes (64B) all weekend |
Operates every 40 minutes (64A) or every 60 minutes (64B) all weekend |
|
66 |
Operates every 20 minutes all weekend |
Operates every 30 minutes all weekend |
|
68 |
Operates every 20 minutes all weekend |
Operates every 30 minutes all weekend |
|
70 |
Operates every 20 minutes (Milpitas BART to Eastridge) and every 40 minutes (Milpitas to Berryessa BART) all weekend |
Saturday: no change Sunday: operates every 30 minutes (Milpitas BART to Eastridge) and every 60 minutes (Milpitas to Berryessa BART) |
|
72 |
Saturday: operates every 20 minutes |
Saturday: operates every 30 minutes Sunday: no change |
|
73 |
Saturday: operates every 20 minutes |
Saturday: operates every 30 minutes Sunday: no change |
|
77 |
Saturday: operates every 20 minutes |
Saturday: operates every 30 minutes Sunday: no change |
|
500 |
Saturday: every 20 minutes Sunday (effective June): every 24 minutes |
Saturday: improves frequency to every 15 minutes Sunday: operates every 30 minutes |
|
522 |
Operates every 15 minutes all weekend |
Operates every 20 minutes all weekend |
|
523 |
Operates every 15 minutes all weekend |
Discontinue weekend service |
Discontinued Routes
No routes are proposed for discontinuation in the 80% Plan.
Express Bus Routes
The following Express bus routes are presumed to continue operating with partial sponsorship from corporate partners under the Express Bus Partnership Program:
- Express Route 101 – 2 AM peak trips, 2 PM peak trips
- Express Route 102 – 5 AM peak trips, 5 PM peak trips
- Express Route 103 – 3 AM peak trips, 3 PM peak trips
- Express Route 104 – 2 AM peak trips, 2 PM peak trips
- Express Route 121 – 3 AM peak trips, 3 PM peak trips