VTA Service Restoration Date Extended railwayage.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from railwayage.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gonot to Lead Santa Clara VTA
Carolyn Gonot, incoming General Manager and CEO, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
Carolyn Gonot will return to California’s Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) on July 12 this time serving as General Manager and CEO.
Before joining Utah Transit Authority (UTA) in August 2019 as Executive Director, Gonot worked for 23 years at VTA, holding multiple leadership positions, including Chief Engineering and Program Delivery Officer; Chief BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Program Officer; Chief Development Officer; and Deputy Director, Congestion Management Program.
Gonot is the first woman to lead UTA, where she currently directs and administers a district that spans six counties with an operating budget of $336 million and a capital budget of $255 million. She leads a workforce of more than 2,500 employees and is responsible for operation of three light rail lines, FrontRunner commuter rail, a streetcar line, 120-plus bus rout
House COVID-19 Relief Bill Contains Over $100 Million for California Electric Train theepochtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theepochtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BART Silicon Valley Phase 2 Advancing With $100MM FTA Pledge Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
The new $100 million funding allocation will go toward the $6.86 billion final phase of VTA s BART Silicon Valley project, which will extend operations 6.5 miles from downtown San José to Santa Clara.
California’s Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has been allocated $100 million from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for phase 2 of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley project. The $6.86 billion final phase will extend BART operations 6.5 miles from downtown San José to Santa Clara and include four new stations.
The federal funding allocations will be awarded to VTA when the project has met all program requirements needed to proceed to a construction grant agreement, according to FTA.