REPORT TO BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT
Title
Tasman East Amendment Bike/Parking Study (Liw)
Report
BACKGROUND
On November 2018, the City Council adopted the Tasman East Specific Plan (TESP) to guide the transition of an underutilized 45-acre industrial neighborhood immediately adjacent to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Lick Mill Light Rail Station into a pedestrian-friendly and transit-oriented development with the addition of 4,500 new residential units near transit and jobs. The Specific Plan incorporates approximately 100,000 square feet of neighborhood-oriented and convenience retail and 10 acres of open space including various outdoor recreational facilities and landscape features, a public plaza, pocket parks and paseos.
In November 2020, the City Council approved various amendments to the TESP including replacing a proposed street extension for Calle Del Sol with a pedestrian and bicycle paseo.
Included in TESP is the future installation of bicycle facilities along portions of the public streets in the TESP. Specifically, new bicycle lanes are planned for Calle de Mundo, the new Lick Mill Boulevard extension, and within a new pedestrian/bicycle paseo on Calle de Luna to Calle del Mundo (Attachment 1, TESP Pedestrian and Bike Network Connectivity and Roadway Cross-Sections).
Since adoption of the TESP, there has been significant developer interest in TESP and several projects have moved forward. Several projects have been completed, and other sites are under construction. As appropriate, new bicycle lanes mentioned above have been installed with the projects.
It is also important to note that do to the significant interest in TESP, that the City is currently in the process of amending the TESP to add approximately 1,500 additional units above the 4,500 already approved in TESP. The draft environmental report for this proposed amendment has been posted to the City’s website. It is estimated that the am...
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