Santa Clara County Transportation Digest

In its April 22 meeting, the Palo Alto City Council approved the Stanford University plan to put a transit roadway through El Camino Park on the November ballot.

Five light rail stations in Mountain View will be closed between April 24 and April 28 for infrastructure repairs.

The National Transportation Safety Board has determined the probable cause of the August 18, 2022 mid-air fatal collision of two airplanes over Watsonville Municipal Airport as pilot error.

Caltrains reported on April 12 that transit police are investigating a fatality on the track near the
California Avenue station.

In its annual review of Capital Improvement Projects, the city is considering how to prioritize over 300 planned infrastructure projects in the face of tightening budgets.

A program that allows solo drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to use carpool lanes on freeways and bridges in California may be removed for good next year.

A person trespassing on Caltrain tracks early Sunday died after being hit by a train. Authorities have not determined what caused the collision or why the person was on the tracks.

None of the 105 passengers or five crew members on the plane, United Airlines Flight 2181, an Airbus A319, was injured. The flight was arriving from Reno and headed next from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale, flight records show. The other plane was parked.

Mountain View is considering a number of recommendations to reduce injuries and eliminate traffic fatalities in the city by 2030.

The Palo Alto City Council voted 6-1 on a bundle of improvements, including elimination of some parking, to improve safety on El Camino Real.

A meeting of Mountain View residents living near Whisman Station and the VTA was held to resolve complaints of loud ringing of bells and horns.

Highway 1 is closed indefinitely from Palo Colorado Road to Rocky Creek Bridge, the California Department of Transportation said on social media after a new landslide eroded part of the roadway.

A United Airlines flight from SFO to Paris was diverted to Denver when the crew of the Boeing 777-200 reported engine trouble.

Hundreds of residents in the Santa Cruz Mountains are facing limited access in and out of the area due to a creeping landslide affecting Mountain Charley Road.

CalTrans reports two miles of Highway 9 outside of Saratoga is closed because of debris from a mudslide.

The City of Palo and Stanford University are considering an option of converting a strip through El Camino Park into a road for buses.

A report commissioned by the City of Palo Alto noted serious safety concerns for users of CalTrans designed bike lanes based on the high speed vehicular traffic on El Camino Real.

As part of the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project, the Valley Transportation Authority has announced a contest to name the tunnel boring machine.

A United Airlines aircraft flying between San Francisco Medford Airport was discovered to have a missing panel.

Incidents of copper wire theft reported at Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority sites have resulted in over $500,000 of damages so far this year.

The mayors from Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Cupertino and Milpitas participated in a roundtable discussion about issues affecting their cities, including transportation and affordable housing.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) has received the first of 92 hybrid buses for the agency's hybrid fleet, and hopes to decommission older gas fueled buses as the new vehicles are commissioned.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The proposed bill would require new California cars to have a speed limiter.

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.

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.

The numbers and letters on your car can reveal more than you think.

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.