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Make Your Voice Heard – Join a VTA Advisory Committee.
Are you passionate about transportation? Do you want to advance progress in Santa Clara County's mobility management? Now is your chance to be a part of the decisions that govern how we provide...
You Roll, Because Our Drivers Rock!
Friday March 18th is VTA Transit Driver Appreciation Day! Yes, it is Transit Driver Appreciation Day all over America today, but in Santa Clara County, the Board of Supervisors (thank you Supervisor...
VTA is Hiring Bus Operators
In an effort to restore service to pre-pandemic levels, VTA is recruiting bus operators to help fill around 90 vacancies. A new training class begins December 27, and applications are available.
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January 2025 Service Changes Comes with Increased Coordination
Transition to your new commute routine with the January Service Changes taking effect on Monday, January 13, 2025. Be sure to check the updated schedules before you head out!
Bus Route 22: The two...
In Case You Missed It! Monterey Corridor Community-Based Transportation Plan
The Monterey Corridor Community-Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) focuses on improving mobility options along Monterey Road and within designated project boundaries along Alma Avenue to the north, and...
VTA Offers Free Rides to Santa Clara County Cooling Centers
Temperatures are expected to soar into dangerous numbers over the next few days. Here’s a list of the cooling centers the County of Santa Clara has set up to help protect you from the heat. VTA will...
Obey VTA Safety Precautions
Safety is the most important issue for any transit agency. In Santa Clara County, protections in place around VTA light rail stations and tracks should never be ignored.
This month there were two...
VTA’s Speed and Reliability Program launches across Santa Clara County
Implementing transit and speed improvements are the first step toward achieving VTA’s Visionary Network, an aspirational blueprint for future transit service in Santa Clara County. At the core of this...
A Guaranteed Ride Home When You Need It Most
Let’s set the scene. The morning sun shines bright as you travel to work using VTA’s light rail. Free from driving responsibilities, you listen to a podcast through your headphones. After arriving at...
VTA, ATU Labor Negotiations Update
VTA and ATU Local 265 continue to negotiate for a successor labor agreement. Although current VTA proposals illustrate that the organization is working towards meeting some of the needs of its ATU...
Progress in South San Jose for Traffic and Bike/Pedestrian Mobility
The US 101/Blossom Hill Road Interchange Improvement Project has made a lot of progress since construction started back on September 14, 2020. When driving through this area, folks may have already...
Take a Free Ride on VTA
As we close out 2019 and usher in a new year, VTA will implement major changes to bus and light rail service to better serve you.
VTA will also offer 4 days of FREE transit! From December 28...
Free Rides and a New Transit Service Plan Ringing in the New Year
As you have probably heard by now, we are making major changes to VTA service beginning Saturday, December 28. Ninety percent of our resources will be applied to our more heavily traveled routes, now...
Honoring the Legacy of Mike Evanhoe
Michael Evanhoe Interchange
California Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 152 designated the interchange of State Highway Routes 85 and 101 in the City of San Jose as the Michael Evanhoe...
VTA Sees Steady Ridership Increases
2023 Silicon Valley Bus and Light Rail Ridership is up 25% Over 2022
VTA's transit ridership recovery since the COVID pandemic is among the highest in the nation, including a 25% overall year to...
A Vision Taking Shape in Little Portugal
ICYMI - Here's an update on the Wednesday, August 28 public meeting to kick off the comment period for the Design Development Framework (DDF) of the Transit Oriented Development, near the home of the
...Free Rides to & From Cooling Centers
Due to the Excessive Heat Warning, VTA is offering free rides to and from the County of Santa Clara, California, Cooling Centers on Thursday, August 21, through Saturday, August 23. Just let your bus...
Together, We’re Unstoppable: Ride with Pride to Silicon Valley Pride’s 50th Anniversary
Let’s make history, Silicon Valley! The 50th Anniversary Silicon Valley Pride Parade and Festival returns to downtown San José August 30–31, 2025. This year’s theme is "Unstoppable: 50 Years of Love...
Women Innovating Transit (WIT): VTA’s Female Front-Line Workers Unite for Support and Empowerment
Identifying and addressing the unique challenges women face in public transit, particularly in frontline roles, is the mission of a newly formed group at VTA known as Women Innovating Transit, or “WIT...