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CORRECTION: Meeting Next Tuesday

Due to a prior space commitment, our meeting has been moved to next Tuesday (June 30) at 6pm at the San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S. 7th Street in San Jose. It’s a block from the San Jose State University campus, and a short walk from VTA’s 22, 522 Rapid, 63, 64, 65, 72, 73 and Highway 17 Express bus lines. It’s also 1 block from San Jose City Hall and is a 5-10 minute walk from VTA light rail at the Santa Clara station.

Agenda topics include:

  • proposing future times, dates and locations for our group meetings
  • an update on a proposed guest for our next meeting (VTA Board member Dave Whittum)
  • an update on our work with the VTA’s “Envision Silicon Valley” group in the effort to have a transit sales tax

Can’t make it to San Jose June 30? Call (415)655-0001. When prompted, use the meeting dialin code 190581606 then press #. Or, visit www.webex.com, click the “join” button, and enter the meeting dialin code with your full name and email address (which we do NOT collect unless YOU request it). The meeting should not last more than 30 minutes.

See you on Tuesday!

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Transit Service To the Warriors’ Victory Parade

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Warriors victory parade map in Oakland on Friday. Courtesy NBC Bay Area and BART.

It’s time for another Bay Area sports team victory parade. On Tuesday, the Golden State Warriors won their fourth overall NBA title, beating Cleveland in six games. The Warriors will have their victory parade celebrating their first NBA championship since 1975 in downtown Oakland on Friday starting at 10am. Oakland officials will allow the crowd to gather along the parade route starting at around 5am.

Because of the parade, expect traffic gridlock conditions in the downtown Oakland area all day Friday. To address this issue, BART will run extra trains with rush hour service all day to (safely) transport fans to and from the parade route.

Download the map for the Warriors’ victory parade route in downtown Oakland here.

Planning on going to the victory parade in Oakland? You’ll want to get there as early as possible to obtain the best viewing spot. This guide features transit information allowing “Dub Nation” in Silicon Valley to beat the traffic gridlock to and from the victory celebration in Oakland on Friday. Details on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and Dumbarton Express (DB) connecting buses to BART trains to the victory celebration follow below.

CANCELED: Late Night Light Rail Outage

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VTA crews repairing a light rail power pole broken when a van crashed into it this morning. Photo courtesy @ChrisNguyenTV on Twitter

We just received notice from VTA that the light rail service outage originally scheduled for this evening will NOT take place after all. We are awaiting word on VTA on why the outage was cancelled at this time.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

We Meet Tonight!

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At our meeting TONIGHT at 6pm SHARP in San Jose, we’ll discuss:

Want to take part in our meeting but can’t physically make it to San Jose ? Connect with us via WebEx audio by calling (415)655-0001 at 5:55pm. When prompted for the PIN number, use meeting number 193517517 as the code, then press the # button on your phone to join. Please announce your FULL name and where you live at when asked to join. We will NOT accept anonymous phone calls.

Got a computer, smartphone or laptop? Visit www.webex.com and click the “Join” button. Then, when prompted, enter meeting number 193517517, then enter your name and email address.

Have a pencil or pen and paper handy when you attend in person or remotely.  You will be expected to take notes during our meeting.

See you tonight!

Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users

Memorial Day Transit Guide

Happy Memorial Day!

On behalf of the Silicon Valley Transit Users, I wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day. Please use this weekend to remember our nation’s Armed Forces who protect us from harm every day.

To that end, here is your Caltrain and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) transit guide to some of the many events in and around Santa Clara County this weekend.