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Downtown San José Station
Downtown San José Station will be on Santa Clara Street between Market and 1st Streets. Ticketing and fare gates will be at street-level while the station’s concourse and platforms will be underground...
Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2050
VTA’s overarching goal is to provide transportation facilities and services that support and enhance the county’s continued success by fostering a high quality of life for Santa Clara County residents...
Transportation Demand Management - Home Page
Traditional efforts to meet increasing travel demand are typically based on a supply-oriented approach largely supported by the lack of physical and fiscal limitations on where, when, and how...
Guiding Principles of Land Use - Home Page
As the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) and transit agency for Santa Clara County, VTA plays an active role in integrating land use and transportation planning.
VTA’s Land Use and Transportation...
Community Design and Transportation (CDT)
The Community Design and Transportation Manual (CDT) is designed to inspire new thinking about the form and function of growth, broaden and strengthen the range of transportation choices, and make the...
Build Effective Partnerships
Bring together various community development stakeholders to identify shared project objectives and transit integration opportunities and challenges at the earliest stage in the process to...
Flexible Zoning Strategies - Home Page
Originally invented as a tool to separate housing from hazardous industrial activities, zoning serves as the primary tool that local jurisdictions use to regulate land uses. However, traditional...
Case Studies (Clarifying Design Expectations)
Austin, TX, USA - Smart Growth Matrix
To streamline the review process, give a clear sense of development expectations, and provide a financial incentive for Smart Growth, the City of Austin (Texas...
CDT - Bibliography
Section 1
Metropolitan Transportation Commission. “Priority Development Areas (PDAs).” https://mtc.ca.gov/our-work/plans-projects/focused-growth-livable-communities/priority-development-areas
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Clarifying Design Expectations - Home Page
The design of new development is often driven by the physical planning requirements and outlined in zoning codes. Setbacks, height and bulk limits, and building density are factors that directly...
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Transportation and Public Life - Home Page
Communities designed to enable people to accomplish daily activities in equal comfort through multiple transit modes lead to healthy, vibrant public life. Concentrating services, activities, and...
Parking Design - Home Page
The design of parking facilities plays a significant role in a transportation system as parking is always the very start and end of any passenger vehicle trip. Parking design and layout has a...
Case Studies (Revising Transportation Analysis Practices)
Fort Collins, CO, USA - Multimodal Level of Service Standards
The City of Fort Collins was one of the first cities to adopt Multimodal Level of Service (MMLOS) standards to evaluate how projects...
Streetscape Design
Visual cues, landmarks, and useful signage orient pedestrians with their surroundings and destinations and provide safe and easy navigation. Clear sight lines to and from station stops increase...
Flexible Vehicle Parking Standards
Establish parking maximums to set a cap of parking needed for specific zones and reduce the potential for an overabundance of parking to detract from an area.
- Including a maximum ratio of a...
Mixed Use Zones
Plan for neighborhood integration to ensure that new development and the proposed urban pattern provide a natural transition in size, scale, and character to adjacent neighborhoods.
Integrate Trans...
Overlay Zones
Case Studies (Flexible Zoning Strategies)
Mountain View, California, USA – Innovative Development Standards
The City of Mountain View approved the East Whisman Precise Plan in 2019 with special standards requiring that new development...
Functional Classifications
Build in flexibility. Use engineering design discretion to design streets in context with surrounding land uses. Look at the full range of values provided in design manuals, rather than default to the...
Parking Structure Design
Conform parking structure height and façades to match the surrounding built environment and adjacent uses. Parking structures should complement the scale and character of the neighborhood.
- Consider...