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2000 Measure A
In November 2000, the voters in Santa Clara County approved Measure A, a 30-year half cent sales tax devoted to specified public transit capital improvement projects and operations. Measure A passed...
2008 Measure B
2008 Measure B was a 1/8-cent, 30-year sales tax overseen by VTA to pay BART for operations, maintenance and improvements in VTA's extension of BART service to Santa Clara County.
Background
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State of California Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP)
The Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program provides grants from the state's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to fund transformative capital improvements that will modernize California’s intercity...
State of California Traffic Congestion Relief Program (TCRP)
The state's Traffic Congestion Relief Program, created by legislation in 2000, was to provide funding for transportation projects that would improve traffic mobility and relieve congestion, connect...
Federal Transit Administration New Starts Program
The Federal Transit Administration's New Starts Program is part of its Capital Investment Program. This competitive and discretionary program funds transit capital investments, including heavy rail...
Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP)
The Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) is one of several programs that are part of the Transit, Affordable Housing, and Sustainable Communities Program established by the California...
Federal Transit Administration Pilot Program for Expedited Project Delivery
The Federal Transit Administration's Pilot Program for Expedited Project Delivery allows the administration to select up to eight capital transit projects for expedited grant awards.
Qualifying...
City of Milpitas
The City of Milpitas is one of VTA’s member agencies and contributes funding to support certain projects.
One Bay Area Grant Program Round 2 (OBAG 2)
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission adopted the second round of the One Bay Area Grant Program, knows as OBAG 2, to integrate the region’s federal transportation funding program with California...
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Transit Performance Initiative
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission adopted the Transit Performance Initiative to speed service on key transit routes and incentivize transit agencies to boost productivity and increase...
Lifeline Transportation Program - Metropolitan Transportation Commission
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Lifeline Transportation Program is uses state and federal funds to provide Lifeline grants for projects that meet mobility and accessibility needs in low...
Transportation Development Act and State Transit Assistance
State Transit Assistance funds are generated by the sales tax on diesel fuel, and the amount of money available for transit agencies varies from year to year based on the ups and downs of diesel...
Federal Transit Administration’s Pilot Program for Transit-Oriented Development Planning Grant
The Federal Transit Administration's Pilot Program for TOD Planning provides funding to local communities to integrate land use and transportation planning with a new fixed guideway or core capacity...
Interregional Transportation Improvement Plan (ITIP)
The State of California Interregional Transportation Improvement Plan (ITIP) is developed within the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Its purpose is to improve interregional mobility...
Low Carbon Emissions Transit Operations Program (LCTOP)
The Low Carbon Transit Operations Program was created to provide operating and capital assistance for transit agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emission and improve mobility, with a priority on...
Local Measures Revenues
Local measures revenues to fund financing and escalation costs. Financing costs assumed to available from 2000 Measure A and/or 2016 Measure B.
Private Funding
Private entities such as landowners, developers and companies contribute funding for some projects.
1996 Measure B
In November 1996, Santa Clara County voters approved a landmark nine-year, half-cent sales tax to fund improvements to county roads, highways, bicycle and pedestrian pathways, and rail networks.
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