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Santa Clara VTA Riders Union Opinion and Editorial Pages

This portlet is a collection of opinions of SCVTARU members, supporters, and management within the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Please note that this portal will soon be redone with more timely and more organized information for your convenience.

[OP-ED] VTA General Manager Michael Burns' Response to Scott Herhold's July 20, 2008 column on liens VTA placed on state funding to run the proposed BART extension [NEW!]

[OP-ED]Commentary by Dave Fadness on proposed high-density housing at the park-and-ride lot of Capitol Light Rail station 

[KLIV]VTA Light Rail critic Dave Fadness responds to a November 6, 2006 San Jose Mercury News story on light rail ridership nearing its 40,000 ridership goal

[OP-ED]Letter From Our Founder to Congress and to FTA Administrator Jennifer Dorn re: BART to San Jose and the cost overruns you are not being told about

[OP-ED]Avoiding a Train Wreck - How We Can Save Silicon Valley's Mass Transit System by former VTA Policy Advisory Board member Mark Brodsky

[KLIV]KLIV Free Speech Editorial on new General Manager Michael Burns (August 1, 2005) 

[OP-ED]An Open Letter to San Jose's City Council and San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales regarding the Tamien Towers (a.k.a. "Alma Bowl") project (September 2003)

[OP-ED] WANTED: Accountability For South Bay Transit Woes by Eugene Bradley (May 1, 2003)

[OP-ED] Improve Public Transit Before Road Transit by Zakhary Cribari

[OP-ED] An open letter to VTA management regarding how to solve their 2003 fiscal crisis, and a response from VTA General Manager Peter Cipolla

[OP-ED] Reaction to the November 5, 2002 elections

[OP-ED]Metro (May 23, 2002): Super Transit Man

[OP-ED]Outside Opinion: The proposed BART extension to San Jose by BART board member Roy Nakadegawa.

[OP-ED]From the Founder's Desk: An Open Letter from May 2001 to then-VTA Board Chairman Maunel Valerio and Santa Clara County Supervisor (District 3) Pete McHugh regarding what VTA needs to have on the Regional Transportation Plan it sent to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC).

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