The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, will provide free transit service on New Year’s Eve to help deter drinking and driving. 

Bus and light rail service will be free from 8 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2024 to 5 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2025. They will run on a Sunday/Holiday schedule on New Year’s Day, VTA said in a press release. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.