Customers may bring small pets on buses and light rail only in a completely enclosed cage or carrying case that is small enough to fit on the customer’s lap. The animal must not endanger or annoy...
As a safety measure, a VTA bus operator can stop at a location that is closer to your final destination than the regular stop, providing it is along the designated route.
This service is available...
VTA is proud to be part of the "Safe Place" program. As a safety measure, a VTA bus operator will offer a “safe place” to any minor in need, including runaways, the homeless, the abused and/or...
VTA buses and light rail operate on Sunday/Holiday schedule for the following holidays:
At VTA, our goal is to provide customers with a safe, comfortable trip every time they ride our system. Clean vehicles, reliable service, and nice amenities like WiFi on the light rail, are just a few...
VTA has equipped all buses with exterior bike racks that can accommodate up to three bicycles. Rapid 522 buses (the long blue ones) can hold three bikes on the front rack plus two inside the...
If a vehicle does not have a FasTrak toll tag, license plate camera images are used to match the vehicle to a valid FasTrak account and charge that account.
If a driver does not have an account...
Seats near the front door of all VTA buses and Light Rail trains are designated for seniors and persons with disabilities.
Passengers who want to use the priority seating area but find that it is...
Mobility devices must be secured every time when used upon a VTA bus. VTA also recommends, but does not require, the use of lap belts and shoulder harnesses.
Bus operators are responsible for...
Bus operators will assist passengers with disabilities and seniors:
The Northbound 288L will depart Palo Alto Veteran’s Hospital 10 minutes after Gunn High School dismissal time.
288 will depart Palo Alto Veteran’s Hospital 12 minutes after Gunn High School dismissal time. The 4:22 pm trip will operate on regular school days.
If you tried to reset your VTA.org Vendor Portal password and didn't see the email in your inbox within a minute or two, it may have been caught in your spam filter. Due to the increasing importance...
A Major Investment Study, completed by VTA in 2001, evaluated 11 different combinations of transit alternatives and alignments for the I-880 and I-680 corridors. BART was identified with the currently...
When the BART District was formed in the 1960s, Santa Clara County opted out. As population and job growth rose in Santa Clara County, congestion along the I-880 and I-680 corridors grew as well. VTA...
VTA's BART Silicon Valley Extension Program will bring Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) into Santa Clara County and ring the San Francisco Bay with frequent rail service. The program is a 16-mile, six...
VTA intends to engage the community throughout the project. Please sign-up to receive updates in the "Subscribe to Updates" section on this page. There will also be several opportunities to attend...
VTA has a long standing partnership with the cities. This includes coordination with city staff within the Planning, Engineering, and Public Works departments. This relationship and partnership will...
The funding strategy for VTA's BART Phase II Project is planned through multiple revenue streams including:
VTA is using innovation to minimize impact to small businesses. VTA and BART chose the single-bore tunnel construction methodology to reduce street-level impacts to the extent feasible that...
Our printed and online schedules only list major timepoints for reference, but trains will stop at all stations when a customer onboard requests the stop or someone is waiting to board.
You can use...
Based on our project team’s advanced engineering efforts to determine schedule and cost, VTA anticipates:
VTA received Board approval of its California Environmental Quality Act document (Subsequent Environmental Impact Report) in April 2018. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a Record of...
Approximately five of the six mile Phase II Project will be in a subway tunnel, starting just east of US-101 and Las Plumas Avenue and ending just north of I-880 and Newhall Street. The 28th Street...
The projected 2035 daily ridership for Phase II is approximately 54,600. This projection is based on a 2012 travel demand model that includes Association of Bay Area Governments 2009 land-use data...
