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[KevinKorell]

NBC Bay Area, 3/25/21:

 

 

    VTA to Resume Fare Collections  

 

 

Starting April 1, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will resume collecting fares unless the ride is to a vaccination site.

 

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[KevinKorell]

NBC Bay Area, 5/24/21:

 

 

   Santa Clara VTA to Expand Capacities on Buses, Light-Rail Trains   

 

 

With Santa Clara County now in the least restrictive yellow tier in the state's reopening blueprint, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority said it will expand rider capacity and shift to a 3-foot distancing protocol on its buses and light-rail trains starting this week.

 

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[KevinKorell]

VTA website:

 

     VTA increases capacity on transit vehicles starting May 26  

 

 

Now that Santa Clara County has entered the less restrictive Yellow Tier, VTA is updating on-board passenger capacity with 3-foot social distancing between passengers on bus and light rail vehicles.

 

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[KevinKorell]

NBC Bay Area, 3/7/22:

 

 

  VTA Brings Back Two-Car Light-Rail Trains to Blue Line as Ridership Grows    

 

 

VTA trains on the popular blue line through the heart of Silicon Valley are now running with added capacity as ridership begins to climb with more workers returning to offices.

 

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[KevinKorell]

San Jose, CA Mercury News via MSN, 8/19/23:
 

  VTA has one of the best transit recoveries in the nation, but ridership is still down from pre-pandemic numbers     

While transit agencies across the country have struggled with getting riders back since the pandemic, prompting doomsday scenarios that include service cuts and fare hikes, the Valley Transportation Authority asserts its ridership recovery is among the best in the nation — although it has yet to return to pre-pandemic levels.

 
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