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February 4, 2026 | Financial

Loan agreement averts transit crisis in San Francisco Bay Area

$US 590m agreement between the state of California and the Metropolitan Transportation Committee will retain current service levels in fiscal 2027.

August 6, 2024 | Financial

FTA commits $US 5bn to Bart extension

Valley Transportation Authority freezes new spending as it works to close funding gap on the Silicon Valley line.

December 7, 2022 | Financial

Federal funding boost for Bart Silicon Valley extension

VTA can apply for up to 50% of the cost of 9.7km line including an 8km tunnel under San Jose.

July 12, 2022 | Financial

California provides $US 378.9m for rail projects

Funding for light rail, metro and commuter rail to combat climate change.

May 19, 2021 | Commuter Rail

Three joint ventures shortlisted for Silicon Valley Phase II tunnelling contract

The contract is part of the project to extend Bart services in San Jose.

February 1, 2021 | Metros

Link21 project unveiled in northern California

Scheme aims to improve public transport connections to jobs and affordable housing.

January 5, 2021 | Fleet

Bart suspends delivery of new metro cars

SAN Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has announced that it will temporarily halt delivery of its new Fleet of the Future (FOTF) metro cars from January 8 to allow the manufacturer, Bombardier, the time to address two reliability issues.

September 29, 2020 | Infrastructure

San Francisco’s Bart awards CBTC contract

SAN Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has awarded Parsons, United States, a $US 45m design contract for the implementation of CBTC signalling on the metro network, as part of its Train Control Modernisation Project (TCMP).

September 16, 2020 | Metros

Bart’s Transbay Project gets $US 1.2bn boost

THE United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has issued a $US 1.2bn grant for Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (Bart) Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Programme between Oakland and central San Francisco, the largest grant ever awarded to Bart.

June 15, 2020 | News

Bart launches $US 2.3bn Silicon Valley Berryessa extension

THE San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) network has been extended to San José, with the opening of the $US 2.3bn 16km Phase 1 extension from Warm Springs/South Fermont to the Milpitas and Berryessa transit centres on June 12.

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