The Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Thursday voted unanimously to approve new plans for a light rail extension to San Jose’s Eastridge Transit Center — giving what should be the go-ahead on an almost 20-year-old project.
The vote came decades after East San Jose residents waited for the wheels of government to crank the fully-funded project into action, after county voters first approved the extension project in 2000 with Measure A. The VTA board discussed new findings in a second study that details impact from noise, vibration and traffic impacts, including the loss of carpool lanes. The unavoidable impacts will affect East San Jose residents along Capitol Expressway between VTA’s Alum Rock and Eastridge transit centers, where the 2.4 mile extension will be placed.
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