Category: Group News

News about and featuring the Silicon Valley Transit Users.

Ten Dead In Tour Bus vs. Semi Collision

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Yesterday evening, ten people died in a collision between a Silverado Stages tour bus and a FedEx semi truck on Interstate 5 in Orland. The area is 90 miles north of Sacramento.

The tour bus was filled with students and their chaperones headed to Humboldt State University on a campus tour. It was one of three tour buses headed to the campus. Those who perished so far are five students and five adults – including the drivers of the collided semi and tour bus.

Let all of us in Silicon Valley and nationwide mourn those who perished. Also, let’s keep those who survived in our thoughts and prayers.

Eugene Bradley
Founder, 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