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The current Caltrain system map. Caltrain is a commuter rail transit system that serves the San Francisco Peninsula and the Santa Clara Valley in the U.S. state of California.It is operated under contract by TransitAmerica Services and funded jointly by the City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans), and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA ...
SamTrans (stylized as samTrans; officially the San Mateo County Transit District) is a public transport agency in and around San Mateo, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It provides bus service throughout San Mateo County and into portions of San Francisco and Palo Alto .
Caltrans owns and operates the toll bridges and is responsible for the construction of the voter-approved RM 1 projects, including a new span for the Benicia-Martinez Bridge, a replacement for the west span of the Carquinez Bridge, and widening the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge. BATA is responsible for funding and overseeing the RM 1 bridge program.
Of the six Bay Area counties initially envisioned as participants—San Francisco, Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, San Mateo, and Santa Clara—only Santa Clara County refused to join when the district was first set up; it originally included both San Mateo and Marin counties. San Mateo opted out in 1962, preferring to utilize funds to build its ...
VTA's longest and most-used bus route is the 22, which connects VTA's Eastridge Transit Center in East San Jose with the Caltrain station in Palo Alto, which serves as a transfer point for SamTrans buses from San Mateo County. Line 22, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, was the only line with 24-hour, 7 days-per-week service, including night bus ...
Minor service at Palo Alto near San Mateo County had also been planned originally. In 2000, Santa Clara County voters approved a 30-year half-cent sales tax increase to fund BART, [14] which took effect in April 2006. To make up for a shortfall in projected federal funding, an increase in the sales tax by 0.125 percent was proposed if ...
San Mateo Hillsdale station: Half Moon Bay, San Mateo Schedule and Route Map (PDF) 295: San Mateo Hillsdale station: Redwood City Redwood City station San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City Also serves San Carlos station. Operates weekdays only. One trip deviates to serve Cordilleras Mental Health Facility. Served Menlo Park station until ...
Cost estimates ranged up to US$2,500,000,000 (equivalent to $4,570,000,000 in 2023), drawing funding from a 1/2-cent sales tax increase in San Mateo County. [57] BART leadership warned the timing was not appropriate for a push further south into San Mateo County, and SAMCEDA withdrew the proposal by the summer of 1999. [58]