July 7, 2020 VTA Looks to Bounce Back, Resume Fare Collection By Kyle Martin Beginning Aug. 1, fares will resume for all Valley Transportation Authority buses, light rail and other transit services. Read More 2
May 19, 2020 All Aboard! BART Finally Sets Date for San Jose Service By Emanuel Lee The 10-mile, $2.3 billion extension brings BART service from Warm Springs in Fremont through Milpitas and on to North San Jose. Read More 8
May 1, 2020 VTA to Require Face Masks Starting Next Week By Silicon Valley Newsroom VTA has also limited rider capacity to nine people on 60-foot buses, six people on 40-foot buses and five people on 35-foot buses. Read More 4
April 2, 2020 ‘Zoom Bombers’ Shout Epithets, Flash Obscene Images in VTA’s Virtual Board Meeting By Grace Hase Hackers logged onto the videoconference call to shout the N-word, project a swastika and broadcast pornography onto the screen. Read More 11
March 27, 2020 Editorial: Santa Clara Valley Health System Needs Its Own Independent Board By New SV Media The colossal coronavirus failure of 2020 is a clear sign that politics needs to be decoupled from a healthcare system meant to keep us safe. Read More 5
March 25, 2020 Coronavirus Updates, March 25, 2020: Officials Say Actual Case Count is Higher Than You Think By Silicon Valley Newsroom As the COVID-19 case count slowly ticks upward, the actual number of people infected with the coronavirus is many times greater. Read More 5
March 22, 2020 VTA Offers Free Rides During Public Health Shutdown By Silicon Valley Newsroom Yup. From now until who-knows-when this stay-at-home decree is finally lifted, the price of passage is on the house. Read More 7
March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Live Updates, March 20, 2020: Local Lockdown Goes Statewide With No End in Sight By Jennifer Wadsworth That Bay Area stay-at-home order meant to last three weeks? It applies to all of California now and no one’s sure how long it’ll last. Read More 7
February 28, 2020 San Jose Opens First ‘Tiny Homes’ Village for the Homeless By Grace Hase The cabins will house 40 homeless people on a Mabury Road property owned by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Read More 9
February 14, 2020 VTA Fiercely Denies Wrongdoing By Silicon Valley Newsroom The agency asserted, without providing proof, that “there were no illegal activities or circumvented processes” that put key contracts at risk. Read More 12