*updated on 1/21/21 confirming appointment After seven years serving as General Manager/CEO of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Nuria I. Fernandez will be stepping down to join the Biden-Harris Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). She was appointed to...
January 11, 2021
VTA achieved two critical milestones for the BART Phase II Project being the first transit agency in the nation to submit an application for $1.735 billion through the Federal Transit Administration’s...
November 05, 2020
In approving Measure A back in 2000, Santa Clara County voters entrusted the Citizens Watchdog Committee, comprised of fellow community members, with overseeing its expenditures to ensure sales tax...
July 30, 2020
The Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) for the 2000 Measure A Transit Sales Tax Program will hold its annual public hearing at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12 via Zoom video and teleconference. The...
June 12, 2020
Friday, June 12 marked a celebration of epic proportions although you might not have been able to tell from the size of the crowd. But it was quality not quantity that counted in this case. A few...
May 19, 2020
“BART service to Milpitas and San Jose will begin on Saturday, June 13, 2020!” This was the long-awaited proclamation made by VTA's General Manager and CEO Nuria Fernandez and San Francisco Bay Area...
January 13, 2020
The Valley Transportation Authority is looking to add two new members to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). This committee advises the VTA Board on policy issues referred to the committee either...
November 15, 2019
After extensive review and coordination with BART management, VTA has made the difficult decision to defer most of BART’s pre-revenue operations on the BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension. The two...
September 04, 2019
After thorough and careful consideration, it is the conclusion of the Citizens Watchdog Committee (CWC) that, for the 2018 Financial Year, 2000 Measure A tax dollars were spent in accordance with the...
August 28, 2019
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams announced the allocation of $125 million to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation...