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{{Short description|Public transit operator in Santa Clara County, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox Public transit
|name = Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
|image = [[File:VTA logo 2017.svg|250px|class=skin-invert]]
|image2 = VTA 60 bus at Winchester and Hamilton (cropped).jpg
|imagesize2 = 250px
|image3 = VTA light rail vehicle at Winchester station (cropped).jpg
|imagesize3 = 250px
|caption3 = VTA bus (top) and light rail vehicle (bottom)
|locale = [[Santa Clara County, California]]
|system_length = {{convert|42.2|mi|km|abbr=on}} (light rail)
|transit_type = [[Bus]] <br> [[Light rail]] <br> [[Bus rapid transit]]
|began_operation = {{Start date and age|1973|01|01}}
|lines = 70 bus, 3 light rail
|stations = 62
| ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA San Jose total daily}} ({{American transit ridership|dailydate}}){{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}
| annual_ridership = {{American transit ridership|CA San Jose total annual}} ({{American transit ridership|annualdate}}){{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}
|website = {{URL|http://www.vta.org|vta.org}}
}}

The '''Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority''', more commonly known simply as the '''Valley Transportation Authority''' ('''VTA'''), is a [[Special district (United States)|special district]] responsible for public transit services, [[Congestion management agency|congestion management]], specific highway improvement projects, and countywide [[transportation planning]] for [[Santa Clara County, California|Santa Clara County]], [[California]]. It serves [[San Jose, California]], and the surrounding [[Silicon Valley]]. It is one of the governing parties for the [[Caltrain]] commuter rail line that serves the county. In {{American transit ridership|annualdate}}, the VTA's public transportation services had a combined ridership of {{American transit ridership|CA San Jose total annual}}, or about {{American transit ridership|CA San Jose total daily}} per weekday as of {{American transit ridership|dailydateasof}}.

== History ==
=== Santa Clara County Transit District ===
In 1969, Santa Clara County had three private bus companies, all of which were in serious financial trouble: Peninsula Transit, San Jose [[National City Lines|City Lines]], and Peerless Stages.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=12}} The [[California Legislature]] enacted the Santa Clara County Transit District Act in 1969,{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=12}} which allowed the [[Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors]] to place a ballot measure asking county voters if the Santa Clara County Transit District (SCCTD) should be formed.<ref name=SCCTDA-69>{{cite California statute | year=1969 | chapter=180 | page=432 | title=An act to add Part 12 (commencing with Section 100000) to Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 6052.5, 7056, 7242, 7273, and 320101 of, and to add Section 7272.5 to, the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to Transit Districts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately}} [https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/archive/Statutes/1969/69Vol1_Chapters.pdf#page=379 direct URL]</ref>{{rp|433–434}} However, the Act did not supply any funding from the state level for the new district; SCCTD would be funded as required by issuing bonds.<ref name=SCCTDA-69/>{{rp|451}} At the time, county voters were reluctant to raise their own taxes to support a local public transit system.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=12}}  The formation of the Santa Clara County Transit District was rejected in 1969 and 1970 before it was finally approved by county voters on June 6, 1972.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=12}} The SCCTD took over the operations of the three old bus companies on January 1, 1973.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=12}}

On September 26, 1974, the county Board of Supervisors dissolved the Public Works Department.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=16}} Non-transit operations went into a new General Services Agency, while transit operations were placed into a new Santa Clara County Transportation Agency.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=16}} Under the terms of the SCCTD Act, the five-member Board of Supervisors also served as the Board of Supervisors for the new transit district.<ref name=SCCTDA-69/>{{rp|435}} They would be advised by a commission consisting of members appointed by the cities (one member appointed by each city in the county) and five members of the public appointed by the county supervisors.<ref name=SCCTDA-69/>{{rp|436–437}} SCCTD administration would be led by an executive officer.<ref name=SCCTDA-69/>{{rp|437}}

In its early years the Santa Clara County Transportation District approached the task of replacing the bus fleet it inherited from its predecessors, which was in need of upgrades and repair. At first the district bought [[propane]]-fueled Twin Coaches<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~lnorrin/VTA_Bus_Stop/Gallery/Former_Fleet/TWIN_Coach/twin_coach.html |title=TWIN Coach |last=Norrington |first=Leon |website=VIBES (VTA Information Bus Enthusiasts Stop) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026154636/http://home.earthlink.net/~lnorrin/VTA_Bus_Stop/Gallery/Former_Fleet/TWIN_Coach/twin_coach.html |archive-date=October 26, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Gillig/Neoplans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~lnorrin/VTA_Bus_Stop/Gallery/Former_Fleet/Gillig_Neoplan/gillig_neoplan.html |title=Gillig/Neoplan |last=Norrington |first=Leon |website=VIBES (VTA Information Bus Enthusiasts Stop |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026154537/http://home.earthlink.net/~lnorrin/VTA_Bus_Stop/Gallery/Former_Fleet/Gillig_Neoplan/gillig_neoplan.html |archive-date=October 26, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> SCCTD switched to an all-diesel fleet after six buses went up in flames between December 1977 and April 1978.{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=26}} At the time, critics referred to the buses as "rolling propane bombs."{{sfnp|McCaleb|1994|p=26}}

[[File:Flxible Metro of Santa Clara County Transit on manufacturer-demo loan to Portland's TriMet in 1987.jpg|thumb|right|A 1986 [[Flxible Metro]] bus of Santa Clara County Transit]]

On March 6, 1976, Santa Clara County voters approved a half-cent sales tax, Measure A, to help support the Santa Clara County Transit District. In 1977, the primary Overhaul and Repair Facility was built at the Cerone Yard. Also in 1977, County Supervisors decided to change the bus fleet from propane to diesel and ordered 102 buses. By 1979, three additional bus yards were built and commissioned into service.<ref>Valley Transportation Authority (2005-11-17). "Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority History"[http://www.vta.org/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068A0000001FaML] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704063339/http://www.vta.org/sfc/servlet.shepherd/version/download/068A0000001FaML|date=2017-07-04}}. Valley Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2014-04-09.</ref>

In December 1978, the SCCTD approved an [[affirmative action]] plan for the Transportation Agency to improve the diversity of its workforce. On March 25, 1987, after a long legal battle, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by a 6-3 majority upheld the gender component of the plan against a [[civil rights]] challenge in ''[[Johnson v. Transportation Agency]]''.<ref>{{ussc|name=Johnson v. Transportation Agency |480|616|1987}}</ref>

The transit district broke ground on [[VTA light rail|a new light rail system]] in 1986. It commenced revenue service along the Guadalupe line on December 11, 1987.<ref name="PTJ-1991apr">{{cite news |last=Warner |first=David C. |title=San Jose: Guadalupe Corridor Line Completed |magazine=[[Passenger Train Journal]] |date=April 1991 |pages=32–38 |issn=0160-6913}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last1=Robinson| first1=Bert| others=et al.| title=All Aboard – It's Off and Rolling| newspaper=San Jose Mercury News| date=December 11, 1987| at=Sec A:1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Grant| first=Joanne| title=Mishap Won't Delay Light Rail| newspaper=San Jose Mercury News| date=November 6, 1987| at=Sec B:3}}</ref> With the introduction of light rail service, the transit district replaced its traditional blue and orange color scheme with blue and burgundy across the system, to better match the [[Tuscan red]] on the new light rail stations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Transit transition: county's buses, trolleys eventually will have a new color scheme|first=Michael|last=Rezendes|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=July 30, 1985|page=1B|via=NewsBank}}</ref> Expansion of the single line continued in sections until 1991 when the starter system was completed to [[Santa Teresa station]] in South San Jose including the [[Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden (VTA)|Almaden spur line]].<ref name="PTJ-1991apr" />

=== Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ===
[[File:Santa Clara VTA logo.svg|thumb|VTA's old logo, which was used from 1998 to January 2017<ref>{{cite news|title=Pizarro: VTA introduces mellow new logo|first=Sal|last=Pizarro|work=The Mercury News|location=San Jose, California|date=January 5, 2017|accessdate=August 29, 2024|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/05/pizarro-vta-introduces-mellow-new-logo/}}</ref>]]

On January 1, 1995, the SCCTD merged with the county [[Congestion management agency|Congestion Management Agency]] to become the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA). In December 1996, the agency adopted a shorter trade name, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), as well as a new logo.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chasing the bus? Yell 'VTA'|first=Gary|last=Richards|work=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|date=December 11, 1996|page=1B|via=NewsBank}}</ref>

In 1996, voters approved a half-cent general county sales tax, Measure B, and a companion list of transportation projects recommended to be funded with Measure B, called '''(1996) Measure A'''. The two measures were designed to adhere to the rule in the [[Constitution of California|California State Constitution]] that requires a two-thirds [[supermajority]] to pass any special purpose sales tax, but only a majority vote to pass a general sales tax. The measure was challenged, but in 1998, the [[Supreme Court of California|California Supreme Court]] ruled that the two measure system was valid.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sccgov.org/measureb/about.htm |title=Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (PRG) |publisher=County of Santa Clara }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The tax was to be collected for ten years.

In 2000, voters approved a 30-year extension of the 1996 [[sales tax]] to fund the [[Silicon Valley BART extension]], which will eventually extend [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] from its original terminus in [[Fremont station (BART)|Fremont]] to [[Santa Clara Transit Center]]. '''2000 Measure A''' also included funding for light rail extensions, bus service expansion, expansion and [[Caltrain Modernization Program|electrification of Caltrain]] service,<ref name="vta.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vta.org/2000_measure_a/index.html |title=2000 Measure a Transit Improvement Program - Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=2008-09-14 |archive-date=2008-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008010949/http://www.vta.org/2000_measure_a/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and connections from [[San Jose International Airport]] to [[BART]], [[Caltrain]] and VTA light rail. The measure was placed on the ballot by the VTA and did not include funding specifically for highway projects. The measure passed with 70% of the vote. Revenues from the sales tax would not begin being collected until April 2006.

After 2000, due to the [[dot-com bubble|dot-com bust]], existing revenue sources declined and VTA was forced to cut service and increase fares. VTA introduced a series of fare increases between 1998 and 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.vtaridersunion.org/ffa/farechange1996-2005.html |title= History of VTA Fare Hikes – 1996 to 2005 |access-date= 2008-03-30 |publisher= Santa Clara VTA Riders Union |year= 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080217002432/http://www.vtaridersunion.org/ffa/farechange1996-2005.html |archive-date= 2008-02-17 |url-status= dead }}</ref> VTA's [[Farebox recovery ratio|farebox recovery]] is approximately 13% and the Authority is focused on increasing the ratio. VTA contemplated service reductions in 2003 <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_vta/srt_2003.html |title= Save Our Transit – Victory in 2003! |access-date=2008-03-30 |date=2004-05-10 |publisher= Transportation and Land Use Coalition |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080208113015/http://www.transcoalition.org/c/sus_vta/srt_2003.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-02-08}}</ref> to address its budget problems.<ref>{{cite news |title= VTA on the brink of bankruptcy |url= http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/contentview.asp?c=37808 |work= The Gilroy Dispatch |publisher= Main Street Media Group |date=2003-04-11 |access-date=2008-03-30}}</ref> Instead, VTA changed routes to respond to customer demands and by 2008 saw increased ridership numbers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vta.org/news/releases/2008/09_sep/nr09-06_2008.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605080324/http://www.vta.org/news/releases/2008/09_sep/nr09-06_2008.html |archive-date=2011-06-05 |title=VTA News Releases: nr09-06}}</ref>

In keeping with 2000 Measure A, VTA needed additional funding to deliver the {{convert|6|mi||-long|adj=mid}} second phase of the BART Silicon Valley extension to Santa Clara, including the {{convert|5|mi||-long|adj=mid}} subway tunnel through downtown San Jose. Measure B, added to the November 2016 ballot, would raise $6.3&nbsp;billion for transit projects via a half-cent increase in sales tax. It included up to $1.6&nbsp;billion for the BART extension, as well as funds for Caltrain electrification, grade separation, and road improvements.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Petermann|first1=Felix|title=Santa Clara County to vote on sales tax increase for transportation projects as traffic worsens|url=http://peninsulapress.com/2016/11/07/santa-clara-county-measure-b/|access-date=6 December 2016|publisher=Peninsula Press|date=7 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/17/stuck-in-traffic-santa-clara-county-voters-weigh-transportation-tax/ |title=Stuck in traffic, Santa Clara County voters weigh transportation tax |author=Kurhi, Eric |date=17 October 2016 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Voters passed the 2016 Measure B, which required a two-thirds majority vote.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/11/09/measure-b--winning-measure-a-just-squeaking-by |title=Measure B wins by several points; Measure A just squeaks by |author=Dremann, Sue |date=9 November 2016 |newspaper=Palo Alto Online |access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> A lawsuit was filed in January 2017 by Cheriel Jensen to challenge the validity of the measure. It was initially dismissed with prejudice in July 2017,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cmportal.scscourt.org/Portal/Home/WorkspaceMode?p=0 |title=Case Number 17CV304960, Cheriel Jensen vs Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |date=9 January 2017 |publisher=Santa Clara Superior Court |access-date=29 August 2017}} Search using the case number, '''17CV304960'''</ref> but an appeal was subsequently filed in August 2017 to the 6th District Court of Appeal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/mainCaseScreen.cfm?dist=6&doc_id=2220655&doc_no=H044974 |title=Court of Appeal Case H044974, Jensen v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |date=17 August 2017 |publisher=California Courts |access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Pending a resolution, the funds collected by taxes introduced by 2016 Measure B were held in an escrow account.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108043807/https://www.vta.org/News-and-Media/Connect-with-VTA/When-Will-the-Potholes-be-Fixed-2016-Measure-B-Funds-Tied-up-in-Court |archive-date=2018-01-08 |url=http://www.vta.org/News-and-Media/Connect-with-VTA/When-Will-the-Potholes-be-Fixed-2016-Measure-B-Funds-Tied-up-in-Court |title=When Will the Potholes be Fixed? 2016 Measure B Funds Tied up in Court |author=Ross, Stacey Hendler |date=25 August 2017 |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> The appeals court upheld the dismissal,<ref>{{cite court |url=http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/nonpub/H044974.PDF |access-date=2020-03-03 |litigants=Cheriel Jensen v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |reporter=Cal.App.6th |date=October 10, 2018}}</ref> and on January 23, 2019, the California Supreme Court refused to hear the final appeal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/23/court-decision-frees-2016-transportation-tax-money-for-road-transit-projects/ |date=January 23, 2019 |journal=The Mercury News |title=Santa Clara County: Court decision frees 2016 transportation tax money for road, transit projects |last=Woolfolk |first=John |access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> In January 2020, climate activists pushed the VTA to reallocate Measure B funds away from road projects and into more transit improvements, but were voted down at the [[San Jose City Council]], which controls a majority of the VTA's board.<ref>{{cite news |title=San Jose lawmakers vote against supporting Measure B funds reallocation |last=Lopez |first=Nadia |journal=San Jose Spotlight |date=January 28, 2020 |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-lawmakers-vote-against-supporting-measure-b-funds-reallocation/ |access-date=2020-03-03 }}</ref>

On June 13, 2020, VTA opened the first {{convert|10|mi||-long|adj=mid}} phase of the BART Silicon Valley extension to the [[Berryessa/North San José station]], ceding operations to the [[Bay Area Rapid Transit District]].<ref>{{cite news|title=BART service to Milpitas and Berryessa stations starts Saturday|publisher=[[KTVU]]|location=Oakland, California|date=June 12, 2020|accessdate=June 12, 2020|url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/bart-service-to-milpitas-and-berryessa-stations-starts-saturday}}</ref>

In April 2021, the VTA suffered a [[ransomware]] attack that disabled many of the agency's computer systems, including the [[paratransit]] reservation tracker.<ref>{{cite news|title='A hot mess': VTA ransomware attack strands riders with disabilities|first=Nico|last=Savidge|work=The Mercury News|location=San Jose, California|date=April 26, 2021|accessdate=June 1, 2021|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/26/a-hot-mess-vta-ransomware-attack-strands-riders-with-disabilities/}}</ref>

On May 26, 2021, [[2021 San Jose shooting|a mass shooting occurred]] at a VTA [[rail yard]] in [[San Jose, California]]. Ten people, including the gunman, were killed during the shooting, making it the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref name="MercuryNews Angst">{{cite news|title=Victims, shooter identified in Bay Area's deadliest mass shooting|first1=Maggie|last1=Angst|first2=John|last2=Woolfolk|first3=Aldo|last3=Toledo|first4=Julia Prodis|last4=Sulek|first5=Robert|last5=Salonga|first6=Jason|last6=Green|work=[[The Mercury News]]|location=San Jose, California|date=May 26, 2021|accessdate=May 26, 2021|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/26/active-shooter-response-underway-near-san-jose-vta-light-rail-yard/|archive-date=May 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526144856/https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/26/active-shooter-response-underway-near-san-jose-vta-light-rail-yard/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On March 10, 2025, VTA experienced the first strike by bus and train operators in the agency's history, with 1,500 workers walking off the job after labor negotiations between the agency and the [[Amalgamated Transit Union]] Local 265 broke down.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cannestra |first1=B. Sakura |title=San Jose bus and light rail service halted by strike |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-bus-and-light-rail-train-service-halted-by-vta-worker-strike-public-transit/ |access-date=March 10, 2025 |publisher=San Jose Spotlight |date=March 10, 2025}}</ref> All VTA bus and light rail service was suspended as a result.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fang |first1=Tim |title=Santa Clara VTA light rail, buses shut down as workers go on strike |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/santa-clara-vta-strike-day-1-light-rail-buses-shut-down-atu-local-265/ |access-date=March 10, 2025 |publisher=[[CBS News]] Bay Area |date=March 10, 2025}}</ref> On March 26, a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge issued a [[Injunction| preliminary injunction]] compelling the workers to return to work thus ending the strike. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Geha |first1=Joseph |title=Historic VTA Strike Will End After Judge's Order, Some Service to Resume by Friday |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/12033248/vta-strike-will-end-after-judges-order |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=KQED |publisher=[[KQED Inc.]] |date=26 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cannestra |first1=B. Sakura |title=VTA strike must end, Santa Clara County judge rules |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/vta-public-transit-union-worker-strike-must-end-santa-clara-county-judge-rules/ |access-date=27 March 2025 |work=San Jose Spotlight |date=26 March 2025}}</ref>

== Leadership ==
===Board of directors===
Starting from January 1, 1995,<ref name=GJ-2019/>{{rp|9}} the Santa Clara VTA special district is governed by a board of directors with 12 voting members<ref>{{cite web |url=http://santaclaravta.iqm2.com/Citizens/Board |title=Boards and Committees |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> composed of political leaders at the city and county level, including the [[Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors]], [[San Jose City Council]], and other cities including [[Campbell, California|Campbell]], [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]], [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]], [[Los Altos Hills, California|Los Altos Hills]], [[Los Gatos, California|Los Gatos]], [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]], [[Monte Sereno, California|Monte Sereno]], [[Morgan Hill, California|Morgan Hill]], [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], [[San Martin, California|San Martin]], [[Saratoga, California|Saratoga]], and [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]].

Of the eighteen members, fifteen are drawn from city councils and three are county supervisors; twelve are voting members and six are alternates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vta.org/about/board-and-committees |title=Board and Committees |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> Five of the fifteen board members from city councils are from San Jose, which has led to criticism that the board is too heavily weighted towards one city.<ref name=PADP-2021>{{cite news |url=https://padailypost.com/2021/02/20/legislator-wants-to-shake-up-vta/ |title=Legislator wants to shake up VTA |date=February 20, 2021 |newspaper=Palo Alto Daily Post |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/political-power-struggle-is-the-elephant-in-the-room-at-vta-board-meeting/ |title=Political power struggle is the 'elephant in the room' at VTA board meeting |author=Hutton, Adam F. |date=January 25, 2020 |newspaper=San Jose Spotlight |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

Under the original proposal to form VTA in 1994, a sixteen-member board was proposed: five members directly elected, one each from the five County Supervisorial Districts; and eleven appointed from elected bodies (city councils or the county board of supervisors). The implementing legislation changed this structure to a nineteen-member board: twelve voting members, five alternates, and up to two ex-officio members, who serve as VTA's representatives to the Bay Area [[Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area)|Metropolitan Transportation Commission]].<ref name=GJ-2004/>{{rp|2}} For the first ten years (1995–2004), the twelve voting members were selected as:<ref name=GJ-2004/>{{rp|2}}
* 5 from the [[San Jose City Council]]
* 5 from other city councils in Santa Clara County:
** 1 from Sunnyvale for 8 of 10 years; the remaining 2 years are filled by a member from the other Central district cities (Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, or Palo Alto)
** 1 from Santa Clara for 8 of 10 years; the remaining 2 years are filled by a member from the other Central district cities
** 1 from the Central district cities, on a rotating basis
** 1 from the South/Eastern district cities (Gilroy, Milpitas, Morgan Hill or San Martin), on a rotating basis
** 1 from the Western district cities (Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, or Saratoga), on a rotating basis
* 2 County Supervisors

Each Board of Directors member serves a two-year term. For the non-rotating members (San Jose, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and County Supervisor), each member may serve multiple terms.<ref name=GJ-2004/>{{rp|2}}

From 2004 to 2009, the Board had similar requirements with five San Jose City Councilmembers and two County Supervisors; the five non-San Jose city-level Board members were selected as:<ref name=GJ-2009/>{{rp|2}}
:* 1 from the South/Eastern district cities (Gilroy, Milpitas, Morgan Hill or San Martin), on a rotating basis
:* 1 from the Western district cities (Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, or Saratoga), on a rotating basis
:* 3 from the Central district cities (Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, or Palo Alto), on a rotating basis

In June 2004, a Santa Clara County [[Grand Jury]] criticized the governance structure, calling it "too large, too political, too dependent on staff, too inexperienced in some cases, and too removed from the financial and operational performance of VTA."<ref name=GJ-2004/>{{rp|4}} Since VTA board members are required to be elected officials, they must juggle their other duties in addition to VTA. The Grand Jury recommended that the VTA board be shrunk to five to seven members, with members either appointed solely for transportation issues or directly elected by the voters.<ref name=GJ-2004>{{cite report |title=Inquiry into the Board Structure and Financial Management of the Valley Transportation Authority|publisher=2003-2004 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury|date=May 27, 2004 |url=https://www.scscourt.org/court_divisions/civil/cgj/2004/BoardStructureFinancialMgmtVTA.pdf |access-date=2008-03-30|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928032527/http://www.sccsuperiorcourt.org/jury/GJreports/2004/BoardStructureFinancialMgmtVTA.pdf|archive-date=2007-09-28}}</ref> Grand juries in 2009<ref name=GJ-2009>{{cite report |url=https://www.scscourt.org/court_divisions/civil/cgj/2009/SantaClaraVTA.pdf |title=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: Taking the public for a ride |date=May 7, 2009 |publisher=2008-2009 Civil Grand Jury of Santa Clara County |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122095942/https://www.scscourt.org/court_divisions/civil/cgj/2009/SantaClaraVTA.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 2019 have echoed similar complaints.<ref name=GJ-2019>{{cite report |url=https://www.scscourt.org/documents/CGJ%20VTA%20Final%20Report%20-%2006.18.19.pdf |title=Inquiry into Governance of the Valley Transportation Authority |date=June 18, 2019 |publisher=2018-2019 Civil Grand Jury of Santa Clara County |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

Assemblymember [[Marc Berman]] (D-Menlo Park) introduced AB&nbsp;1091 on February 18, 2021,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1091 |title=AB-1091 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: board of directors. |publisher=California State Legislature |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> which would reduce the size of the board to nine members, of which five would be appointed by the County Supervisors, two would be from San Jose, and two would be from the remaining cities, split between the northern cities (one member from Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Sunnyvale, or Milpitas) and the southern cities (one member from Santa Clara, Campbell, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, San Martin or Gilroy). Instead of the current structure, which appoints Board members from elected officials, under Berman's proposed bill, the Board members would be appointed from the public and serve four-year terms.<ref name=PADP-2021/> AB&nbsp;1091 faced significant opposition from the San Jose City Council<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-leaders-push-back-against-bill-to-change-vta-governance/ |title=San Jose leaders push back against bill to change VTA governance |author=Wipf, Carly |date=March 18, 2021 |newspaper=San Jose Spotlight |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> and was tabled in May.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seamlessbayarea.org/blog/ab-1091-opportunities |title=AB 1091, VTA Board governance overhaul bill, shelved for the year—but opportunities remain |author=Mau, Serena |date=May 25, 2021 |work=Seamless Bay Area |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

Berman followed up by re-introducing the VTA Board reform bill as AB&nbsp;2181 on February 15, 2022.<ref name=AB2181>{{cite web |url=https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2181 |title=AB-2181 Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: board of directors. |publisher=California State Legislature |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> AB&nbsp;2181 passed the Assembly on a 69–2 vote in May, with Assemblymembers [[Ash Kalra]] and [[Mark Stone (politician)|Mark Stone]] opposed.<ref name=SJS-2022>{{cite news |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/silicon-valley-santa-clara-county-san-jose-public-transit-board-fights-state-california-bill-that-would-reorganize-leadership-transportation-vta/ |title=San Jose transit board fights bill that would reorganize leadership |author=Wolfe, Eli |date=June 5, 2022 |work=San Jose Spotlight |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> Current and former VTA Board members criticized AB&nbsp;2181 as not sufficiently ensuring representation from smaller cities and not addressing the root causes of VTA's low ridership.<ref name=SJS-2022/>

===General Manager and CEO===
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|+VTA General Manager & CEO
|-
! Name !! Term
|-
| Peter Cipolla || {{dts|1995|abbr=on}} – {{dts|2005|06|30|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://gilroydispatch.com/gm-of-vta-resigns/ |title=GM of VTA resigns |date=January 4, 2005 |newspaper=Gilroy Dispatch |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Michael Burns || {{dts|2005|08|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://morganhilltimes.com/vta-hires-transportation-director/ |title=VTA Hires Transportation Director |date=August 23, 2005 |newspaper=The Morgan Hill Times |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref> – {{dts|2013|12|31|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.progressiverailroading.com/people/news/Santa-Clara-VTAs-Burns-to-retire-as-GM-by-years-end--35375 |title=Santa Clara VTA's Burns to retire as GM by year's end |date=March 1, 2013 |work=Progressive Railroading |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nuria I. Fernandez]] || {{dts|2013|12|abbr=on}} – {{dts|2021|01|abbr=on}}
|-
| Evelynn Tran (acting) || {{dts|2021|01|abbr=on}} – {{dts|2021|07|abbr=on}}
|-
| Carolyn Gonot || {{dts|2021|07|abbr=on}} – present
|}
Operations and management at VTA are led by the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer (GM/CEO). General Counsel Evelynn Tran served as the interim GM/CEO while the agency searched for a permanent replacement for [[Nuria I. Fernandez]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Santa Clara County's top transit leader joins the Biden administration|first=Maggie|last=Angst|work=The Mercury News|location=San Jose, California|date=January 19, 2021|accessdate=June 2, 2021|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/19/santa-clara-countys-top-transit-leader-joins-the-biden-administration/}}</ref> who was appointed Deputy Administrator of the [[Federal Transit Administration]] in January 2021.<ref>{{cite news|title=USDOT Appointments Announced|first=Marybeth|last=Luczak|work=[[Railway Age]]|location=Chicago|date=January 21, 2021|accessdate=June 2, 2021|url=https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/usdot-appointments-announced/}}</ref> Carolyn Gonot, who had served in multiple leadership roles at VTA before leaving in 2019 to head the [[Utah Transit Authority]], was appointed the General Manager and CEO in May 2021, and began serving in July.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vta.org/blog/carolyn-gonot-appointed-new-vta-general-manager-ceo |title=Carolyn Gonot Appointed as New VTA General Manager & CEO |author=Ross, Stacey Hendler |date=May 21, 2021 |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

== Congestion management ==
VTA also serves as the [[Congestion management agency|Congestion Management Agency]] for Santa Clara County. In this role VTA makes decisions on what local projects can utilize federal and state funding, and manage sales tax revenue that is specified for VTA usages, such as '''1987 Measure A''' and '''2000 Measure A''' sales tax measures.

== Transit services ==
VTA operates three [[light rail]] lines, a number of [[bus]] lines, and [[paratransit]] service. VTA is a member agency of [[Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board]] that manages [[Caltrain]] commuter rail, providing one-third of annual operating funds and all the funding for specific improvement projects within Santa Clara County. VTA is also a member agency of Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority that manages [[Capitol Corridor]] intercity rail service. The VTA is responsible for building the [[Silicon Valley BART extension]] but is not a member of the [[Bay Area Rapid Transit District]].

As VTA covers Santa Clara County in general, it serves the major core city of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] (where VTA is based and headquartered), with service to the other municipalities of [[Campbell, California|Campbell]], [[Cupertino, California|Cupertino]], [[Fremont, California|Fremont]], [[Gilroy, California|Gilroy]], [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]], [[Los Altos Hills, California|Los Altos Hills]], [[Los Gatos, California|Los Gatos]], [[Milpitas, California|Milpitas]], [[Monte Sereno, California|Monte Sereno]], [[Morgan Hill, California|Morgan Hill]], [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], [[San Martin, California|San Martin]], [[Saratoga, California|Saratoga]] and [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]]. Only Campbell, Milpitas, Mountain View, San Jose, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale are served by light rail. The VTA partners with [[Highway 17 Express]] to provide service to [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]] and with [[Dumbarton Express]] to provide transbay service between [[Union City, California|Union City]] and [[Stanford University]].

=== Light rail ===
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[[File:VTA Tasman Station (August 11th, 2005).jpg|thumb|right|200px|VTA low-floor light rail vehicle at Tasman Station on the Santa Teresa line]]

=== Bus routes ===
{{See also|List of Santa Clara VTA bus routes}}
[[File:Santa Clara VTA bus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|VTA bus arriving at [[Foothill College]] in [[Los Altos Hills, California|Los Altos Hills]]]]
VTA operates 43 regularly operating [[bus]] routes {{As of|2022|January|lc=y}}, including 39 regular bus routes and 4 rapid bus routes. Many of these routes connect to VTA light rail service, and [[Caltrain]] stations. In addition, VTA operates 4 express routes, 8 school trip services, 8 free shuttle routes connecting to ACE commuter rail services, and one commuter shuttle to the Valley Medical Center

VTA's longest and most-used bus route is the 22, which connects VTA's [[Eastridge Transit Center]] in [[East San Jose]] with the [[Caltrain]] station in [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]], which serves as a transfer point for [[SamTrans]] [[bus]]es from [[San Mateo County]]. Line 22, prior to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in California|COVID-19 pandemic]], was the only line with 24-hour, 7 days-per-week service, including [[night bus service]] as part of the regional [[All-Nighter Network]]. Line 22's fleet of coaches primarily consists of [[articulated bus|articulated]] [[low floor]]buses.

On January 14, 2008, VTA implemented major updates in its bus service. Some routes became part of a community bus network that utilizes shorter buses and charges a cheaper fee than standard bus service. Others became part of a core network with headways of 15 minutes or less. Additionally, some bus routes underwent changes in routing, while other, less-used routes were deleted completely. The agency completed another bus service redesign on December 28, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vta.org/newbusservice/index.html |title= New Bus Service |access-date=2008-03-30 |publisher= Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080227065654/http://www.vta.org/newbusservice/index.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-02-27}}</ref>

=== BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) ===

==== Current service ====
[[File:BRT stop King Rd San Jose.jpg|thumb|right|King station along Rapid 522]]

On July 5, 2005, VTA implemented its first rapid bus line along the VTA's busiest corridor. Modeled after the [[Metro Rapid]] service in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], rapid bus Line 522 follows most of the Line 22 route, and features limited stops, headway based schedules, low floor fleet, and signal priority along El Camino Real. However, the current rapid bus service by VTA does not fully qualify as BRT, due to the lack of separate ticketing stations and platforms, distinctive vehicles, and special lanes which allow BRT to avoid traffic jams. Rather, it serves as a temporary rapid bus service until VTA officially opens a BRT transit corridor along the same route, which will upgrade the current 522 route.

==== Future ====
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VTA had planned to add distinctive vehicles, separate bus-exclusive lanes on Alum Rock Avenue, El Camino Real, and Stevens Creek Boulevard, ticketing platforms separate from other buses, and possible amenities such as wait time for successive BRT buses by 2016 (making BRT behave more like a light rail or tram system, instead of bus service). This would also upgrade the existing 522 bus service to an official BRT, and rename the entire VTA-operated BRT service to VTA Rapid, differentiating it from VTA's buses division.

This plan involved reducing general traffic lanes from 3 lanes in each direction which was unpopular and the plans were abandoned in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-31|title=VTA says bus-only lanes on El Camino are dead|url=https://padailypost.com/2018/01/30/vta-says-bus-only-lanes-on-el-camino-are-dead/|access-date=2021-01-24|website=Palo Alto Daily Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

An additional rapid line, the 568, along the current route 68 replaced the previous route 168 express as part of the 2021 Service Plan.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2021 Transit Service Plan – 90% Scenario|url=https://www.vta.org/projects/2021-transit-service-plan/90-scenario|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109134529/https://www.vta.org/projects/2021-transit-service-plan/90-scenario|archive-date=2020-11-09|access-date=|website=VTA}}</ref>{{needs update|text=The date near this footnote has passed.|date=March 2025}} This plan was delayed until February 2022 to direct resources to reducing passenger pass-ups due to capacity limits during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Service Frequency Improvements to Begin Feb. 8 {{!}} VTA|url=https://www.vta.org/blog/service-frequency-improvements-begin-feb-8|access-date=2021-01-24|website=www.vta.org}}</ref>{{needs update|text=The date near this footnote has passed.|date=March 2025}}

=== Paratransit ===
VTA Access is the agency's [[paratransit]] service, a door-to-door shuttle service available to disabled people that meets the requirements of the 1990 [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990]]. [[MV Transportation]], a for-profit agency, has been the contract paratransit broker for VTA since November 2016, after the previous broker, Outreach & Escort, was found to be overbilling the agency for its VTA Outreach service.<ref>{{cite news|title=VTA hires new paratransit service for disabled, elderly riders|first=Gary|last=Richards|work=The Mercury News|location=San Jose, California|date=November 4, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2022|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/04/vta-hires-new-paratransit-service-for-disabled-elderly-riders/}}</ref>

=== Future SJC–Diridon–DAC connector ===
VTA released a request for information in July 2019 to solicit concepts for a grade-separated system that would connect [[Diridon Station]] with the [[San Jose International Airport]] (SJC), a distance of approximately {{convert|3|mi}}. Potential SJC airport connector alignments include either an underground route following existing streets, or an aerial route partially along [[California State Route 87|State Route 87]]. The RFI also asked potential bidders to design a continuation to [[De Anza College]] along [[Stevens Creek Boulevard]]. One major goal of the RFI was to determine if new technologies could be used to deliver a solution "at significantly lower costs than traditional transit projects."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vta.org/blog/connecting-san-jose-airport-transit |title=Connecting San Jose Airport With Transit |author=Ross, Stacey Hendler |date=July 2, 2019 |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |website=Headways [blog] |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bidsync.com/bidsync-app-web/vendor/links/BidDetail.xhtml?bidid=2044862&roundId=null |title=Bid #RFI 2019-DOT-PPD-4 – New Transit Options: Airport-Diridon-Stevens Creek Transit Connection |publisher=City of San Jose |website=BidSync |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref>

=== Holly Trolley ===
{{See also|California Trolley and Railroad Corporation}}
Sometimes, in the winter, VTA operates a seasonal [[Heritage streetcar|vintage trolley]] service called the '''Holly Trolley'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Catch VTA's Holly Trolley Before It's Gone... |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/video/11283308/catch-vtas-holly-trolley-before-its-gone |website=Mass Transit |access-date=25 March 2024 |date=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Remember the Magic of the Holidays? |url=http://www.vta.org/trolley |website=www.vta.org |access-date=25 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119213342/http://www.vta.org/trolley |archive-date=19 November 2012}}</ref> This trolley, a joint project of the VTA and the [[California Trolley and Railroad Corporation]], began operations in December 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Posting Pullup - 2012 {{!}} California Trolley and Railroad Corporation (CTRC) |url=https://www.ctrc.org/ctrc-blog/posting-pullup-2012 |website=[[California Trolley and Railroad Corporation]] |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref> As of December 2019, it operates between [[Civic Center station (VTA)|Civic Center]] and [[Convention Center station (VTA)|Convention Center]] stations,<ref>{{cite web |title=VTA Historic Holiday Trolley Rides Again! |url=https://www.vta.org/blog/vta-historic-holiday-trolley-rides-again |website=www.vta.org |language=en |access-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514192707/https://www.vta.org/blog/vta-historic-holiday-trolley-rides-again |url-status=dead }}</ref> although it operated to [[San Jose Diridon station]] until 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=VTA's Holly Trolley is back for the holidays! |url=https://www.thesanjoseblog.com/2018/11/vtas-holly-trolley-is-back-for-holidays.html |website=The San Jose Blog |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>

In December 2024, VTA once again operated the Holly Trolley between [[San Jose Diridon station|Diridon]] and [[Civic Center station (VTA)|Civic Center]] stations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pho |first=Brandon |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Historic San Jose trolley brings back holiday charm |url=https://sanjosespotlight.com/historic-san-jose-trolley-brings-back-holiday-charm/ |access-date=26 March 2025 |work=[[San José Spotlight]]}}</ref>

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==Facilities==
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The VTA headquarters and administration offices are next to the [[River Oaks station|River Oaks]] light rail station on North First Street in San Jose.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vta.org/sites/default/files/documents/River_Oaks_Station.pdf |title=River Oaks VTA Campus |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> There are four yards, three of which (Cerone, Chaboya, and North) are used for bus storage, with maintenance conducted at Cerone;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vta.org/system/files?file=2019-08/Cerone%20TOD%20RFP.pdf |title=Cerone Transit-Oriented Development: Request for Proposals |date=August 2019 |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref> the other (Guadalupe Yard) is the maintenance and storage facility for the light rail division.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.vta.org/sites/default/files/documents/0.1_Abstract.pdf |chapter-url=https://www.vta.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/Chapter%202%20Alternatives.pdf |title=Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement and 4(F) Evaluation |chapter=2: Alternatives |date=March 2010 |pages=2–15 |publisher=Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |access-date=29 June 2022}}</ref>

== Highway improvement ==
Besides providing transit services to residents of Santa Clara County, VTA also manages countywide highway projects that use county sales tax revenues, in conjunction with [[Caltrans]]. In this role, VTA was responsible for several highway projects such as widening portions of [[U.S. Route 101 in California|US 101]] between San Jose and [[Morgan Hill, California|Morgan Hill]], and [[Interstate 880 in California|Interstate 880]] within Santa Clara County. VTA will also be the leading agency in [[California State Route 152|SR 152]]/[[California State Route 156|SR 156]] interchange and future widening projects.
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== Footnotes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite book |last=McCaleb |first=Charles S. |date=1994 |title=Rails, Roads & Runways: The 20-Year Saga of Santa Clara County's Transportation Agency |location=San Jose, CA |publisher=Santa Clara County Transportation Agency |isbn=978-0-9644466-0-1}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority}}
*[http://www.vta.org/ VTA]
*[http://outreach1.org/ Outreach]
*[http://www.svtransitusers.org/ Silicon Valley Transit Users] – A public transit advocate and watchdog group not affiliated with VTA
*[https://vtawatch.blogspot.com/ VTA Watch]
*[http://www.transcoalition.org/ Transportation and Land Use Coalition]
*[http://bayrailalliance.org/ BayRail Alliance]
*[http://www.transitunlimited.org/VTA_bus_routes List of VTA bus routes and descriptions]

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