How Cities Benefit with a Transit-First Policy
Presently, cities are enacting goals to reduce climate change from vehicle emissions, decrease vehicle miles traveled and improve equitable outcomes...
Everyone is a pedestrian. Pedestrians are defined as any person on foot, walking, running, jogging, hiking, in a wheelchair, sitting, or lying down. Places that are safe, comfortable, and engaging for...
Every street is a transportation link for every mode; differences are based on the balance of how each mode is prioritized. Street design should complement surrounding land uses and support walking...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Even today, street design standards are based first on accommodating efficient, free, and rapid motor vehicle flow. Decisions about geometry and operations of a street typically begin with reducing...
From the 1970s through the late 2010s, transportation analysis of the impact of development projects and land use plans focused heavily on automobile Level of Service (LOS), a performance measure...
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...
Rethinking Parking Requirements: There are new ways to consider how much vehicle parking a city, development, or region should have. Many parking zoning codes err on the side of caution to accommodate...
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, parking...
Current project feasibility challenges necessitate clear entitlement paths to engage a range of private and non-profit partners and successfully deliver healthy, connected, prosperous, and...
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...
The integration of retail and other commercial uses within transit-oriented development (TOD) is a key contributing factor to placemaking, or the creation of vibrant, livable public spaces. Providing...
Light Rail Transit—or LRT—has shaped cities as they developed concentrations of activities and upward growth by providing a clean and efficient mode of transportation for large concentrations of...
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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Ask VTA has been developed to provide an opportunity for the public to have a deeper discussion...
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), in cooperation with the City of Gilroy and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), proposes to modify the US 101/SR 152/10th...
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project will extend BART service six miles from the Berryessa Transit Center into downtown San Jose and ending in the City of Santa Clara. Early construction...
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Your comments regarding the VTA BART Phase II project have been received...
At the VTA Board of Directors meeting on May 5th, 2022, the VTA Board will be voting to award the first initial stage of the Tunnel & Trackwork Contract Package 2 (CP2) for VTA’s BART Silicon Valley...
Thank you to all our riders who spoke with us, emailed, and called in about the 2023 Transit Service Plan. We received incredible feedback on the draft plan...
