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Outdoor Hockey Night in Silicon Valley

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Sharks fans head to Levi’s Stadium for this evening’s outdoor hockey game vs. the LA Kings. Source: @ThinkBiggerSJ

There’s a San Jose Sharks-L.A. Kings outdoor hockey game tonight Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara at 7pm. Expect overcrowding on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system-wide, as hockey fans travel to and from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.

Note some of the other transit options like Caltrain linking with VTA buses and light rail in Mountain View to take hockey fans to and from this special game. Note some of the other transit options to and from tonight’s game as well.

Had a good or bad experience on VTA tonight for the game or any other game? Bring that issue up to VTA Customer Service and management thru these steps.

We’ll be monitoring the transit service before, during, and after the game via @svtransitusers on Twitter.

The latest transit updates tonight – and any time – are available via @svtransitupdts on Twitter.

Stay safe when riding the buses and trains tonight.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Happy Presidents’ Day!

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On behalf of the Silicon Valley Transit Users, I wish everyone a Happy Presidents’ Day.

While this is a Federal holiday, many businesses and retail are open for business as a regular Monday. To that end, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) buses and light rail are running a regular weekday schedule.

See a full matrix of other transit agencies’ service plans today like Caltrain, Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) and Dumbarton Express buses.

Please stay safe when riding buses and trains, as always.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Current Events

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New VTA priority seating sign, soon to be on all buses and light rail trains.

This evening’s Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors’ meeting in San Jose:

  • discussed on new signs reminding riders to give up front seats near bus and train doors for the elderly and disabled (pictured above)
  • introduced a new, employee-only hotline where fraud, waste, and abuse can be anonymously reported to a third party “ethics hotline”
  • initial discussion reminding citizens of the VTA biennial budget – how your money will be spent on transportation for the next two (2) years – with public meetings in may.

Towards the end of the Board of Directors’ meeting, Board Member Dave Whittum of Sunnyvale passed on some findings on how more bus service can be provided in Santa Clara County at the lowest cost. All attempts will be made to obtain a copy of this report, which will be featured here.

Also, now that the web site issues have been fixed, this weekend will feature updated VTA Board Member and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) contact information for 2015.

Thank you for your patience, and have a nice weekend.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

One more note: all web site issues have now been resolved as of this morning.

First Group Meeting Of 2015 This Thursday

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Please join us at our first meeting of 2015 this Thursday, January 29 at 6pm in San Jose.  Meeting agenda is as follows:

  • Things YOU can do to make Bus Rapid Transit on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose happen
  • How YOU can help make VTA buses and light rail run more on time
  • Other Santa Clara County transit issues you want to discuss

The meeting is expected to be no more than one (1) hour.

Here are VTA bus, rail, and automobile directions on getting to the San Jose Peace & Justice Center. Be advised there is NO live video or audio streaming (yet) for our group meetings. The only way to know what’s going on and how YOU can make taking VTA better: BE THERE.

Bring a pencil or pen and paper (or smartphone/tablet notepad program) for our meeting. This is because information will be given to you during our meeting talks (see agenda above) which you need to make note of.

Please spread the word about our group meetings as needed. ALL ARE WELCOME! See on on Thursday.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

More Evening Buses Serving West Valley College

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Attend or work at West Valley College in Saratoga? Good news if you take one of the bus lines to and from Winchester light rail station in Campbell. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) just added new evening service on the 37 Community Bus line between West Valley College and Winchester.

The added bus service, which runs every hour on weekdays only, is as follows:

Buses depart Winchester light rail station for West Valley College at 7:37pm, 8:39pm and 9:39pm, arriving at West Valley College about 14 minutes later.

Buses depart West Valley College at 7:11pm, 7:57pm, 8:58pm and 9:58pm, arriving at Winchester about 14 minutes later.

What do you think about the added evening bus service to and from West Valley College? Please discuss in the Comments section.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users