Santa Clara County Local News: Transportation


All Local Transportation News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

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03/01/2024
On March 1, the California Public Utilities Commission gave approval for driverless taxi company Waymo to expand service into Los Angeles and San Mateo counties.

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02/27/2024
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A tentative map for another project was approved near the Great America Amtrak station as Santa Clara builds up its transit-oriented housing. The latest development is a 21-floor, 198-condominium complex. The building at 5185 Lafayette St. is part of the city’s massive reimagining of the Tasman East neighborhood near Levi’s Stadium, where the city hopes to add 4,500 homes over the next few years.

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02/16/2024
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VTA said it anticipates a steady delivery rate of six buses per week starting this week, with a completely new fleet expected to be operational in the coming month as VTA decommissions most of its remaining diesel buses.

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02/16/2024
King Road, a six-mile street bounded by Berryessa Road to the north and East Capitol Expressway to the south, is slated for improvements. From 2018 to 2023, eight people, including an infant, were killed on the road.

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02/14/2024
The San Pedro ports had a busy January as they rebounded from last year’s labor troubles and picked up cargo redirected because of Suez and Panama canal troubles.

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02/14/2024
California electric vehicle sales dropped significantly in the last half of 2023, raising questions about the state’s ability to phase out gas-powered cars.

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02/01/2024
Some automakers are reducing production of electric cars and Tesla sales have dropped. Can California sustain its record pace and meet the state mandate?

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01/25/2024
A Los Altos shopping center on El Camino Real that was engulfed by a fire on Christmas Day just entered its first phase of demolition.

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01/24/2024
A project to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas via electric high speed rail could break ground in early 2024, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced.

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01/23/2024
The numbers and letters on your car can reveal more than you think.

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01/22/2024
Cupertino is receiving more than $425,600 to increase safety on Bollinger Road through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program.

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01/19/2024
With Super Bowl LX just a few years away from arriving at Levi’s Stadium and the FIFA World Cup quick on its heels, the Valley Transportation Agency has started planning the big events.

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01/18/2024
State Sen. Aisha Wahab, whose district covers Sunnyvale and Milpitas, has submitted a bill asking the California State Transportation Agency to create a plan that would consolidate the Bay Area’s 27 transit agencies.

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01/18/2024
Sunnyvale is looking to fill accessibility gaps in existing public transit options for residents to travel around the city, and one ride-share service is taking center stage.

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01/17/2024
Seeking to accelerate Tesla’s plans to open its new engineering headquarters, the City Council approved a deal with the car giant to expedite an upgrade of a substation on Hanover Street.

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01/17/2024
The federal government dished out $88 million in grants to California school districts for electric buses, but San Jose schools lost out.

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01/16/2024
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City council rejected the “Healthy Streets L.A” initiative. Now it’s up to Angeleno voters.

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01/14/2024
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California in 2024 has implemented two new, potentially important traffic safety laws

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01/10/2024
Image for display with article titled ‘Train to Nowhere’ or Fresno’s Dream? Central Valley’s $88B High-Speed Rail Has 2026 Target

If you listen to California’s political class, the high-speed rail project sounds like a textbook boondoggle — over-budget, delayed and larded up with waste. Yet in communities across California’s farm belt, the discourse is refreshingly different.

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