User:Mliu92/sandbox/Santa Clara VTA Route 22

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Route 22 is a bus route connecting the east side of San Jose with Palo Alto. It is the longest and most heavily patronized route for VTA, accounting for approximately 20% of all bus riders system-wide. As an all-day service, it is the only route on VTA that is part of the All Nighter network in the San Francisco Bay Area and has earned the nickname "Hotel 22" for the homeless that ride Route 22 during its overnight schedule as a safe place to sleep.

Route
The eastern terminus of Route 22 is the Eastridge Transit Center, located close to the Eastridge Shopping Center near Capitol Expressway and Tully. From the shopping center, Route 22 connects with rail (VTA light rail at the Santa Clara and San Fernando stations; Caltrain commuter rail at the station) in the city of San Jose. After leaving San Jose, Route 22 proceeds along El Camino Real through the cities of [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Los Altos before reaching the city of Palo Alto at the western terminus, station.