Equitable, Prosperous, Walkable, Sustainable Places
VTA wants to see Santa Clara County thriving.
As the region grows, people will continue to move here, securing jobs and expanding their families. Until now, Silicon Valley has handled this growth in a way where people sit in their cars on long commutes, clogging up roads and releasing tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
VTA has a strategy for a different kind of growth: Transit-Oriented Communities are vibrant, livable places near transit, with homes, jobs, parks, and shops that connect well to the surrounding neighborhoods, where traveling by bus, light rail, train, bike, scooter, skateboard, or on foot is safe, reliable, and convenient.
Transit-Oriented Communities are anchored by Transit-Oriented Developments: individual projects, such as an apartment or office building, constructed on VTA-owned land directly adjacent to a transit stop. Transit-Oriented Developments help VTA boost ridership on buses and light rail. These projects also generate revenue that VTA reinvests to improve public transit service.
In the 1990s, VTA created its first two Transit-Oriented Development projects: One at Almaden Station created 250 housing units, including 50 affordable units, and another at Ohlone/Chynoweth Station created 196 affordable housing units, a childcare center, and 4,400 square feet of retail space. In 2016, VTA revitalized its Transit-Oriented Development Program and identified more than two dozen initial sites for development. The Program was renamed to Transit-Oriented Communities in 2022 to reflect a broader vision for its impact.
VTA’s Transit-Oriented Communities Policy outlines the Program’s principles and approach.
Equitable, Prosperous, Walkable, Sustainable Places
VTA wants to see Santa Clara County thriving.
As the region grows, people will continue to move here, securing jobs and expanding their families. Until now, Silicon Valley has handled this growth in a way where people sit in their cars on long commutes, clogging up roads and releasing tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
VTA has a strategy for a different kind of growth: Transit-Oriented Communities are vibrant, livable places near transit, with homes, jobs, parks, and shops that connect well to the surrounding neighborhoods, where traveling by bus, light rail, train, bike, scooter, skateboard, or on foot is safe, reliable, and convenient.
Transit-Oriented Communities are anchored by Transit-Oriented Developments: individual projects, such as an apartment or office building, constructed on VTA-owned land directly adjacent to a transit stop. Transit-Oriented Developments help VTA boost ridership on buses and light rail. These projects also generate revenue that VTA reinvests to improve public transit service.
In the 1990s, VTA created its first two Transit-Oriented Development projects: One at Almaden Station created 250 housing units, including 50 affordable units, and another at Ohlone/Chynoweth Station created 196 affordable housing units, a childcare center, and 4,400 square feet of retail space. In 2016, VTA revitalized its Transit-Oriented Development Program and identified more than two dozen initial sites for development. The Program was renamed to Transit-Oriented Communities in 2022 to reflect a broader vision for its impact.
VTA’s Transit-Oriented Communities Policy outlines the Program’s principles and approach.