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San Jose, Calif. – The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is initiating the environmental process, required by the State of California, by preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Santa Clara-Alum Rock Transit Improvement Project.  The Draft EIR will include an analysis of three alternatives for the Santa Clara-Alum Rock Corridor: Future No Build, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), and Single-Car Light Rail Transit (LRT).  The Draft EIR will address the short and long term environmental impacts of all three project alternatives.

VTA has scheduled a public scoping meeting at San Jose City Hall to receive input on the project’s purpose and need, alternatives, the environmental and community impacts that will be evaluated and evaluation methodologies.  The input received from the public will help define the environmental studies to be considered in the Draft EIR, expected to be released in spring 2008.   

The public is invited to attend an Open House beginning at 6:00 p.m. to review exhibits and discuss the project with staff.   The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by an opportunity to enter formal comments into the public record. 

The Public Scoping Meeting will be:

Wednesday, November 14, 2007
San Jose City Hall, Wing 120
200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose

This location is served by VTA Bus Lines 22, 23, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 72, 73, 81, 180, highway 17 Express, and VTA Light Rail.

For more information about the public meetings or the Santa Clara-Alum Rock Transit Project, contact VTA Community Outreach at (408) 321-7575, (TDD only) (408) 321-2330, or visit www.vta.org.  Anyone wishing to send comments may also do so by sending an email to SC-AR.EIR.Comments@vta.org.

About the Santa Clara-Alum Rock Transit Improvement Project

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) proposes to construct transit improvements along a 4.3-mile corridor extending along Santa Clara Street and Alum Rock Avenue from the San Jose Diridon Station on the west to the Eastridge Transit Center on the east.   The Santa Clara-Alum Rock Corridor exhibits an extremely high level of transit use, and has the highest transit ridership in all of Santa Clara County.

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About VTA
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is an independent special district responsible for bus, light rail and paratransit operations; congestion management; specific highway improvement projects; and countywide transportation planning. As such, VTA is both an accessible transit provider and multi-modal transportation planning organization involved with transit, highways and roadways, bikeways and pedestrian facilities.

For more information about VTA services, call VTA Customer Service at (408) 321-2300, (408) 321-2330 (TDD only). Or, log on to www.vta.org.