Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) provides bus and light rail service within Santa Clara County.  We have more pictures from this district than any others.  Included are all the stops on one of VTA's stranger routes.  Click here for the 76 line.

This is a non-ADA stop located at River Oaks and Zanker.
 

The back of VTA signs looks like this.  This also includes and Adopt-A-Stop sign.

This is the old style DASH sign.

Close up of the current VTA sign.  This one includes an Adopt-A-Stop sign.

Okay, so sometimes accidents happen in making the signs.
 

New style DASH sign.

This is how VTA handles large numbers of routes at the same stop.

This stop has an Arena Shuttle sign at it.
 

Sometimes VTA puts strips on their signs for other services.  This one has a DB Express strip and a strip for a city shuttle.

This stop has a standard VTA concrete and wood bench.

Sometimes the customers provide their own benches.
 

Okay, this was a dumb idea, mounting benches on the outside of signal control boxes.

This is an old style concrete bench used in the past by VTA.

This style of bench is found on most Tasman West station platforms.

One of the original benches.  Picture by G. Araki.
 

At some VTA bus stops there are advertising benches.

This style of bench is found on most Guadalupe station platforms.

This is a custom shelter at the corner of 1st & Metro.

One variation of shelter without ad box on the end.

This is the old style of shelter VTA used to use.

This is the dome top variation used in Cupertino.

This is a style of shelter used at some stops in Mountain View.

This is the standard large ad shelter used by VTA.

This is the new style trash can used by VTA.

The cities sometimes put cans out at the stops.

One of the original pole mounted cans with wood slats.  G. Araki

This is the old style can used by VTA.  Most have dome tops.

The shelters get their own style of can.

The various transit centers often have their own style of can.

Property owners sometimes put their own cans at the stops.

This is the standard information sign used by VTA.  Above this sign is the route number in tactile signage.

This form of tactile sign is installed on most standard poles.

Cases like this are installed on most light rail platforms at at many of VTA's transit centers, they do vary in design.

Almost all of the shelters have a system map in them.

 

One of VTA's 2001 model buses.  A Gillig Lowfloor, 40 ft. with 38 seats.

Slinky Bus at Santa Clara and First.

One of VTAs new LRVs. This one was brought out for testing and a meeting.