BART to San Jose in 2016?

It looks like we may be getting BART 18 months early! Last week the VTA approved spending $772 million to start construction of the first phase of the BART extension to San Jose. Originally slated for 2018, it looks like the developer may be able to pull it off by late 2016 (and receive performance bonuses as an added incentive for completing it early). For more info click here.