Category: Group News

News about and featuring the Silicon Valley Transit Users.

Notes From Our March 27 Meeting

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(Apologies for the delay in posting this. There have been some personal issues I have had to deal with.)

At our group meeting last Thursday, we discussed the need to get the word out on being safe as a pedestrian. This issue is in light of recent and tragic incidents such as:

More on this particular incident in a later post. Meanwhile, read and understand these safety tips from Caltrain on how to cross railroad tracks – especially if you drive a car.

We also discussed VTA’s plans for transit service to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, and a meeting in Mountain View April 9 to determine transit needs in the Palo Alto and Mountain View area. Of the latter, member Michael Ludvig recommended increased service frequency on the 51 bus line (Moffett Field-De Anza College).

Lots of catching up to do…

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Current Issues We’re Monitoring

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Look for more information on two issues our group is tracking:

  • Pedestrian deaths on the streets and on railroad tracks
  • VTA’s proposed plans for transit service to and from events at Levi’s Stadium

More on what’s going on – and what YOU can do – is coming soon.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Google Translate Now Available Here

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You can now view our site in any language. This morning the Google Translate widget was added to the web site. The widget now allows machine translation of our web site from the standard English into any language.

For desktop site viewers (or mobile users who choose to view the full site), the widget is located as the first item on the right hand sidebar of all site pages.

For mobile site viewers at m.svtransitusers.org, click once on the double-down arrow button below the “Silicon Valley Transit Users” title. Then, scroll down past the menu options. The Google Translate widget is the widget after the menus.

Now our information is available in any language. This removes many excuses from not learning about issues affecting public transit in Silicon Valley. Enjoy!

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

We’re On SoundCloud!

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The Silicon Valley Transit Users is now using SoundCloud instead of PodBean as our podcast area. The switch to SoundCloud allows for more universal access to podcasts of our activities via smartphones and tablets, as well as desktop and laptop computers.

Our first entry in the new podcast area is a recording from the December 4 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) community meeting to propose extending light rail to Los Gatos.

The recording is nearly two (2) hours long.

Eventually our new podcast area will have recordings of current and prior VTA Board Meetings and workshops, selected radio newscasts involving transit issues in Santa Clara County, and even some of our group activities.

Enjoy!

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users