In a few months, Bay Area voters will decide just how important public transportation is to them when they go to the polls to vote on California Senate Bill 63. The measure would provide hundreds of millions of dollars in critical transportation funding through a ½ cent sales tax increase for 14 years. Counties included in the bill are Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa.
Santa Clara County’s potential revenue from such a measure could bring in more than $260 million dollars to support bus, light rail, and paratransit services, and continue to manage projects that work to relieve traffic congestion throughout Santa Clara County.
VTA is focused on three primary outcomes for this potential funding: growing our ridership, increasing productivity, and enhancing customer experience.
VTA passengers travel nearly 134 million miles every year with 27.7 million public transit trips. The agency is critical to mobility and quality of life in Santa Clara County.
For more than 30 years, Santa Clara County voters have supported public transit as the first “self-help” County in the nation. Learn more about the services that could be impacted by additional funding at the following public meetings:
Virtual Meetings:
Wednesday, April 8, 6 - 7 p.m.
Register for the Wednesday April 8 meeting.
Thursday, April 9, 3-4 p.m.
Register for the April 9 meeting.
In Person Meetings:
Thursday, April 9, 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
Bascom Community Center, 1000 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose