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VTA Board Approves Central Bikeway – A Visionary 10-mile Bike Superhighway
After three years of working in partnership with the community, the City of Santa Clara, the City of San Jose, the County of Santa Clara, and Caltrans, VTA’s Board approved the Final Plan and 10%...
Transit Security and Safety
Senate Bill (SB) 434 by Senator David Min (D-Irvine) was signed into law in 2023 and requires the state’s ten largest transit agencies, including the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority...
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...
New Traffic Signals to Improve Bike/Ped Safety at US 101/Blossom Hill
-Updated January 20, 2022-
As construction continues on the US 101/Blossom Hill Road Interchange Improvement Project, drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians alike will notice some signal and signage...
Traffic Relief and Improved Safety for Bikes and Pedestrians at U.S. 101/Blossom Hill Interchange
If you have driven, walked, or biked along Blossom Hill Road and over the interchange at US 101, you’ve likely noticed some significant improvements. Those include improved off and on ramps to US 101...
Station Area Design
Strategies:
- Integrate transit by design; station buildings and passenger shelters should be designed to complement surrounding land uses and architectural design features and reflect the unique...
Parking Management - Home Page
The efficient use of parking facilities can provide numerous benefits related to site design, trip generation, development cost, and building design and function. When implemented effectively...
2016 Measure B
Santa Clara County voters have approved 2016 Measure B, a 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways and active transportation (bicycles, pedestrians, and...
Speed Limits
Quick Build Projects
- Develop an outreach plan and expect lots of comments. Quick-build projects are public beta tests. They allow local agencies to get input on a design and modify it before it becomes permanent...
Role of Local Jurisdictions
Support Transit in Operations
VTA strongly recommends establishing transit first policies that favor rail and bus operations. Strong signal priority for transit operations in major corridors is...
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Sunnyvale Transit Center
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Community Wellbeing
Provide safe, direct and interesting routes to transit. A transit rider’s commute is often part of their daily physical activity. Employ Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)...
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...
Light Rail Travel Information
VTA Light Rail connects riders to Downtown San Jose, Levi’s Stadium, Milpitas BART, Mountain View Caltrain, shopping, events, jobs, and communities across Santa Clara County.