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VTA Sales Tax Promises Transit Lanes On Highway 85
By Andrew Boone |
After planning for the past decade to install express lanes on Highway 85, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is now pitching its $350 million sales tax funding request to widen Highway 85 as “transit lanes.” On June 24, the VTA Board of Directors [PDF] struck any reference to “express lanes” from the Highway 85 project description that they had approved […]
VTA Sales Tax With Massive Highway Expansion Program on November Ballot
By Andrew Boone |
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)’s half-cent “Envision Silicon Valley” transportation sales tax is now headed to the November 8 general election ballot in the county, after receiving the unanimous approval of the transit agency’s Board of Directors on June 2. The new sales tax would fund a massive highway expansion program, spending $1.85 billion […]
VTA Committee Meetings
By Aaron Bialick |
Website Administration and Finance Committee 12:00 pm Transit Planning and Operations Committee 4:30 pm
Caltrain Service Cuts Could Be Mitigated With New MTC Plan
By Aaron Bialick |
Communities from San Francisco to San Jose may be saved from much of the expected crippling Caltrain service cuts. A new Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) plan being developed could make up much of the agency’s budget deficit for the next two years, said MTC Public Information Officer John Goodwin. A large chunk of the coming […]
SF Transit Riders Union Holds First Meeting, Debates Priorities
By Matt Baume |
Photo: Troy Holden Roughly two dozen attendees came out to the inaugural meeting of the San Francisco Transit Riders Union (SFTRU) on Thursday evening and had a spirited — at times heated — debate about how to make the fledgling organization a vocal constituency representing the diverse interests of Muni riders. Billed as an opportunity […]
San Jose Light Rail Efficiency Project – Alternatives Study Meetings
By Lisa Ratner |
From Transform: Start: 05/16/2013 4:00 pm VTA’s Transit Planning & Operations Committee Location: VTA Administrative Offices 3331 N. 1st St. – Room B -104, San Jose, CA Served by VTA Routes: 58 and Light Rail VTA is taking steps to speed up light rail operations, be more responsive to travelers, and prepare for growth in […]