Headways

November 14, 2024
Longest-Serving Board Member Cindy Chavez is Off to New Mexico
One by one, members of the VTA Board of Directors paid tribute to the agency’s longest-serving board member, Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, at Chavez’s last board meeting, Thursday...
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November 13, 2024
Campbell Vice Mayor Takes Over as VTA Board Chair
The Valley Transportation Authority’s new Board Chair, Sergio Lopez, takes office Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Lopez, who is serving as Vice Mayor for the City of Campbell and is a leader on housing...
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November 13, 2024
BART Silicon Valley Extension Project Implements Major Cost Reductions
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA) Board of Directors recently took a major step towards advancing VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension (BSVII) Project directing the...
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October 10, 2024
VTA Board Moves Forward on New Headquarters
After a thorough process and economic analysis, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is moving forward with a plan to relocate its headquarters and other satellite offices to one...
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August 07, 2024
Unified Schedule Changes Will Improve Transit Service in the Bay Area
Bay Area transit agencies are synching schedules in a whole new way with a focus on improving transfers between systems and making schedule changes at the same time. Most Bay Area transit agencies are...
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August 02, 2024
Federal Government Commits $5 Billion to BART SV Extension
The Federal Transit Administration has made a commitment to grant more than $5 Billion to the final phase of the Silicon Valley BART Extension project. The significant federal funding commitment...
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May 23, 2024
Funding BART to Silicon Valley: One Step at a Time
OF COURSE we’re counting on the federal government to help pay for BART Silicon Valley. Why wouldn’t we? The Mercury News lobbed another uninformed assertion at VTA’s Silicon Valley BART Extension...
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March 18, 2024
VTA’s Official TBM Naming Contest for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project is Live!
Join VTA in commemorating the spirit of innovation by submitting an entry to name the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) that will bore the five-mile tunnel portion of the project! The tunnel boring machine...
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March 08, 2024
VTA Board of Directors Approves the BART Phase II Project Business Resources Program!
On March 7, the VTA Board of Directors approved $15 million over a 5-year period for the Business Resource Program (BRP) including direct financial assistance for small businesses! This approval marks...
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