Coming Up…

Here is what is coming up on the site:

  • More on the VTA bus service changes effective on Monday (April 11)
  • The 40-year anniversary of the first transit sales tax for Santa Clara County, in 1976
  • A VTA budget challenge of our own
  • More on Kim Mai-Cutler’s speech in Mountain View on March 31 detailing the housing and transit crisis
  • Additional Silicon Valley transit news that has come up recently

Please enjoy the rest of this weekend. Don’t forget to follow @svtransitupdts on Twitter for up-to-date transit information.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Mountain View Solutions Meeting Tonight

People will gather in Mountain View tonight to help solve Silicon Valley’s transportation and housing crisis.  The Friends of Caltrain will host an event to tackle these two vexing solutions more residents now face.  From the event invite:

How can Silicon Valley be so fast-moving when it comes to technology and so stuck when it comes to housing and transportation? Mountain View is now planning for housing in North Bayshore near Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft – how much will this help, and what else is needed?

Kim-Mai Cutler is the author of powerful and insightful articles in TechCrunch exploring the causes of the Bay Area’s housing and transportation conundrums. Come hear her explain how we got here, and explore ideas for change.

The event is co-sponsored by Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning, Balanced Mountain View, Sunnyvale Cool, Palo Alto Forward, Redwood City Forward, TransForm, Microsoft, LinkedIn.

TIME & DATE: TONIGHT 6:30pm
PLACE: Adobe House, 157 Moffett Blvd, Mountain View
GETTING THERE: Adobe House is 1/2 block (5 minute walk) from the Mountain View Transit Center and VTA light rail, Caltrain, and the 35 and 51 bus lines. It’s also a 5 minute walk from employee shuttle bus stops for Google, Yahoo, and others.

Click here to RSVP http://org.salsalabs.com/o/741/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=85391

Come early as the venue is expected to fill up quickly. See you tonight.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Recent Silicon Valley Transit News

One VTA Board of Directors’ member replaces another that retired after Super Bowl 50.  A new Caltrain schedule will feature three bicycle cars on some trains. Cupertino and Palo Alto want their own local taxes to relieve traffic congestion. An online vote to help name a future BART station in East San Jose.  Details on all this are below as we catch up on some recent transit news in Santa Clara County.