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Xe Đò Hoàng was started by Linh Hoang Nguyen (Nguyễn Hoàng Linh) in 1999, with a few small vans. [1]He got the idea of starting a bus line connecting Little Saigon in Orange County with San Jose, the two communities with the largest concentration of Vietnamese people in the United States, while waiting for a flight at John Wayne Airport.
Santa Clara VTA operates numerous bus lines that operate on most major thoroughfares throughout Santa Clara County. Several of these lines converge at key transfer points, including Downtown San Jose, several Caltrain stations between Palo Alto and Gilroy, the Milpitas and Berryessa BART stations, and most light rail stations.
Metrolink ticket vending machines. Machines also sell tickets for Amtrak trains and the FlyAway (bus) bus service to Los Angeles International Airport. Metrolink's fare structure is based on a flat fee for boarding the train and an additional distance cost with fares calculated in 25-cent increments between stations.
ACE pays the Union Pacific Railroad about $1.5 million per year to use their tracks. ACE trains also use about 4 miles (6.4 km) of Caltrain track in San Jose. [10] Service began on October 19, 1998, with two daily round trips running to San Jose in the morning and Stockton in the evening. [7]
The first bus services over the Santa Cruz Mountains began operation in the early 20th century, taking advantage of continuously improving roads. A direct predecessor of the Highway 17 Express service was an Oakland–San Jose–Santa Cruz bus line operated by Peerless Stages, which began operation in the 1910s [7] or early 1920s. [8]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (branded as Metro) operates bus, light rail, heavy rail and bus rapid transit services in Los Angeles County. It also provides funding and directs planning for rail and freeway projects within Los Angeles County, funding 27 local transit agencies as well as paratransit services.
[15] [16] [17] Prevented from using the route for rail, Metro proceeded to create its first bus rapid transit line along the corridor, and despite further lawsuits from area residents, [18] the line opened on October 29, 2005, at a final cost of US$324 million or US$23 million per mile (US$505 million and US$35.9 million in 2023 adjusted for ...
The service was initially launched as a $40 one-way service between the Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] [2] In 2008, the company started offering $5 trips, but prices later increased to $25–40. [1] [3] The advent of the $5 fares coincided with the cessation of Megabus service from LA to the Bay Area. [4]