The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has released a Request for Proposals to hire a consultant to aid the agency in making significant and meaningful changes in the organizational...
What better way to start the new year than celebrating the accomplishments of one of our own!
Angelina Begines, the daughter of Felipe Begines, a veteran bus operator out of the Chaboya Division...
-Updated January 20, 2022-
As construction continues on the US 101/Blossom Hill Road Interchange Improvement Project, drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians alike will notice some signal and signage...
In observance of January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, VTA acknowledges our unique role and responsibility as transportation employees to help combat this growing criminal scourge.
Unfortun...
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement with the agency’s largest employee union, The Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU...
VTA is considering a project that could provide affordable rental housing adjacent to the Winchester Light Rail Station in Campbell. If approved, the development could enable senior citizens, veterans...
Many of the mechanics stationed at VTA’s North Yard maintenance facility have evolved their careers in public service over the years. Some, like Maintenance Superintendent Jay Petty, got their start...
New year, new Board Chair.
San Jose Vice Mayor Charles “Chappie” Jones has officially taken the helm as Chair of the VTA Board of Directors. Morgan Hill Mayor Rich Constantine is the new Vice Chair...
(This article was contributed by VTA Senior Transportation Planner Adam Burger)
Imagine a Downtown San José designed to be more sustainable, to combat climate change, to decrease vehicle miles...
UPDATE (3/1/22) - Track work at 1st & Younger in San Jose has been extended through Sunday, March 6. Bus Bridge will continue between Civic Center and Gish. Regular light rail service will resume...
More than 40 local residents and business owners tuned in to VTA’s first public meeting soliciting feedback on possible new housing near the Winchester Light Rail Station. The January 19th virtual...
Drivers traveling along US 101 and SR 85 through Palo Alto or Mountain View lately may notice toll prices listed on the newly built Express Lane digital signage. Rest assured, you are not yet being...
A grant award made official by the California Energy Commission's Clean Transportation Program on January 26 brings VTA a big step closer to transitioning to a newer, quieter, greener and zero...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 has been awarded the Envision Platinum Award by The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s (ISI) awards program. The Envision Platinum award recognizes the...
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 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...
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...
This post was contributed by VTA's Environmental Team.
Sustainability is an integral part of the operation and delivery of accessible, community-focused, and innovative transportation services. As...
A three-thousand-dollar reward is now being offered for information leading to the apprehension of the person who attacked a VTA bus operator with a bow and arrow.
The operator was shot in the back...
