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Measure B: Expanding BART to Santa Clara County
Rie Nakanishi
Issue date: 10/30/08 Section: Voter's Guide
Measure B, if approved, would authorize a one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax increase for Santa Clara County to help extend the Bay Area Rapid Transit system 16.1 miles into Santa Clara County, including stations in Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara. It would also connect Caltrain from Gilroy to San Francisco. The funds cannot be legally spent for any other purposes, and would be operational by 2018.
Margaret Okuzumi, citizen for sensible transportation from No on Measure B, C & D:
"Measure B tax is for a train that is more than 10 years away. It just encourages VTA to cut our county transit services in the meantime. Even if the BART line was built tomorrow, San Jose State students would not be able to ride it without paying much higher fares."
Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and a member of the California Transportation Commission:
"This finally brings rapid transit and a rapid rail system around the entire Bay Area for jobs, schools and entertainment. It's a tremendous benefit to San Jose State students, faculty and staff, opening up the county and the entire Bay Area to the university."
Margaret Okuzumi, citizen for sensible transportation from No on Measure B, C & D:
"Measure B tax is for a train that is more than 10 years away. It just encourages VTA to cut our county transit services in the meantime. Even if the BART line was built tomorrow, San Jose State students would not be able to ride it without paying much higher fares."
Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and a member of the California Transportation Commission:
"This finally brings rapid transit and a rapid rail system around the entire Bay Area for jobs, schools and entertainment. It's a tremendous benefit to San Jose State students, faculty and staff, opening up the county and the entire Bay Area to the university."
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