The first contract package, for the tunnel and trackwork, for $235 million, has been awarded to Kiewit Shea Traylor

BART reversed itself to reinstate masks, even though the California Department of Public Health also announced last week that it would align with the CDC and drop its own mask requirement for public transit and transit hubs like bus stations and airports.

Airlines, airports and other transportation agencies, including BART and Caltrain. had followed suit in making masks optional.

The VTA had said in February that it would not update its anticipated cost and schedule for the project until it awards four major contracts, including one for tunneling and trackwork slated to be finalized this summer.

The BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project achieved another major milestone to help advance the biggest infrastructure project in Santa Clara County history.

The development shrinks the longstanding East San Jose flea market to five acres, one-third of its original size, leaving many of the 430 vendors worried that they will be squeezed out. 

If given the green light in a special meeting Friday, Gonot's first day, complete with a $350,000 base salary, would be July 12.

The transit agency's ridership has hovered around 10% of pre-pandemic levels since the Covid-19 pandemic began last year.

As anti-Asian hate crimes spread through Silicon Valley, one Los Gatos resident has a plan to fight them that starts in the classroom.

No one is happy with the homeless crisis in San Jose’s Guadalupe River Park and around the city, but whose vision will fix it?

BART received responses from some 3,000 riders for its biennial customer satisfaction survey.

San Jose Economic Development Director Nanci Klein said the city is working through three roadblocks that could derail the Google project.

The loss of riders and revenue have led to what one nonprofit policy expert describes as an “existential crisis” for public transit.

A federal agent involved in the case says he doesn’t believe Robert Alvin Justus Jr.’s claim that he tried to stop the shooting.

The 10-mile, $2.3 billion extension brings BART service from Warm Springs in Fremont through Milpitas and on to North San Jose.

As the COVID-19 case count slowly ticks upward, the actual number of people infected with the coronavirus is many times greater.