Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority light rail and bus service is shut down Monday as more than 1,500 front line employees have gone on strike.

The VTA operators’ union is responding after the transit agency went to court trying to get striking drivers back to work.

It's day one of the VTA strike in the South Bay. More than 1,500 workers are on strike there, stopping nearly all bus and train services. KRON4’s Rob Nesbitt reports from the picket lines and checks in with impacted commuters.