All are welcome to join us at our group’s meeting of 2016. That meeting will be on Tuesday January 26 at 6pm at the San Jose Peace and Justice Center, 48 S. 7th Street in San Jose.
Fatal Greyhound Bus Crash In S. San Jose
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UPDATE: CHP estimates bus accident will block NB/SB Hwy 101 HOV lanes in SJ for 8 hours. https://t.co/RvYmIGV4Nu pic.twitter.com/jncWuZ8lno
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) January 19, 2016
Tuesday morning’s commute from south of San Jose proved to be a nightmare. At around 6:30am this morning, a Greyhound bus from Los Angeles to Oakland overturned and crashed on Highway 101, just south of Highway 85 in southern San Jose. As of 8:30am, two people have died and 18 have been injured.
The resulting traffic gridlock on Highway 101 northbound has caused at least 30 minute delays on VTA’s 121 and 168 express bus lines from Morgan Hill and Gilroy. Also, delays are expected on Monterey-Salinas Transit’s 55 and 86 bus lines between San Jose and Monterey County.
See your favorite news outlet for more information regarding this tragic bus crash. One definitely must consider use of public transportation like VTA or Caltrain today, if you have not done so already. Let this also be a reminder to SLOW DOWN if you must drive.
Stay safe out there…
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users
Happy Birthday, Dr. King, Jr.
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Source: chatcentralgateway.com
Today, we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Transit agencies such as Caltrain, VTA and SamTrans will run on a regular weekday schedule. However, the Altamont Corridor Express will run on a modified schedule. This modified schedule has three southbound trains for the morning hour and three northbound trains in the evening rush hour.
Martin Luther King Day ACE will not run ACE train 7/10 ACE will run trains ACE 1,3 & 5 in the morning and ACE trains 4,6 & 8 in the evening
— ACE Train (@ACE_train) January 13, 2016
To celebrate and honor Dr. King, Jr., several events from San Jose to San Francisco will take place.
San Mateo will have a Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration at its Caltrain station starting at 8:30am. It will end at around 10:30am when the special Caltrain “Celebration Train” is due to arrive to pick up passengers going to the celebration parade in San Francisco. That parade in San Francisco starts at the Caltrain Station at 4th/King at around 11am, when the “Celebration Train” arrives. The parade ends at the Yerba Buena Center a few blocks away, where the rest of the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration activities will take place.
I leave you with the full (as possible) audio Dr. King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech from 1963…
In some ways, the Dream must still be realized. We can still realize Dr. King, Jr.’s dream – and more – when we work together.
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users