Maybe BART coming to downtown San Jose is still a pipedream and a long ways away, but at least there is some discussions currently underway which may eventually lead to downtown San Jose really becoming a public-transportation friendly destination. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is having a series of public scoping meetings to discuss the BART extension to the South Bay and in preparation for conducting an Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). At the scoping meetings, the VTA will discuss the three alternatives currently under analysis, as well as the environmental and community impacts of a BART extension.

The three alternatives are (1) No-Build, (2) Berryessa Extension Project (extending BART from Warm Springs, Fremont to Berryessa, San Jose, and (3) Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Extension (extending BART to from Warm Springs, Fremont to Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara). The third option would include stops in downtown San Jose and Diridon.

The San Jose scoping meeting will be held:

Thursday, October 11, 2007
San Jose City Hall, Wings 118-120
200 E. Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113