The number of people using public transportation in Santa Clara County far exceeded expectations during Sunday’s 2026 Super Bowl, according to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.  

VTA buses and light rail carried 30,000 people to and from Levi’s Stadium, according to the agency. That was 5,000 more than they anticipated and “far surpassing” ridership records set when Taylor Swift played there in 2023. 

Approximately 40% of passengers transferred from Caltrain to VTA at the Mountain View Transit Center, while about 60% traveled from Downtown San Jose or transferred from BART to VTA light rail at the Milpitas Transit Center, the agency said. 

Post game, the agency cleared more than 13,000 departing passengers from light-rail platforms in under 90 minutes, VTA officials said. 

The Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 in the Super Bowl on Sunday. 

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.