Happy New Year!

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Courtesy http://www.happynewyear2015pictures.net

Courtesy http://www.happynewyear2015pictures.net

On behalf of the Silicon Valley Transit Users, I want to wish you a Happy New Year!

Starting at 8pm, New Year’s Eve (Thursday) Caltrain, SamTrans, San Francisco MUNI and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will have FREE transit services. These serve as an alternate to driving drunk, and expensive taxicabs and ride-sharing costs. These transit agencies will also have additional service to handle expected overcrowding; check the links for each transit agency for more details.

On New Year’s Day (Friday) these and other transit agencies will run on a Sunday/Holiday schedule. Make sure to read a guide of transit services running over the New Year’s holiday.  Weekday services for all transit agencies will return on Monday.

We hope you use these transit tips to safely get to and from your New Year’s Eve parties. Let’s be careful out there tonight!

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

 

Merry Christmas!

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christmas 2013

On behalf of the Silicon Valley Transit Users, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  I especially wish a Merry Christmas to those who cannot be with their families.

Today, many transit agencies serving Silicon Valley (VTA, SamTrans, are running a Sunday/Holiday schedule.  Also, Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) rail service and Dumbarton Express buses will not run today, with service resuming on Monday.

Flying to or from San Jose? Read our transit guide for VTA and other bus service to and from Mineta San Jose International Airport to help you beat traffic gridlock.

Taking Greyhound or Megabus to or from San Jose? Our transit guides to the Greyhound bus station in downtown San Jose and Diridon Station for Megabus help you beat traffic. Note that Diridon Station also serves Caltrain, Amtrak buses and trains, VTA buses and light rail, Monterey-Salinas Transit buses, and Highway 17 Express bus service to Santa Cruz.

Doing any last-minute or post-Christmas shopping? Our transit guide to shopping centers and malls throughout Silicon Valley helps you beat parking hassles and traffic gridlock. You will always have a parking spot when you take a bus or train to shop.

Make sure to stay safe out there this Christmas holiday season.  See you on the bus or train.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

 

History Repeats In Alum Rock

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Bus Rapid Transit build at Alum Rock/Jackson in May 2015. Courtesy Google Maps

Bus Rapid Transit build at Alum Rock/Jackson in May 2015. Courtesy Google Maps.

There goes the Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) record of having projects built on-time and on-budget. By now, you’ve probably heard the news about how construction delays along Alum Rock Avenue in San Jose have delayed the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project until Summer 2016.

More on this issue – and how it parallels a past transit project in San Jose – follows.

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