Progress on Restarting VTA Light Rail Service
VTA is making progress in our phased plan to restart light rail service. As we near the end of Phase 3, which involves track inspections, employee recertification and retraining, the public may start...
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VTA Restarts Light Rail Service
VTA will be operating limited light rail service starting Sunday, August 29th.
Trains will operate along VTA’s Orange Line, which serves the Mountain View Caltrain Station, Levi’s Stadium in Santa...
Light Rail Service is Back!
Light Rail is back on track. Okay…it’s only part of the system, but we are working hard to get the whole system back on track. And through September 12, it’s free!
First and foremost, please be...
Stay Alert, Stay Alive – Rail Safety Reminder
As light rail service is gradually reactivated after having been down since the May 26 tragedy, it coincides, by chance, with National Rail Safety Month. September is traditionally the month when...
Workshop Lays Out VTA's Complex Budget Process
VTA’s Board members, the majority of which are newly appointed this year, received a briefing on the agency’s complex financial situation at a special workshop January 22. The workshop was intended...
New Federal Mask Order and Rear-Door Boarding Reinforce VTA’s Commitment to Safety
To continue providing a safe, clean and reliable service for our customers and employees during the pandemic, VTA evaluates and adjusts protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19. With Santa Clara...
Transforming the Gilroy Transit Center
Transforming the Gilroy Transit Center into a livable, walkable, shoppable community near transit is the objective of our newest venture. You are invited to share your ideas that will help shape...
What Will Next Generation High-Capacity Transit Look Like?
As VTA begins planning for what service will look like post-pandemic and beyond, one thing already being studied is the future of high-capacity transit, specifically light rail. The fact that the...
VTA’s Observance of Black History Month Wraps Up, but Advocacy and Support Never Stop
This week, VTA wraps up its month-long observation of Black History Month, but our longstanding commitment to equity and diversity remain ongoing, both internally and externally. On VTA’s Twitter...
Reconstruction This Summer for US 101/De La Cruz Boulevard/Trimble Road
The US 101/De La Cruz Interchange, in San Jose, is getting a much-needed makeover beginning this summer as a 2016 Measure B-funded project. VTA and the City of San Jose, in cooperation with the...
Overnight Freeway Closures on March 8 and 9 for the US 101/Blossom Hill Road Overcrossing
Northbound and Southbound lanes of Highway 101 will be closed overnight at the Blossom Hill Road/Silver Creek Valley Road interchange, exit 378, over the span of two nights, one night for each...
Bay Area Transit Agencies Launch Consolidated Vaccine Site Information
Bay Area transit agencies are teaming up to ensure that those individuals who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine can use transit to get to vaccination sites - and can easily learn where and how to...
Here’s How You Can Help Make VTA More Accessible
VTA is implementing its Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan and self-evaluation, and conducting an important survey to gain public feedback. The plan represents an agency-wide...
Bicycle Superhighways: Tell Us What You Think!
Bicycle Superhighways are the newest venture into bicycle corridor planning. You are invited to share your ideas and help us narrow down the path of travel for our Central Bikeway Study. We heard you...
Racism on VTA Property - Or Anywhere - is Not Acceptable
At VTA, we strive to create a safe and welcome environment for all people who ride or work on our buses, trains and use our stations.
VTA condemns the hateful, racist attack carried out March 10 at...
March 18 is Transit Driver Appreciation Day
This past year, the world has changed in ways no one imagined or planned, but through it all our transit drivers and other workers have continued to be there, providing an essential service to...
National Day of Action and Healing: #StopAsianHate
Today, March 26, is a National Day of Action and Healing to stop hate against the Asian Pacific Islander community. VTA stands in solidarity with those working to stop the rising tide of violence...
VTA’s Berryessa Transit Center Honored for Commitment to Sustainability
VTA’s Berryessa Transit Center has been awarded the Envision Platinum Award by The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s (ISI) awards program. The Envision Platinum award recognizes the...
US 101/SR 25 Interchange Project Advancing in Design
Traffic congestion may be lighter since the start of pandemic-related shelter-in-place orders, but we all know it’s going to come back someday. With that in mind, VTA and Caltrans are working to make...
VTA Biennial Budget Process Happening Now
VTA Board members are in the process of making decisions about the agency’s biennial budget, to be voted on in June. There are more than a half-dozen opportunities for the public to learn about the...
We Want Your Ideas for Affordable Housing at Transit Centers
Creating livable, walkable, shoppable, and affordable communities near public transit is a major objective of VTA’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Program. And there are two upcoming opportunities...
VTA Helps Spread Transit Mentoring Program for Career Success
VTA is helping to lead four other Northern California transit agencies to create successful labor/management partnerships, aimed at improving the quality of transit careers. The work is being done...
Thanks to Measure B and our Partners, the “Mathilda Monster” is Tamed!
Mathilda Avenue improvements at US 101 and SR 237 first project completed with funds from 2016 levy
If you have driven, walked, biked or taken transit near the Mathilda Avenue interchange at US 101...
VTA Shifts Focus from Transit Service Plan to Urgent Issue of Passenger Pass Ups
As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic increase in severity and additional restrictions are implemented in Santa Clara County, VTA’s challenge is to remain responsive to public health mandates and...
Service Frequency Improvements Means Fewer Bus Riders Passed Up
VTA will increase the frequency of seven bus routes to address the urgent issue of passenger pass ups, a move that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our transit service. Frequency...