ICYMI - Here's an update on the Wednesday, August 28 public meeting to kick off the comment period for the Design Development Framework (DDF) of the Transit Oriented Development, near the home of the future 28th St./Little Portugal BART station. Some special attendees in the audience included the...
August 13, 2025
In a decisive move to support public transportation across the Bay Area, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors voted unanimously to join California Senate Bill 63...
June 12, 2025
Agency to split construction contracts into individual, competitive bids to reduce costs The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BSVII) Oversight Committee...
June 06, 2025
The Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) passed two important votes at its regular monthly meeting June 5, 2025 regarding a contract with the agency’s largest...
March 06, 2025
VTA received notice at its Thursday, March 6 board meeting that members of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 will go on strike starting on or after March 10, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. As a result...
November 13, 2024
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) Board of Directors recently took a major step towards advancing VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension (BSVII) Project directing the...
August 02, 2024
The Federal Transit Administration has made a commitment to grant more than $5 Billion to the final phase of the Silicon Valley BART Extension project. The significant federal funding commitment...
May 23, 2024
OF COURSE we’re counting on the federal government to help pay for BART Silicon Valley. Why wouldn’t we? The Mercury News lobbed another uninformed assertion at VTA’s Silicon Valley BART Extension...
May 09, 2024
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that $500 million is officially in the federal budget to be used toward a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) for the...
March 18, 2024
Join VTA in commemorating the spirit of innovation by submitting an entry to name the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will bore the five-mile tunnel portion of the project! The tunnel boring machine...