On January 10, 2011, VTA will implement a number of bus service changes:
Schedule changes: 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 32, 34, 35, 42, 46, 48, 49, 51, 57, 60, 61, 62, 66, 68, 71, 81, 88, 103, 120, 330, 522, DASH
11 - Frequency will be adjusted to every 35 minutes. VTA says the actual travel time is longer than previously estimated.
64 - Bus will run on 13th and Julian streets in both directions between Santa Clara Street and McKee Road. The City of San Jose is converting both Julian and St. James Streets from one-way couplets to two-way streets.
180 and 181 - Line 180 will become a weekday only service between Fremont and Milpitas. Line 181 will provide service on weekends with a stop at the Great Mall. There will be no weekend VTA service along Mission Blvd in Fremont. Riders along Mission Blvd can take AC Transit local bus 217 to Great Mall.
VTA says the 181 routing along 880 and Stevenson is faster than the 180 along 680 and Mission. Switching the routes on weekends will help keep buses on time.
63 - Last July VTA added a southbound trip at night due to rider request. However, ridership numbers are not meeting minimum ridership standards (9 riders during SJSU session. Standards call for 15 riders). VTA is planning to cut that trip next July if ridership does not improve.
On January 1, Caltrain will reduce weekday service (4 late morning/early afternoon trains) and raise fares. At the same time Caltrain will add 4 weekend Baby Bullet trains on a trial basis until March. The new weekend trips will cut the travel time between San Jose to San Francisco by more than 30 minutes compared to local service. Trains will also stop at Millbrae, San Mateo, Hillsdale, Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale.
If Caltrain's partners (which includes Muni, SamTrans, and VTA) decide not to further cut funding next year, the weekend express service may continue if weekend ridership grows by 10%. See schedule below:
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Do you know what's going to happen with line 48?
Schedule change. You'll find out when the new schedules come out later this month.
This weekend express service on Caltrain is long overdue. It increases end to end average speed from 29 mph to 44 mph, which is much more competitive with driving. It's literally 50% faster from any of the express stations. I think it's going to attract lots of ridership, but they really need to advertise it better if they want that ridership to come more quickly.
According to VTA's website, they'll finally deploy Clipper in February.
Looks like they'll be deploying Clipper the day that Caltrain discontinues their paper passes. No room for schedule slips there from the VTA side. Still no word on transfers to Highway 17 Express and MST.
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