REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
Title
Santa Clara Station Area Plan (Bustos)
Report
BACKGROUND
The City’s General Plan includes the Santa Clara Station Area as a near-term Focus Area. Focus Areas identify where the General Plan supports future growth through redevelopment and intensification of existing land uses. Because of their integral location, changes in these areas offer an opportunity to implement the General Plan Major Strategies to enhance the City’s quality of life and foster economic vitality.
The Santa Clara Station Focus Area consists of 244 acres generally bounded by De La Cruz Boulevard, Reed Street, and Martin Avenue to the northeast, and Franklin Street and El Camino Real to the southwest, as shown in Attachment 1. At the center of this area is the existing Santa Clara Station, which is served by Caltrain and Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) rail lines, as well as Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) bus service. The station area will also become the terminus for the VTA’s planned extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system also known as BART Silicon Valley Phase II (BART Phase II). BART Phase II is an approximately six-mile-long extension of the BART system from the Berryessa/North San Jose BART Station in San Jose to the proposed Santa Clara BART Station. As such, the station area will transform into an important transit hub for the Bay Area.
DISCUSSION
Since 2022, City staff has worked with Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), the consultant team led by WRT, and the Santa Clara Station Area Task Force (SATF) to prepare a Specific Plan for the Santa Clara Station Area. The public draft of the Specific Plan is now complete.
The draft Specific Plan includes a Mobility chapter addressing the proposed street network, access to regional and local transit, bicycle circulation, pedestrian circulation, vehicular circulation, and strategies to support safe, connected, and multimodal travel throughout the station area.
Planning staff will present the draft Mobility chapter to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) and solicit BPAC feedback.
Staff
Prepared by: Rebecca Bustos, Principal Planner, Community Development Department
Reviewed by: Lesley Xavier, Planning Manager, Community Development Department
Reviewed by: Carol Shariat, Transportation Manager, Public Works
Approved by: Michael Liw, Assistant Director/City Engineer, Public Works
ATTACHMENTS
1. Public Draft Specific Plan - Mobility Chapter