Construction Dive » The Federal Transit Administration has issued a Record of Decision for the $4.7 billion, six-mile BART Silicon Valley Phase II extension into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, allowing the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to start engineering work for the project and to apply for a $1.5 billion New Starts FTA grant.
The Mercury News » The directors have five options to choose from — including doing nothing at all — but have honed in on just two. One faction of the board is advocating for a 5.5-mile extension of the conventional BART system to Isabel Avenue in Livermore along the existing Dublin/Pleasanton line.
KTVU Fox2 » In addition to the $2.6 billion, which will be used for the 2018/2019 fiscal year to the 2022/2023 fiscal year, CalSTA will also provide additional funds for some critical projects between the 2023/2024 fiscal year and the 2027/2028 fiscal year, totaling more than $4.3 billion, CalSTA officials said.
Bay Area Rapid Transit » Eleven engineering interns at BART were asked to take information-dense reports generated from various agency computer systems and make them more readable and accessible. The group went far beyond, however, creating an internal web application that is already being used for greater efficiency and quicker diagnosis and resolution of problems.
BisNow » When the Transbay Center opens in 2017, it will immediately accommodate 7,000 to 8,000 bus travelers with the ability to grow to accommodate 20,000 people.
SF Gate » A gallery of BART’s rail tunnel construction beneath San Francisco Bay, which started in 1964.