Santa Clara County transit agency looks to build one of the world’s biggest subways underneath San Jose.
One of the world’s largest planned subway tunnels — bringing BART trains through downtown San Jose — could get 20% bigger.
For critics already concerned about ballooning construction costs on the largest construction project in Santa Clara County history, the VTA now says a wider tunnel could actually make the project cheaper. And a presentation on Friday won rare approval from downtown San Jose’s major business interests, who would bear the brunt of construction, transit advocates and some BART board members.
The prior smaller tunnel plan had the trains stacked on top of one another, requiring passengers to navigate between platforms. “There’s no concern of, ‘Am I on the right platform level?’ ” BART’s Assistant General Manager Carl Holmes said during a joint BART and VTA meeting on Friday.
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