No. Institutions are required to purchase SmartPasses for all eligible individuals at a given location.
This requirement allows Institutions a cost-effective way to provide access to public transit...
Due to VTA and Clipper’s Privacy Policies and state and federal privacy laws, SmartPass institutions are restricted to anonymized aggregated utilization data.
See SmartPass Instituion Portal...
Please contact your SmartPass coordinator immediately.
All SmartPass replacements should go through the coordinators. VTA and Clipper cannot verify your SmartPass eligibility thus would not be able...
The per-person annual SmartPass rates are based in part on the VTA service available at the site’s geographic location. The following chart summarizes the Service Level at different geographic...
The high-occupancy vehicle requirement for the SR 237 and US 101/SR 85 Express Lanes is three or more riders (or HOV 3+). Vehicles with two riders will be eligible for a 50% toll discount with a...
The free Wi-Fi available on Light Rail, many buses, and select VTA Transit Centers (Winchester, Alum Rock and Chynoweth) helps you be more productive.
VTA light rail operates on a proof-of-payment system. You must possess validated fare while on the light rail system. Fare inspectors regularly patrol the system and ask passengers at random to...
Santa Clara County voters have approved 2016 Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians and...
The Programming and Grants section of VTA's Congestion Management Agency is charged with countywide fund programming and administration for Federal and State transportation grant funding recipients.
...Our trip planner will help you plan your route based on your starting and ending locations. Your trip will be customized to get you to depart or arrive based on your needs. You can also select your...
A project timeline is a visual list of tasks or activities placed in chronological order, which allows you to view the entirety of the project in one place.
The schedule map will show you where lines intersect and also provide major cross street and landmark information.
Service Alerts will notify you of long-term disruptions and detours in place, including reroutes, bus bridges, and moved/closed bus stops.
On the other hand, the Real-Time feature will be able to...
At approximately 90 feet below ground, the boarding station platforms are comparable to other underground stations in California and around the United States. Within the Bay Area, it is about the same...
In early April 2018, the VTA Board of Directors approved VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension (BSVII) Project, certified the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) as CEQA lead...
In 2008, before the BART Extension Program was broken into two phases, a twin bore configuration with cut-and-cover stations was relatively advanced. However, those plans are now nearly 15 years old...
Real Time is a way to identify where in the route your bus or light rail train is currently. Real time data is fed from the bus or light rail train to keep track of the vehicle's location.
Our new...
As Santa Clara County's Congestion Management Agency, VTA is responsible for designing and constructing the BART Silicon Valley Extension Program. VTA will own all the property, facilities, and...
During the environmental clearance phase of the VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project, both the twin-bore and single-bore tunneling methodologies were evaluated and assessed regarding...
At approximately 90 feet below ground, station platform and tunnel depth is comparable to several other stations throughout the United States. Locally, it is about the same depth as the Union Square...
All stations are designed per BART standards and house many required BART support facilities within:
First, all stations have 700-ft long platforms to accommodate a typical 10-car BART train. ...
VTA has agreements with the following regional transit operators to provide convenient transfers - find the details on our Regional Transfers page:
