Monica Mallon

Founder, Turnout4Transit

 

Transportation Columnist

Column contributed first Thursday every other month

Monica Mallon is a Santa Clara County advocate and lifelong transit rider. She first got involved in transit advocacy when she was a student at San Jose State and transit route cuts were being proposed. She later went on to work in Transportation Demand Management at San Jose State.

During the pandemic when severe transit cuts were being proposed, Monica started Turnout4Transit, a transit advocacy group, to mobilize people to save transit.

Monica is a recent San Jose State graduate and lives in Cambrian in unincorporated Santa Clara County where she is the chair of the Cambrian Community Council.

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Mallon: Major sporting events offer Bay Area transit a chance to shine
March 7, 2024March 6, 2024by

Mallon: Major sporting events offer Bay Area transit a chance to shine

In 2026, the Bay Area will host the Super Bowl and World Cup at Levi’s Stadium. As anticipation builds for these events, transportation agencies and leaders have a huge opportunity to showcase our public transit system. Levi’s Stadium is well-served by public transit, including VTA light rail and buses, Capitol Corridor and the ACE train....

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A VTA light rail train travels through downtown San Jose
January 4, 2024January 4, 2024by

Mallon: How public transit benefits everyone

As a transit advocate, writer and daily rider, I often encounter people who question the importance of supporting transit and assert it doesn’t benefit them as non-users. While some transit advocates take a divisive stance and view people who drive vehicles as enemies of the cause, I don’t. The truth is transit benefits everyone, even...

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Mallon: Reflecting on 50 years of public transit in Silicon Valley
November 2, 2023November 1, 2023by

Mallon: Reflecting on 50 years of public transit in Silicon Valley

Public transit started in Santa Clara County 50 years ago this year, when the first publicly-operated bus service went into operation on January 1, 1973. A lot has happened since then and it’s important to reflect on the past, present and future of transit in the county. When public transit service started half a century...

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