The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority carried 230,000 passengers across the six FIFA World Cup matches hosted in the Bay Area since last month, setting its all-time special event ridership record, VTA officials announced this week.

The agency also reported setting its single-event ridership record on June 25 for the match between Paraguay and Australia, when nearly 42,000 fans rode transit to and from San Francisco Bay Area Stadium — the temporary name for Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara during the World Cup.

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A Northwestern University student and Oakland native, Adam has extensive experience covering sports but is excited to branch into topics such as transportation, urban planning and criminal justice closer to home.