Monterey Corridor Community-Based Transportation Plan

In January 2022, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) through funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), initiated a Community-Based Transportation Plan in partnership with the City of San Jose. The transportation plan is focused on improving mobility options within the designated project boundaries along Alma Avenue to the north and Blossom Hill to the south, approximately 5.8 miles long, 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 resulting transportation plan will be an essential tool for helping VTA and the community proactively pursue projects when funding becomes available. Projects in the final plan can address important issues, including, but not limited to bicycle and pedestrian connectivity, public transportation amenities, local roads & streets improvement, and integration of technology with transportation.

The plan will include: 

• Demographic analysis of the area
• List of community-prioritized transportation needs
• Strategies or solutions to address these needs
• Identify possible funding sources
• List of stakeholders to implement the plan
• Documented results of community outreach strategies

Community Engagement

The success of the Community-Based Transportation Plan depends on input from people in neighborhoods throughout designated project boundaries. VTA conducted various outreach methods including an online survey, and hosted Community Workshops in September & October 2022, to find out what specific challenges the communities and business face regarding daily travels and what they think might help solve them.

For more information about this project email VTA Community Outreach at community.outreach@vta.org, or call (408) 321-7575.