VTA

This category contains 14 posts

BART to San Jose (Volume 3): Wicked, Tricksy, False

Posted by Eric ⋅ 20 October 2008 ⋅ 12 Comments

In a Merc editorial last week, Caltrans director Will Kempton urged us to support BART to San Jose because “transportation professionals with 70 years of combined experience” support the project. Kempton’s piece also proclaims that the inflated ridership projection, in the vicinity of 100,000 daily riders, is “solid,” a statement that appears highly dubious in … Continue reading →

BART to San Jose (Volume 1): A Long-Expected Party

Posted by Eric ⋅ 1 October 2008 ⋅ 18 Comments

BART’s original planners had big dreams, envisioning a single system that would serve most cities and towns in the Bay Area with smooth, modern rapid transit. Central to that vision was that all three of the Bay Area’s major cities — San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, along with their respective airports — would be linked … Continue reading →

VTA Upgrades Light Rail Platforms

Posted by Eric ⋅ 9 February 2008 ⋅ 4 Comments

VTA upgrades light rail platforms. This weekend, VTA has started a project that will retrofit its south line light rail platforms to permit level boarding by eliminating en eight-inch gap between platforms and light rail vehicles. The stations that will be upgraded are: Children’s Discovery Museum, Virginia, Tamien, Curtner, Capitol, Branham, Ohlone / Chynoweth, Oakridge, … Continue reading →

The New VTA

Posted by Eric ⋅ 14 January 2008 ⋅ 3 Comments

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), the agency which operates buses and light rail in the South Bay and the southern reaches of the Peninsula, has traditionally organized itself according to the principle that bus routes should cover a reasonably comprehensive geographic area, so that given enough time, an individual can essentially travel to most … Continue reading →