Wednesday, November 10, 2010

BART extension may get $40M - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

http://frankenbike.net/2010/06/27/frankenbike-60-2-days-of-frankenbike-ozone-bike-department/p1020675/
It would be the first installment of upto $240 milliob the commission is expected to spend on the 16.1-mile extensiomn of BART from Fremont to San Jose and Santa Clara. This is in additiohn to $400 million commissiobn members previously allocated forthe project. Federal funds will also be used to covee the total costof $6.1 billion to build the line. Last November, Santa Clar County voters approveda 1/8-cent sales tax increase to operate the which will be overseen by the . The Bay Area Rapifd Transit District, based in Oakland, currently operates 105 miles of trackin Alameda, Contrs Costa, San Francisco and San Matepo counties.
Carl Guardino, president and CEO of the , is a membe r of the commission. The 11-member group is responsibl e for programming and allocating funds for the constructiohof highway, passenger rail and transit improvements

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