Agenda - Thursday, February 16, 2012 - VTA

SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
FYTD 2012 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report
(July 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011)
July 4, 2011 – San Jose July 4 th Fireworks canceled.
July 11, 2011 – VTA implemented service changes to improve system-wide on-time
performance, reliability, and passenger connectivity to Caltrain and other public transit systems.
July 14, 2011 – VTA light rail trains offered free 4G wireless network.
July, 2011 – Santa Clara County unemployment rate was 10.3%.
July, 2011 – Unleaded fuel averaged $3.83 a gallon.
August 2, 2011 – VTA supported National Night Out Community Event in San Jose area.
August 2, 2011 – The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing executives,
reported index of manufacturing activity fell 50.9% in July from 55.3% in June. The reading was
the lowest since July 2009.
August 11, 2011 – Google announced it struck a deal to lease four buildings in Sunnyvale to
accommodate as many as 2,900 employees.
August 12 to 14, 2011 – VTA encouraged people to take public transit and provided extra
services to AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival. Per San Jose Mercury News, estimated San Jose Jazz
festival attendance was over 100,000.
August 15, 2011 – VTA completed installing new electronic fareboxes on its bus fleet.
August 19, 2011 – Per Associated Press, a consumer survey showed confidence in economy fell
to the lowest level in 31 years and discouraging economic data from around the globe have
heightened fears that another recession is on the way.
August 23, 2011 – Facebook planned to expand its workforces from 1,500 to 9,000 employees in
Menlo Park.
August 24, 2011 – San Jose averaged temperature 78.7 degrees, the coolest summer since 1976.
August, 2011 – Santa Clara County unemployment rate was 9.9%.
August, 2011 – Unleaded fuel averaged $3.85 a gallon.
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