Leaders, advocates laud $5.1B federal grant to boost extension of Silicon Valley BART

Silicon Valley elected leaders and transportation advocates last week celebrated a federal award of nearly $5.1 billion that brings the Silicon Valley BART extension one step closer to fruition. 

The grant from the Federal Transit Administration will close a gap of all but $700 million of the $12.7 billion project, $4.6 billion of which has been generated locally in Santa Clara County over the past two decades through sales tax increases and other measures.