Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, more commonly known simply as the Valley Transportation Authority, is a special district responsible for public transit services, congestion management, specific highway capacity expansion projects, and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County, California.

Type: Commerce
Description: public transportation and congestion management agency for Santa Clara County, California, United States
Also known as: “SCVTA”, “Valley Transportation Authority”, and “VTA”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include River Oaks station and Riverview Park.

River Oaks station

Railway station

Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.

River Oaks station is an at-grade light rail station located in the center median of First Street at its intersection with River Oaks Parkway, after which the station is named, in San Jose, California. River Oaks station is situated 740 feet north of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Riverview Park

Park

Photo: Sandip Bhattacharya, CC BY 2.0.

Riverview Park is a park in San Jose, California, located along the Guadalupe River in the Rincon district of North San Jose. Riverview Park is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Moitozo Park

Park

Photo: SPUR, CC BY 2.0.

Moitozo Park is a park in San Jose, California, located in the Rincon district of North San Jose. Moitozo Park is situated 2,400 feet north of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agnew and Alviso.

Agnew

Hamlet

Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Agnew's Village was a small unincorporated village in what is now Santa Clara, California. It was named for Abram Agnew, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer from Ohio who settled there around 1873.

Alviso

Suburb

Photo: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0.

Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is situated 2½ miles northwest of Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.