The South Bay’s Valley Transportation Authority is rolling out a new transit plan for the New Year in hopes to lure more people into using public transit.
Ready? Set. Let’s Go! Our new service starts today. Plan your VTA trip with the Transit app, available on iOS and Android. https://t.co/4WU1P9b6wK #HelloVTA #SolutionsThatMoveYou
— VTA (@VTA) December 28, 2019
One of the main goals of the Valley Transportation Authorities updated transit plan is to make sure that no one waits longer than 15 minutes for a bus.
Brandi Childress, a spokesperson for the VTA, said that they’re focusing more on heavily traveled routes.
“We have more frequent buses showing up, people don’t have to worry about when their next bus is,” Childress explained. “They can go out to the stop and rely on these buses showing up more quickly and there’s less waiting time for passengers.”
Childress adds that they are looking forward to new riders coming into Santa Clara when BART eventually exapnds its train line, although that project remains in the design and engineering stage.
“It really gave us an opportunity to take a look at our system and find where we could make gains in ridership and make improvements overall,” Childress said.
To lure new riders, the VTA is offering free rides until 5 a.m. on New Year's Day.
All day, all night, 4 days in a row—Free rides on VTA tomorrow through December 31 just in time to try VTA’s new bus and light rail service. #TryVTA https://t.co/mU2kmKbyYa
— VTA (@VTA) December 27, 2019
