BayRail Alliance, BART Extensions We Don't Support in the News

December 13, 2006, San Jose Mercury News: “VTA vote could doom BART to S.J.”

December 12, 2006, Gilroy Dispatch: “VTA Directors to Mull $135M for Design of BART Extension to SJ

June 13, 2006, Gilroy Dispatch: Column: “SCCo. Supe Gage missing the point on tax defeat ”

February 27, 2006, Gilroy Dispatch: Column: "Will Supervisor Don Gage Stand Up to the Silicon Valley Pressure?"

December 19, 2005, Gilroy Dispatch: Column: “BART-to-San-Jose Dead in the Water?  Unfortunately, Don't Bet On It”

December 16, 2005, Mountain View Voice: Op-Ed: “Caltrain a better transit option than BART-to-San Jose”

December 9, 2005, Gilroy Dispatch: Op-Ed: “Rail Transit Plan Far Better than BART – Money for Roads, Too”

December 7, 2005, Palo Alto Weekly: Guest Opinion: “'Caltrain Metro East' -- a better transit plan than BART-to-San Jose”

December 2, 2005, Mountain View Voice: Guest Opinion: “BART is a poor solution to our transit ills”

November 30, 2005, Gilroy Dispatch: Letter: “Rail Improvements Vastly More Efficient Transit Solution than BART Add-on”

November 25, 2005, East Bay Business Times: Op-Ed: “Santa Clara debate: Caltrain to Fremont?”

November 18, 2005, San Jose Business Journal: Op-Ed: “Area transit needs fresh thinking, not a new tax”

October 11, 2005, Gilroy Dispatch: Column: “New Columnist Misses the Train on BART”

September 20, 2005, San Jose Mercury News: “Report revises BART outlook  More riders, higher cost projected for San Jose extension”

April 29, 2005, Mountain View Voice: “Greg Perry vs. BART  Council member is lightning rod in debate over project”

April 22, 2005, Palo Alto Daily News Late Edition: “BART meeting sparks debate: Officials get riled up”

December 10, 2004, Palo Alto Daily News: Article: “Proposal for new BART line passes milestone”

November 19, 2004, San Jose Mercury News: Op-Ed: “Beyond the BART myth:  Efficient alternatives cost far less than $250 million per mile”

January 18, 2004, San Jose Mercury News: Letter to the Editor: “Stop sinking money into BART to S.J.”

November 13, 2003, Gilroy Dispatch: Article: “BART to SJ gobbling tax dollars”

October 31, 2003, Hollister Pinnacle: Article: “Gage worried about transportation projects  Supervisor says BART extension could doom Caltrain improvements”

October 28, 2003, Gilroy Dispatch: Editorial: “BART to SJ: pet project an albatross for taxpayers”

October 15, 2003, Gilroy Dispatch: Article: “BART shackles Caltrain  In lieu of BART, County Supervisor Don Gage is pushing for an electrified Caltrain and another line of track from San Jose south”

March 7, 2003, Bay City News: Article: “Group says BART to SJ is siphoning funds from transit”

June 7, 2002, Palo Alto Daily News: Article: Caltrain budget stalled; It's BART vs. Caltrain”