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This portion of the website contains our group's press
releases over the years. For your convenience, they are written in text
format. Typically, we send press releases to many San Francisco and San
Jose area newspapers, television, and radio stations. We have had
stories based on our press releases covered by local media outlets
like NBC11 (nee
KNTV-11), the Morgan Hill Times, and the Palo Alto Daily
News.
SCVTARU 2006 Press Releases
SCVTARU 2005 Press
Releases
SCVTARU 2004 Press
Releases
SCVTARU 2003 Press
Releases
SCVTARU 2002 Press
Releases
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February 27 - SCVTARU Opposes County Sales Tax Proposals
- December
9 - Reaction to VTA withdrawing bid for federally funding BART to Silicon
Valley
- October
10 - Public Transit Guide to the HP Pavilion Available
- July 1 -
Support of "VTA RAPID" Line 522 Between Palo Alto and Eastridge
- April 15
- BART to SJ Critic Bounced From Panel
- June 14 -
SCVTARU opposition to VTA stealth tax bill SB 680
- July 28 -
Bus alternative to the Gilroy Garlic Festival available
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- December 29 - Latest VTA
"un-fare" increase effective New Year's Day
- November
4 - Survey results from "What Do You Know About VTA?" released
- October
26 - SCVTARU continues fight against VTA's $7.7 Public
Relations/Government Lobbying expenditure
- August
19 - Latest South Bay Transit Survey is Online
- August
11 - VTA Reform Push Continues
- April 23
- SCVTARU take on VTA's long-range transportation plan, VTP 2030
- April 8 -
SCVTARU provides public transit alternatives to HP Pavilion for Sharks playoff
games
- March 12
- SCVTARU protests latest VTA fare hike proposal
- March 2 -
SCVTARU criticizes VTA on proposed long-range transit plan
- February
5 - Silicon Valley Transit Spending Out of Control
- January
29 - SCVTARU calls on VTA to control spending instead of raising fares
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- November
22, 2003 - Statement from founder Eugene Bradley re: lack of transit for
"Big Game" Between California and Stanford
- November 6,
2003 - SCVTARU presents its own VTA Board Restructuring Plan
- November 4,
2003 - SCVTARU releases results of BART to San Jose online survey
- October 16,
2003 - SCVTARU guages public opinion on BART to San Jose via online survey
- October 2,
2003 - SCVTARU reaction to VTA's announcement that BART won't be coming to
San Jose until 2026
- August 9,
2003 - SCVTARU express concern over prioritizing BART to San Jose using
bonding from 2000 Measure A
- August 7,
2003 - SCVTARU express concern over prioritizing BART to San Jose using
bonding from 2000 Measure A
- July 31,
2003 - SCVTARU expresses concern over VTA fare hikes to take effect August
1
- July 22,
2003 - SCVTARU founder Eugene Bradley sends report of BART to San Jose
cost overruns to U.S. Congress and Senators
- June 2,
2003 - SCVTARU to hold protest June 5 to protest "triple threat" of
transit reductions.
- May 26,
2003 - SCVTARU findings on VTA's 2004/2005 Fiscal Year Budget
- May 19,
2003 - SCVTARU official statement on VTA's latest proposed service cuts
for October 2003
- April 26,
2003 - Call to attend rally on May 1 protesting VTA proposed fare hikes
targeting senior and disabled paratransit riders
- April 16,
2003 - SCVTARU calls for a package of solutions for VTA's fiscal crisis
- March 31,
2003 - Fare Increase Proposal Risks Loss of Discretionary Transit Riders
- March 6,
2003 - SCVTARU to Board re: Financial Stability Plan
- February
6 - Reaction from founder Eugene Bradley on VTA approving 9% more service
cuts at the VTA Board meeting that evening
- February
3 - SCVTARU expresses opposition to VTA's proposed 3% service cuts
- January
28 - SCVTARU releases report for attaining financial stability at VTA
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- December
2 - SCVTARU opposes VTA's latest round of service cuts
- October
9 - SCVTARU opposes Proposition 51 for November 5 ballot
- July 23 -
SCVTARU reacts to two major court rulings affecting funding for transportation
projects
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