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

Some Questions On El Camino Real BRT Draft Docs

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The idea of having dedicated bus lanes or even bus queue jumping lanes along El Camino Real sounds great. This has raised some questions, however.

On January 14, I wrote a letter on behalf of our group to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) providing input on its Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for their El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project. Input for the letter was obtained from members on our Yahoo! Group email list.

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