BART to Silicon Valley?

I don't believe it. Is BART going to San Jose? If two thirds of Santa Clara County voters approve Measure B then BART will take some of the first critical steps to ensuring that it will qualify for Federal Transportation Funds.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported this weekend that BART may be finally making it to Silicon Valley.

Santa Clara County voters will be asked in November to raise the sales tax to help fund the long-envisioned plan to extend BART to the Silicon Valley.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority governing board voted Thursday to place a measure on the Nov. 4 ballot to raise the sales tax in the county by one-eighth of a cent. The tax is now 8.25 percent.

The proposed increase would generate an estimated $42 million a year, money that would be dedicated solely to BART's added operational and maintenance costs for the 16.1-mile expansion into the South Bay from Fremont.

The plan calls for new stations in Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara.

After all of the times I got stuck in Traffic on my way to Sunnyvale, I think it is about time.

Photo by William Buckley