Transit officials on Monday toasted the kickoff of bringing Bay Area Rapid Transit to the South Bay on Monday, with construction to start this year.
Trains should run to Milpitas and the South Bay by 2017, with a new station planned near the Great Mall.
Now, efforts are focusing on tunneling BART below San Jose and into Santa Clara. Read more in Gary Richards' piece in the San Jose Mercury News.
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