Once in a while a project comes along that warrants special attention, respect and support. The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority and BART’s planned upgrading of the high quality Capitol Corridor passenger rail service that runs from Auburn via Sacramento and Oakland to San Jose is such a project. On April 26, 2018, the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) received notification from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) that it had received $80,340,000 in State grants from Senate Bill 1 and the Cap and Trade program to be used to execute the project.
2018
BATWG Opposes Regional Measure 3
In an economically dynamic region like the Bay Area the ability to get around is paramount. Yet in recent years the movement of people and goods in this region has been slowing down. The highway backups have been getting worse and the hours of delay longer. Urban traffic congestion has been getting ever more constrictive.
In the past 25 years there have been many opportunities to deal effectively with regional gridlock. These opportunities have been largely ignored. Instead, billions of dollars of scarce transportation resources have been lavished on backward-looking highway expansions and ill-conceived parochial and pet projects, mostly of small consequence.
Bay Area Transportation Working Group 