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VTA CEO outlines transit projects, revenue plans and SR‑85 work for West Valley cities
Summary
VTA CEO presented countywide transit operations, ridership recovery, the SR‑85 corridor study and Measure B funding to the Cupertino City Council and answered council questions about noise mitigation, revenue strategies and partnerships with ride‑hail providers.
Carolyn, chief executive officer of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), told the Cupertino City Council on July 15 that VTA runs bus, light rail and paratransit for Santa Clara County and also serves as the county’s congestion management agency, delivering highway and interchange projects and programming local, state and federal discretionary funds.
Carolyn said weekday bus ridership is recovering to roughly three‑quarters of pre‑pandemic levels (about 69,000 weekday bus riders compared with roughly 90,000 pre‑pandemic), while light rail remains substantially lower (about 12,200 weekday riders, roughly 42 percent of pre‑pandemic). She said access paratransit ridership is up compared with a year ago and that weekend ridership has recovered fully.
The CEO described…
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