The State - News from Feb. 28, 1988

Two-thirds of motorists in traffic-choked Santa Clara County would be willing to pay $170 a year in additional taxes to develop an ambitious $2.1-billion countywide rail, highway and bus plan designed to ease traffic congestion by the turn of the century. In addition, a county survey showed, 90% of residents support the plan, called Transportation 2000. “No one was surprised more than the Board of Supervisors,” Supervisor Susanne Wilson, head of the Transportation 2000 Steering Committee, said of the survey. Major elements of Transportation 2000 include expanding Highways 101, 85 and 237; extending the county’s light-rail line and improving CalTrain commuter service.