Santa Clara County Transportation Articles

Local law enforcement will not have access to the camera footage to support criminal investigations, because regulations strictly prohibit the use of the cameras for anything but enforcing speed limits.

BART’s expansion through Silicon Valley is taking shape as pre-construction work gets underway in Santa Clara.
VTA workers have started on-site preparations for phase two of BART’s expansion at the Newhall Maintenance Facility. That includes setting up temporary field offices, …

Federal inquiry into South County general aviation airport was opened after pilots sounded alarms over damages.

Damaged runway lights, a non-functioning airport beacon, potholes and gravel in the taxiways, deteriorating hangar buildings, rats and snakes in indoor areas, a rampant ground squirrel problem—these are among the many issues that pilots at San Martin Airport have been …

Morgan Hill is set to receive more than $2 million from the federal government to help with local projects that are intended to improve transportation efficiency and safety in the coming years. 

San Jose is updating its 311 app that tracks resident complaints to more efficiently address thousands of requests about abandoned vehicles.
The 311 app is designed to be a one-stop shop for residents to report a variety of issues including …

Sunnyvale is in the market for a better way to have residents flag issues in their neighborhoods online.
The Sunnyvale City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously, with Councilmember Omar Din absent, to request bids on a management system residents can …

A partnership between multiple cities and a Silicon Valley transit agency is going to construct a long-needed safer route for students biking and walking to school.
The Homestead Safe Routes to School project aims to make traveling to school easier …

Sunnyvale residents may soon have a new ride-share option that costs less than an Uber and is more convenient than existing public transit.
After overwhelming support from residents, the Sunnyvale City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to apply for grants and …

San Jose’s airport is getting a new director with three decades of experience, including gigs at major hubs in Denver and Austin.
Starting Monday, Mukesh “Mookie” Patel will take over as the city’s director of aviation at San Jose Mineta …

Blood-alcohol tests often aren’t really conclusive when it comes to determining whether a person is too impaired to drive. Many people who are over the legal limit are probably perfectly fine to drive, even if doing so might get them …

The VTA megaproject to bring BART to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, with a cost estimate that's already ballooned to more than two and a half times its original target, is now facing yet another increase and timeline delay. …

South Bay transit leaders have approved a major contract to get construction underway on a long-planned light rail extension project in East San Jose.
The VTA board of directors on Thursday unanimously approved awarding a $437 million construction contract to …

Sunnyvale officials are prioritizing what local issues they'll tackle this year, and topics like homelessness and transit safety are topping the list.
The Sunnyvale City Council ranked its priority projects out of the 40 proposed on Feb. 15, signaling what …

There’s a near constant cacophony of hammering, drilling and welding near the Great America Amtrak station as Santa Clara builds up its transit-oriented housing.
The Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a tentative map for another project along …

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.

“Intelligent” speed-limiting technology will be required in all new California cars starting in 2027, if a new law authored by San Francisco Senator Scott Wiener passes.

With traffic deaths now regularly topping 300 per year, Measure HLA on the March 5 ballot gives Los Angeles voters the opportunity to force their reluctant city to implement new traffic safety measures.

As the COVID pandemic eased, so did the epidemic of death on the road. Somewhat. But the ongoing crisis of traffic fatalities remains at high levels with early numbers form 2023 appearing to top 4,000 in California.

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.