In January 2022, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) through funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), initiated a Community-Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) in partnership with the City of San Jose. The transportation plan is focused on improving mobility options within the designated project boundaries along Monterey Road between Alma Avenue and Blossom Hill Road, an approximately 5.8-mile-long corridor, with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities.
The plan brings residents, community organizations, and transportation agencies together to identify...
In January 2022, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) through funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), initiated a Community-Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) in partnership with the City of San Jose. The transportation plan is focused on improving mobility options within the designated project boundaries along Monterey Road between Alma Avenue and Blossom Hill Road, an approximately 5.8-mile-long corridor, with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities.
The plan brings residents, community organizations, and transportation agencies together to identify low-income neighborhoods' most important transportation challenges and develop strategies to overcome them.
The project team has compiled a list of recommended projects based on public input. The Draft list of recommended projects can be found here. A draft report is available here.
Draft Report (Monterey Road Corridor Community-Based Transportation Plan)
The resulting transportation plan will be an essential tool for helping VTA and the community proactively pursue projects when funding becomes available.
Community Engagement
VTA in partnership with the City of San Jose conducted various outreach including an online survey, in-person community meetings, and stakeholder interviews to find out what specific challenges the communities and businesses face regarding daily travels and what they think might help solve them.
VTA and City of San Jose staff hosted two community meetings (May 17 & 18) to share comments and suggestions gathered during the first round of public meetings and the online survey. Meeting attendees learned more about the proposed improvements, asked questions, or provided comments. Spanish and Vietnamese translations were provided.
- In-Person Meeting, 5/17/23 at the Edenvale Branch Library
- Virtual Meeting 5/18/2023. The virtual meeting can be viewed on VTA's Youtube Channel.
For more information about this project email VTA Community Outreach at community.outreach@vta.org, or call (408) 321-7575.
Timeline
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Existing Conditions Analysis
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Public Input
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Online survey launched. The deadline to participate in this survey is Friday, December 30, 2022.
- VTA and the City of San Jose hosted community meetings at the Sacred Heart Community Service center. These meetings were listening sessions to understand daily transportation needs and the residents' challenges.
- Read flyer here
- VTA and the City of San Jose staff hosted two community meetings; one at Edenvale Branch Library and the other via Zoom. At these meetings, the project team presented comments and suggestions gathered to date and raft a list of recommendations.
- Read flyer here
The deadline to participate in this confidential survey online is Friday, December 30, 2022.
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Report Development
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VTA and City of San Jose staff hosted two community meetings (May 17 & 18) to share comments and suggestions gathered during the first round of public meetings and the online survey. Event Flyer
- In-Person Meeting, 5/17/23 at 6:30 PM at the Edenvale Branch Library
- Virtual Meeting 5/18/2023 at 6:00 PM. The virtual meeting can be viewed on VTA's Youtube Channel.
VTA tabled the City of Morgan Hill's National Night Out event to promote the Monterey Corridor CBTP study. The National Night Out event is an annual, community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships. View the event flyer (PDF) in English and Spanish (PDF) here.
VTA staff plans on bringing the Monterey CBTP to VTA’s Board of Directors in March 2024 for adoption.
