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June 12, 2025
VTA’s Bart Oversight Committee Recommends Offramping Contractor Whose Estimates Are Over Budget
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...
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June 06, 2025
VTA Board Approves ATU Contract and FY 26/27 Budget
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...
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March 06, 2025
VTA Plans For Monday March 10 Strike By Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265
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...
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November 13, 2024
BART Silicon Valley Extension Project Implements Major Cost Reductions
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...
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August 02, 2024
Federal Government Commits $5 Billion to BART SV Extension
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...
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May 23, 2024
Funding BART to Silicon Valley: One Step at a Time
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...
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May 09, 2024
Federal Budget Allocates a Half Billion Dollars to VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Extension Project
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...
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March 18, 2024
VTA’s Official TBM Naming Contest for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project is Live!
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...
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January 12, 2024
VTA to Host Project DRIVE Industry Day
Note: The venue for this event has been changed. Please join us at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 2050 Gateway Place, San Jose. Interested in working with VTA? Potential firms can learn more about...
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