Headways

December 05, 2018
VTA Board to Consider Final Relocation Plan for BART Phase II Project
On December 6, the VTA Board of Directors will consider adopting the Final Relocation Plan for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension into downtown San Jose and the City of Santa Clara. The...
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December 03, 2018
VTA Fills Vacant Positions by “Growing Our Own”
The positions were nearly impossible to fill, until VTA decided to ‘grow their own’. Now, six new Overhead Line workers are ready to take on one of the most sensitive and potentially dangerous jobs in...
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November 26, 2018
Commuter Checks Reduce the Cost of Transit
Many Silicon Valley employers already offer a monthly SmartPass for VTA transit service, but what about employees who want to ride Caltrain, BART, ACE, SamTrans, AC Transit, Santa Cruz Metro, or...
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November 20, 2018
Exclusively Trained K-9 Officers Join Transit Patrol
Public transportation is among the most sensitive targets of terrorism, and now VTA has new dedicated tools to protect passengers: Yoshi and Nala, two bomb-sniffing, but affable, Labrador Retrievers...
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November 15, 2018
Urban Village Planned Near VTA’s Berryessa BART Station
Here’s your opportunity to find out more, and weigh in with your opinion, about plans to develop land near VTA’s Berryessa BART station with mixed-used commercial and residential properties. The plan...
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November 05, 2018
Safety Around Bus and Rail is Top Priority
We may sound like a broken record, but it bears repeating...often: Safety is our number one priority. VTA bus and rail operators go through extensive safety training to operate their vehicles, but...
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November 05, 2018
Multimodal Improvement Plans Pass for Mountain View and Santa Clara
At the VTA Board of Directors meeting on November 1, the Board passed separate Multimodal Improvement Plans (MIP) for the City of Mountain and City of Santa Clara. The MIPs had also previously been...
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October 31, 2018
VTA Recognizes Community Partner HomeFirst
VTA remains committed to pursuing valued partnerships that enhance quality of life in Santa Clara County. At the November 1 VTA Board of Directors meeting, HomeFirst will be awarded Community...
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October 18, 2018
Court of Appeal Upholds Validity of VTA’s 2016 Measure B
Today the State of California Court of Appeal issued a decision to uphold the validity of VTA’s 2016 Measure B (“Measure B”) saying that the measure is enforceable as written. (Learn more about the...
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