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VTA Looks to Bounce Back, Resume Fare Collection
While the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) momentarily stopped collecting fares amid the COVID-19 pandemic, payment will soon be required again to board—in addition to continued...
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Applicants Sought for 2021 Santa Clara Co. Civil Grand Jury
The Santa Clara County Superior Court is calling for people to apply for next year’s Civil Grand Jury—a volunteer watchdog agency that investigates local government. Grand jury service gives citizens a...
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VTA May Double GM’s Contract Signing Authority to $1 Million
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) officials are poised to bump up the agency director’s contract signing authority to $1 million. If the Board of Directors approves the recommendation...
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Op-Ed: The Equity Case For Caltrain’s Measure RR
Passing Measure RR will support essential healthcare workers who depend on Caltrain during Covid-19, fund equity policies that would make Caltrain accessible to many more low-income people and reduce...
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Op-Ed: We Must Make San Jose Safer for Pedestrians, Cyclists
I was sitting inside a building I’d never thought to be in, on a hard bench in the front row. Directly across from me was an open casket. My eyes were fixed on the chestnut brown curly locks of my...
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App Shows How to Walk, Bike or Bus to Nearest Vote Center
Finding the nearest vote center is easier than ever now thanks to a new interactive feature on a transit app used by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). Just open the Transit App and...
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Bay Area Public Transit Agencies Struggle to Survive the Economic Toll of the...
The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on every aspect of day-to-day life, but one part people may not fully realize until it’s too late is the destruction the virus is inflicting on public transit...
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VTA Increases Frequency on Busiest Bus Routes to Prevent Passenger Pass-Ups
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has shifted focus from advancing its Draft 2021 Transit Service Plan to funnel resources to some of its busiest bus routes. On Friday, the agency...
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South Bay City Officials Slam VTA’s Measure B Outlook
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s draft 10-year outlook for Measure B has received sharp criticism from South Bay city officials, who say the agency is going against the voters by...
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Op-Ed: VTA Should Rethink Those ‘Spaced Out’ Bus Stops
On New Year’s Eve, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) released a video about its new bus stop-canceling project titled “Our Bus Stops Are Getting Spaced Out—Less Stops, More Go!” The...
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Deputies Seek Suspect After VTA Worker Hit by an Arrow
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is seeking information and a suspect after a Valley Transportation Authority employee was hit in the back by an arrow Tuesday afternoon. The employee was...
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SCC Supes to Vote on $350M in Bonds for Affordable Housing
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is poised to approve the second tranche of Measure A funding on Tuesday—$350 million for the construction of affordable housing. In 2016, more than...
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Transit Advocates are Pushing MTC to Release $1.7 Billion in Federal Funding...
When the American Rescue Plan (ARP) was officially signed into law on March 11, the goal of the $1.9 trillion federal relief package was to reinvigorate the national economy following the devastating...
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New Santa Clara County Health Order Ends Telework Mandate
Mandated work-from-home orders in Santa Clara County are coming to an end, county health leaders said Tuesday. When the pandemic hit, county health officer Dr. Sara Cody issued guidelines that required...
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VTA Poised to Appoint New General Manager and CEO
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is poised to approve a new general manager and CEO after losing its last leader to President Joe Biden's administration in January. Carolyn Gonot is the...
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Shooter Down, Multiple Fatalities at VTA Transit Maintenance Yard
Multiple injuries and multiple fatalities were reported today in an early morning mass shooting by a lone gunman at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority maintenance yard on Younger Ave. in...
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Nine Killed, including Gunman, at Valley Transportation Authority Yard in San...
The VTA attack was the worst mass shooting in the Bay Area since 1993. Wednesday's killer set fire to his own house before the deadly assault. The post Nine Killed, including Gunman, at Valley...
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VTA Shooting Victims Identified: All Male Transit Workers
Investigators were seeking a motive for the morning attack by a Santa Clara VTA transit supervisor on his co-workers, leaving eight dead and seriously injuring at least one other. The post VTA Shooting...
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Ninth Shooting Victim Dies, Police Discover Multiple Explosive Devices at...
Alex Ward Fritch, 49, who had been in critical condition since being taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Wednesday morning, died from his injuries, the County of Santa Clara Medical...
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Victims Were Dedicated to Their Families, Their Co-workers and Their Communities
"Many of you have reported the names of the employees who were lost. To us here at VTA they are friends and our family and we want to honor their memory." The post Victims Were Dedicated to Their...
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