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This area of our web site is dedicated to news and hidden facts about Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and the Valley Transportation Authority's goal of bringing the system to Santa Clara County. The project is also known as the "Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor." Extensions of BART to SFO/Millbrae and the proposed BART extension to Warm Springs are also mentioned here. An explanation of each area of this page is below.
In addition to the latest BART system updates, a history of the cost overruns of all BART projects will be mentioned here. This gives you an idea on potential increases in your taxes that may be needed to ensure the proposed San Jose BART extension becomes a reality.
As part of a Santa Clara County voter-approved sales tax measure in 2000, the proposed BART to San Jose extension will run from the Warm Springs section of Fremont, passing thru Milpitas, North San Jose, and downtown San Jose. Its terminus will be at the current Santa Clara Caltrain station, where it will connect with a proposed people mover to Mineta San Jose International Airport.
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Silicon Valley
BART - chronicling the progress of bringing BART to San Jose
VTA held public scoping meetings on the
proposed San Jose BART extension throughout August 2006 - and the
rest of the story behind what VTA is NOT telling you about BART to San Jose
so far.
BONUS: Independent analysis of the slide show VTA gives to the public during the
scoping meetings. (3.58 MB PDF - 44 pages total)
Notes
from VTA's public scoping meetings in August 2006 for the proposed San Jose
BART extension
From 2006: A letter from Silicon Valley Leadership
Group CEO Carl Guardino announcing the
results of a sales tax poll in January 2006 - and response from SCVTARU Founder
Eugene Bradley
VTA's Failed 1/4-cent Sales Tax
Proposal (Adobe Acrobat PDF file) from February 2006, and our
talking points on the proposal.
Gilroy Dispatch 11/23/2005 - BART to San Jose Gets $6.5 million boost from the federal
government (independent analysis of this news item)
Mountain View Voice 9/23/2005: VTA optimistic on BART to San Jose - predicts 110,000 riders
(independent analysis of the ridership figures)
San Francisco Chronicle 2/9/2005 :
BART To San Jose Suffers Setbacks (mentions how the extension
will cost $6.2 billion of your tax dollars when complete)
Federal
Transportation Administration analysis of BART to San Jose from November
2004 (101K Microsoft Word document - will be converted to HTML shortly)
From Bay Crossings: VTA's Monomaniacal Manifest Destiny - BART to San Jose
An August 2002 staff memo on the Valley
Transportation Authority pledging to BART to use money to run buses and light rail ("TDA
Funding") as collateral for operating costs on the proposed BART to San Jose
extension
Part of an Alameda County voter-approved sales tax measure in 2000 included extending BART from the current Fremont terminus to the Warm Springs area of the city. Efforts to bring BART to San Jose depends on this extension being completed.
San Jose Mercury News 11/2/2006: BART to Warm Springs Gets Green Light (from the Federal
Government)
Oakland Tribune via San Bruno BART
site 8/17/2005: 10 Popular Road, BART Plans Stall
News on the currently operating BART extension to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Millbrae will be mentioned here. Events on this extension will ultimately dictacte the success - or failure - of any BART extension into Santa Clara County.
San Mateo Daily Journal 5/27/2006
letter from 1995 San Mateo Grand Jury member Tom Dempsey: Peninsula
Transit Renegotiation Is a Must - a followup to Mr. Dempesy's May 2005
commentary to the same paper that vindicated
concerns that Grand Jury had on the San Francisco Airport BART
extension.
Excerpts from the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for
the BART SFO/Millbrae Extension from June 1996 (with ridership
projection tables)
From BayRail Alliance: Ridership analysis on the BART extension to Millbrae and San
Francisco International Airport (SFO)
San Francisco Chronicle 5/17/2006
from Matier and Ross: SamTrans a shrinking partner in cash-draining BART Peninsula
line
March 2006 SamTrans Ridership Figures
for SamTrans buses, Caltrain, and the BART extension to Millbrae/SFO (published
May 10, 2006 - Adobe Acrobat PDF document)
San Mateo Daily Journal 10/26/2005:
More building around revamped Millbrae BART/Caltrain
station
San Francisco Chronicle
6/30/2005: BART's Peninsula Line Falls Short of Hopes
From February 2002: a history of missed deadlines and broken promises for
the opening of the BART extension into San Francisco International Airport
BART's History of Cost Overruns...and More
Every BART project ever constructed - from the initial line from MacArthur to Fremont in 1972 to the recently-opened extension to San Francisco Airport - has been at least 100% over its original projected budget. The following stories details why these cost overruns happen, who truly benefits from them - and who loses.
Bay Crossings 8/7/2004: BIG Fat Lies (why big transportation projects like
BART extensions always cost more than promised)
BART, GM, and
Bechtel: Protecting Property Values In the San Francisco Financial District
(from the Urban Habitat
Project)
BART Construction History - 1964-1975
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