Starting at 9am, you van watch the VTA “Envision Silicon Valley” workshop here.
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users
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Sweating Details At A Workshop
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This Friday morning promises to be an event for public transit in Silicon Valley. Then, in San Jose, members of the Valley Transportation Authority’s Board of Directors will discuss what will go into a proposed sales tax ballot measure in November. (Adobe Acrobat PDF Document)
Take any VTA bus, light rail or Caltrain? Learn how YOU are affected by the proposal by reading this article from Adina Levin of Green Caltrain.
The VTA Workshop will be webcast LIVE to the public starting at 9am on Friday.
EVENT: VTA Envision Silicon Valley Workshop
DATE & TIME: Friday, April 22nd at 9am
PLACE: VTA Headquarters, 3331 N. First Street, San Jose
GETTING THERE: VTA Headquarters is right next to the River Oaks light rail station.
If at all possible, join us to ensure VTA continues to build a proper transit system for everyone in Santa Clara County – including YOU. Remember: it will be (more) sales tax money from YOU that will be spent on these transit projects.
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users
DISCLOSURE: Our group is one of the stakeholders of the Envision Silicon Valley effort.
AUDIO: Silicon Valley’s Housing & Transit Crisis
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On March 31 in Mountain View, more than 40 people gathered at the Adobe House near the Mountain View Caltrain station. There, they heard Kim Mai-Cutler speak about the affordable housing and transit shortages currently affecting Silicon Valley. The speech and gathering were organized by the Friends of Caltrain.
As you will hear in the recording above, some of the solutions discussed by Ms. Cutler and the audience, besides the need for additional, affordable housing, include:
- Citizens must better educate themselves on who the decision-makers are at the city and transit (VTA) level, and lobby for improvements at both levels.
- Citizens must also educate themselves on where the money goes at the local and state level NOW for housing and transportation. (A future blog post will have more on the transportation aspect of this.)
- Citizens must realize that they cannot complain about increasing traffic and diminishing quality of life while blocking anything to improve both.
Please comment your own solutions to Silicon Valley’s affordable housing and transit shortage crisis below. Also, comment what YOU would be willing to do at the local government level to make such solutions happen.
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users
VTA Bus Service Changes As Of TODAY
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Bus service in Santa Clara County is changing to enable more connections with Caltrain’s new schedule. To that end, VTA has made several changes to bus service in several areas to make that happen. Here are more details on these and other bus service changes effective today.
Another highlight of these changes involves the 61 or 62 bus lines. These bus service changes re-enable true 15 minute frequencies – particularly along Bascom Avenue between San Jose and Campbell.
What do YOU think about these bus service changes that VTA has made today? Will it help you leave your car and take the bus? What would have to happen Please comment below.
Eugene Bradley
Founder, Silicon Valley Transit Users
They All Did Good At Super Bowl 50
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Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara is now history. Congratulations to the Denver Broncos for winning Super Bowl 50 last Sunday over Carolina by a score of 24-10.
A big “Thank You” goes to BART, Caltrain and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) for providing public transit to and from Super Bowl 50. VTA carried 9,500 fans to and from Super Bowl 50. Of that number, 60% of them transferred from light rail to Caltrain in Mountain View, according to Mass Transit Magazine.
Here’s how those who took VTA and Caltrain saw Super Bowl 50…