Enjoy New Year’s Eve in San Jose, but please remember to stay safe if you drink.
A DUI could bring:
3 to 5 years probation or a fine, including court fees – $1400 to $1800.
6 month loss of California driver license
12 to 45 hours of DUI school
Mandatory jail time 48hours – scary!
Cabs will be very busy tonight and into the morning.
One of the safest places to find a taxi is at The Fairmont Hotel @ 170 South Market
This from VTA:
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will be providing free service on New Year’s Eve and early New Year’s Day.
VTA recommends passengers check to see what time service ends that evening for the routes they will be riding. On New Year’s Eve, extended hours of operation for will be offered for light rail service and Express Bus Route 180, with all other bus service operating a normal weekday schedule.
New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31, 2009:
Light Rail Service
Extended Weekday
VTA Bus
Regular Weekday
Most Express, Limited Stop & Rapid 522 Buses
Regular Weekday
Express Bus 180
Extended Weekday
Highway 17 Express
Regular Weekday
Monterey-San Jose Express
Regular Weekday
LR Shuttles-DASH and River Oaks
Regular Weekday
LR Shuttles-IBM/Hitachi
No Service
Caltrain
Extended Weekday
Dumbarton Express
Regular Weekday
ACE Train / Shuttle
Reduced Weekday
New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1, 2010:
VTA Bus and Light Rail Service
Sunday/Holiday
Most Express, Limited Stop and Rapid 522 Buses
No Service
Express Bus 180
Sunday/Holiday
Light Rail Shuttles (IBM/Hitachi, DASH, River Oaks)
No Service
Dumbarton Express
No Service
ACE Train/Shuttles
No Service
Highway 17 Express
Sunday/Holiday
Monterey-San Jose Express
Sunday/Holiday
Caltrain
Sunday/Holiday
WHEN: Beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, December 31, through 3:59 a.m. Friday, January 1, 2010.
HOW: VTA’s Customer Service Call Center and Downtown Customer Service Center will be closed on New Year’s Day. Customers may contact VTA’s 24-hour Customer Service Line at (408) 321-2300 to access VTA schedule information via touch-tone telephone in English and Spanish.
For additional information please contact VTA’s Customer Service Center at (408) 321-2300, TTY for the hearing-impaired only, (408) 321-2330. Or log onto www.vta.org and click on the blue envelope icon to sign-up for VTA bus/light rail email.
