• The cost of a transit project in San Jose has nearly doubled

    The cost of a transit project in San Jose has nearly doubled

    Open The Books' #WasteOfTheDay A six-mile extension of San Jose's Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, was originally estimated to cost $4.7 billion but now costs $9.1 billion. Officials from the federal government are encouraging them to rethink the project because it is too pricey.