Valley Transportation Plan 2035 (VTP 2035)

Valley Transportation Plan Update Process

The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) periodically updates its 25-year long-range transportation Valley Transportation Plan (VTP). The last plan, VTP 2030, was adopted by the VTA Board of Directors in February 2005. The update for the VTP is underway and generally tracks in advance of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) update which is undertaken by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC).

Community Feedback

At this point in the development of VTP2035, VTA is asking for input from the public regarding the projects lists submitted. VTA has created two avenues for providing feedback: community meetings and an online survey.

As part of the VTP development process, the cities, towns and County of Santa Clara submit projects to VTA for funding that they would like to see implemented within the timeframe of the plan. Since there are more projects submitted than there is funding available, VTA must place projects in groups that can be funded with the expected revenues over the life of the plan (financially constrained) and those which must wait for additional, yet to be obtained funds (financially un-constrained).

This is an ongoing process that is expected to continue through 2008 with a plan adoption by the end of the year. At the end of this process, VTA's Board of Directors will adopt the Valley Transportation Plan 2035 which will articulate a countywide vision for transportation, support the regional vision for transportation in the Bay Area, and outline transportation planning, projects and programs for Santa Clara County.

The VTP organizes potential projects into the ten categories listed below. Over the next month, VTA will prepare draft constrained project lists to be submitted to MTC for consideration in the RTP. These lists will be subject to revisions over the next several months as discussions continue at the county and regional levels. Click on the program area links below to view the draft (unconstrained) projects lists for each funding category.

Check back for updates as the process proceeds over the next several months.

• Transit
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Highways
• Expressways
• Local Streets
• Bicycles
• Community Design and Transportation
• Soundwalls
• Pavement Management
• Graffiti Removal & Landscape Restoration