Santa Clara Alum Rock

Santa Clara-Alum Rock Station Personalization Meetings

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will update the community on the Santa Clara-Alum Rock Rapid Transit Project and seek input on how to personalize certain station elements to reflect the character of the surrounding neighborhoods. This is a second round of meetings from those held in April 2011 to update the community on the project. The meetings will be held on the following dates and locations:

June 21, 2011 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Mexican Heritage Plaza
200 E. Alum Rock, Theatre Lobby, San José, CA
(Station Personalization Meeting for the King Road, Jackson Ave and Alum Rock Transit Center Stations)
This location is served by VTA Bus Lines: 22, 23, 64, 77 and 522.

June 23, 2011 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Library
4th and San Fernando Streets, San José, CA
(Station Personalization Meeting for the HP Pavilion, Santa Clara Street and 7th Street Stations)
This location is served by VTA Light Rail and Bus Lines: 63, 64, 72, 73, 81 Highway 17 Express, and DASH.

June 23, 2011 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Roosevelt Community Center, Community Room
901 E. Santa Clara Street, San José, CA
(Station Personalization Meeting for the 17th St and 24th St Stations)
This location is served by VTA Bus Lines 22, 23, 64 and 522.

For more details call VTA Community Outreach 408-321-7575. To subscribe to the latest information about this project, please click on the blue envelope on the web page.

Individuals who require language translation, American Sign Language, or documents in accessible formats are requested to contact VTA Community Outreach at 408-321-7575 / 408-321-2330 TTY at least 5 business days before the meeting. All meeting facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Santa Clara-Alum Rock Rapid Transit Project

In the BRT Strategic Plan the Alum Rock corridor was identified as one of the three corridors for near term development. The corridor begins at the Diridon on Santa Clara Street and ends at the Eastridge Mall (7.4 miles) and is currently served by Rapid 522 (15-minute headways), Local 22 (12-minute headways), and Local 23 (12-minute headways). The preferred BRT plan for ultimate build out has 10-minute BRT headways and 15-minute local headways (called BRT 10-15) along the three corridors. The Alum Rock corridor has the following principal service features:

• Local 22 service along the El Camino and Alum Rock corridors (from Palo Alto Transit Center to Eastridge), operating at 15-minute headways;
• New BRT 522 service to replace Rapid 522 on the El Camino and Alum Rock corridors (from Palo Alto Transit Center to Eastridge), operating at 10-minute headways; and
• New BRT 523 service to complement Local 23 service west of Downtown and to replace it east of Downtown (from Downtown to Eastridge), operating at 10-minute headways.

(A change from the current service, local 23 will be truncated at San Jose State University and will not run on Alum Rock as it does today.)

Santa Clara-Alum Rock Project Fact Sheet (English)
Santa Clara-Alum Rock Project Fact Sheet (Español)
Santa Clara-Alum Rock Project Fact Sheet (Viêt)

The preferred operating plan generated the highest overall ridership of all the operating plans – nearly 84,000 daily riders combined on all routes. The Alum Rock Corridor was forecast to carry the highest number of passengers at nearly 35,000 daily riders, about 40% of total demand. The growth in demand by corridor versus the existing case ranged from 140%-210%, with demand on the Stevens Creek Corridor growing the fastest, and demand on the Alum Rock Corridor increasing the most, nearly 22,500 daily riders.

Capital cost estimates for the BRT 10-15 plan ranged $490-$577 million (with Alum Rock costing up to $129 million). Average per mile capital costs for all three corridors for the BRT 10-15 were $15.3 million/mile. Corridor per mile capital costs for 6.9 miles on Alum Rock will be $18.6 million/mile.

The goal of the infrastructure strategy was to reduce in-vehicle travel time by 30% when compared to a local bus with right-of-way and station upgrades. Alum Rock has one segment of median busway (totaling 1.4 miles between King Road and Capitol Expressway), enhancements to mixed flow BRT sections, and 11 new BRT stations.