The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) was informed today that members of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 have voted to accept the agency’s latest contract offer, concluding a months-long negotiation process. The ratification vote took place on June 3, 2025. The agreement includes wage increases of 4%, 3.5%, 3%, and 4% over a … Read more
For the second year, more than $750,000 in funding is available to community organizations working to help create vibrant, equitable, and walkable neighborhoods near public transit, known as Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC). Throughout May, VTA is offering special workshops to help applicants pursue the funding. VTA’s 2025 Transit-Oriented Communities Grant Program is seeking proposals from public agencies, charities, universities, … Read more
The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has begun offering Uber vouchers to help people who rely on public transit to get around. The agency has started offering vouchers of up to $5 per ride, with a maximum of two rides per day to transit customers. These rides must start and stop at a VTA bus or … Read more
Thousands of daily VTA riders in the South Bay will have to find alternate transportation on Monday as frontline transit workers go on strike over stalled contract negotiations. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, representing more than 1,500 VTA workers, including bus and light rail operators, is following through on its notice last week to the … Read more
The ride along De La Cruz Boulevard/Trimble Road near Highway 101 should soon run a lot smoother. Contractors for the Valley Transportation Agency (VTA) are putting the finishing touches on the major upgrades along the Santa Clara – San Jose border. “[The] contractor is in the final stage to finish signal light installation and concrete … Read more
After years of dreaming, planning and discussion, the work to bring BART to Santa Clara is officially underway. On Friday, June 14, leaders from BART, VTA, San Jose and Santa Clara picked up shovels and ceremonially tossed the first shovelful of dirt at the future site of the Newhall BART yard. “The project will provide … Read more
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project is excited to announce the launch of its Official Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Naming Contest! VTA is seeking a name for the TBM that reflects the spirit of the Project and honors a prominent female figure (or a representative name) from, or associated with, Santa Clara County … Read more
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) received the first two of 92 hybrid buses for the agency’s fleet. Every week since the mid-February, VTA has received approximately six buses per week. The agency plans to have the fleet fully operational in the coming months and will decommission most of the remaining diesel buses as … Read more
With Super Bowl LX just a few years away from arriving at Levi’s Stadium and the FIFA World Cup quick on its heels, the Valley Transportation Agency (VTA) has started planning the big events. The transit agency held the first of a series of meetings in a crowded ballroom at the DoubleTree in San Jose … Read more
VTA has just made a $76 million purchase to help bring BART to Santa Clara. The transit agency purchased its Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), a massive piece of machinery that will drill a tunnel for the BART tracks to travel through to connect San Jose and Santa Clara. VTA has already started preparing for the … Read more