How do I use a Ticket Vending Machine?
You can perform the following transactions on Ticket Vending Machine:
- Purchase an Adult Clipper card for $3 at select light rail platforms
- Load Clipper e-cash value, VTA Monthly Pass, or other...
You can perform the following transactions on Ticket Vending Machine:
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...
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...
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...
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 offers paid parking at the Berryessa and Milpitas Transit Centers. Both locations have garage and surface lot parking.
To avoid waiting for pay kiosks at transit centers, VTA recommends its...
No, these parking lots are operated by VTA and parking fees will be enforced 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, including holidays. The Milpitas and Berryessa Parking information page provides...
No. All parking is first come, first serve.
Yes, advanced payment for long-term parking at the Berryessa and Milpitas transit centers can be made at www.vta.org/payparking or at on-site pay stations at the rate of $7 per calendar day. There is...
An automated license plate reader system moves through all parking lots and garages to ensure every vehicle parked has paid.
Motorcycles parked in the designated “Motorcycle Parking” area park for free.
If you park your motorcycle in a regular parking space intended for a vehicle larger than a motorcycle, you will be...
There are 24 ChargePoint electric vehicle charging stations in each of the Milpitas and Berryessa transit garages that are first come, first serve.
The fee to charge your electric vehicle is...