Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden is a light rail route operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). It is located in southern San Jose, California and only has three stops. It is unknown whether VTA has any plans for further extension of this line; service into the Almaden Valley is provided by VTA bus route 13, which also entirely duplicates the light rail service. Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden is also commonly referred as the Almaden Shuttle.On VTA maps, this line is colored orange, but VTA personnel does not call it the Orange Line, much less refer to it as the Line 900 on official documents. The system's other two lines are the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line and the Mountain View–Winchester line. Twice per day, a train from the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line will throughrun from the VTA yards south of Gish station to serve the Almaden Shuttle. The train arrives from the yards early in the morning and leaves for the yards again after the last Almaden Shuttle run of the evening.Ridership on the Almaden Shuttle is notoriously poor. The Almaden Shuttle was proposed for cancellation in 2003 and 2004 as part of massive agency-wide service cuts as a result of the dot-com bust, especially considering that for many Almaden Valley residents who choose transit, VTA's number 13 bus duplicates the Almaden Shuttle's service (providing service to downtown San Jose via the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line with only one transfer. If the Almaden Shuttle was canceled, it would have been the first federally funded light rail line to ever cease service, a decision that would have repercussions throughout the country. Ultimately, a decision was made to keep the shuttle and reduce service on parallel bus routes instead."@en }
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- Chynoweth–Almaden_(VTA) abstract "Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden is a light rail route operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). It is located in southern San Jose, California and only has three stops. It is unknown whether VTA has any plans for further extension of this line; service into the Almaden Valley is provided by VTA bus route 13, which also entirely duplicates the light rail service. Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden is also commonly referred as the Almaden Shuttle.On VTA maps, this line is colored orange, but VTA personnel does not call it the Orange Line, much less refer to it as the Line 900 on official documents. The system's other two lines are the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line and the Mountain View–Winchester line. Twice per day, a train from the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line will throughrun from the VTA yards south of Gish station to serve the Almaden Shuttle. The train arrives from the yards early in the morning and leaves for the yards again after the last Almaden Shuttle run of the evening.Ridership on the Almaden Shuttle is notoriously poor. The Almaden Shuttle was proposed for cancellation in 2003 and 2004 as part of massive agency-wide service cuts as a result of the dot-com bust, especially considering that for many Almaden Valley residents who choose transit, VTA's number 13 bus duplicates the Almaden Shuttle's service (providing service to downtown San Jose via the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line with only one transfer. If the Almaden Shuttle was canceled, it would have been the first federally funded light rail line to ever cease service, a decision that would have repercussions throughout the country. Ultimately, a decision was made to keep the shuttle and reduce service on parallel bus routes instead.".
- Q7081083 abstract "Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden is a light rail route operated by Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). It is located in southern San Jose, California and only has three stops. It is unknown whether VTA has any plans for further extension of this line; service into the Almaden Valley is provided by VTA bus route 13, which also entirely duplicates the light rail service. Ohlone/Chynoweth–Almaden is also commonly referred as the Almaden Shuttle.On VTA maps, this line is colored orange, but VTA personnel does not call it the Orange Line, much less refer to it as the Line 900 on official documents. The system's other two lines are the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line and the Mountain View–Winchester line. Twice per day, a train from the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line will throughrun from the VTA yards south of Gish station to serve the Almaden Shuttle. The train arrives from the yards early in the morning and leaves for the yards again after the last Almaden Shuttle run of the evening.Ridership on the Almaden Shuttle is notoriously poor. The Almaden Shuttle was proposed for cancellation in 2003 and 2004 as part of massive agency-wide service cuts as a result of the dot-com bust, especially considering that for many Almaden Valley residents who choose transit, VTA's number 13 bus duplicates the Almaden Shuttle's service (providing service to downtown San Jose via the Alum Rock–Santa Teresa line with only one transfer. If the Almaden Shuttle was canceled, it would have been the first federally funded light rail line to ever cease service, a decision that would have repercussions throughout the country. Ultimately, a decision was made to keep the shuttle and reduce service on parallel bus routes instead.".