Both Citizens for Sensible Transportation and Santa Clara VTA Riders’ Union (SCVTARU) consider MTC’s award to VTA as nothing less than another sad reminder of how much VTA needs to improve it bus service in Santa Clara County.

VTA has been withholding crucial information about the cost of the proposed BART train to Fremont.

San Jose, August 29, 2008 — After VTA and SVLG challenged the ballot arguments of opponents of the proposed Measure B VTA tax for BART, a Superior Court judge ruled on those challenges this morning. Judge Murphy agreed with VTA tax opponents that their statement “[VTA has] the worst-performing light rail in the country” was not misleading. Tax opponents were able to substantiate this claim to the court’s satisfaction.
To stifle public debate on Measure B, an employee of SVLG, with extensive assistance from VTA General Manager Michael T. Burns, filed …