When the project is completed in 2029, VTA riders will be able to get on light rail at the Eastridge Transit Center and connect directly with BART at Milpitas Station.

With service resuming Saturday between Diridon and Winchester on the Green Line, VTA's entire light rail system is fully operational once again. 

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority began to run trains along selected test routes in preparation for restoring passenger service as early as the end of the week.

The resumption of the VTA “bus bridges” could ease a summer of frustration for thousands of mass transit commuters, who had been told in mid-June that light rail might resume this month.

The VTA this week gave no new date for a resumption of service suspended since the May 26 mass killing at the VTA rail yards in San Jose.

Alex Ward Fritch, 49, who had been in critical condition since being taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Wednesday morning, died from his injuries, the County of Santa Clara Medical Examiner/Coroner. said.

The VTA attack was the worst mass shooting in the Bay Area since 1993. Wednesday's killer set fire to his own house before the deadly assault.

The shift to yellow tier opens light rail and buses to more travelers, who must still wear masks and stay 3 feet apart beginning May 26.

If given the green light in a special meeting Friday, Gonot's first day, complete with a $350,000 base salary, would be July 12.

The project includes a 1,031,957-square-foot headquarters-style office building plus an eight-level parking garage for nearly 3,600 cars.

De Anza College students claimed victory Thursday night by curbing a proposal to hike the cost of commuting by 440 percent.