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Round 2 Community MeetingMay 23, 2018John Sighamony, VTA Project ManagerAdam Dankberg, Kimley-Horn

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Agenda• Presentation

• Project Background• Existing Conditions• Community Feedback From First Round of Outreach• Proposed Project Improvements• Next Steps

• Q&A

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Project Objectives• Enhance the safety, comfort, and reliability of

sustainable transportation modes, while stillaccommodating drivers

• Community-supported• Implementable

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Study Area

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Study Process

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Existing Conditions

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Activity Levels• Average of 11,550 weekday light rail boardings and

alightings at stations along corridor, plus thousandsmore passing through corridor

• Over 18,000 daily autos in some segments• Several intersections with over 100 pedestrian

crossings per hour• Four major regional bicycle/pedestrian trails cross

the corridor

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Traffic Volumes• Traffic volumes highest near I-880 and in Milpitas• Traffic heaviest eastbound in evening• Some congestion westbound in morning

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Example Hourly Traffic Volume DistributionTasman Drive, East of Great America Parkway (2016)

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Light Rail Activity• Busiest Stations are:

• Tasman (1,914 daily boardings, including transfers)• Great Mall (1,107 daily boardings)• Old Ironsides (376 daily boardings)• I-880 (369 daily boardings)

• Planned increase from 4 trains per hour per directionto 8 trains per hour per direction between OldIronsides and Milpitas BART

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Bicycle Facilities

Tasman & Zanker Tasman & Lawrence

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Sidewalk Facilities

Tasman & Tasman CtTasman & Calle del Sol

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Pedestrian Crossings

Tasman & Birchwood

Tasman & N First

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Pedestrian Facilities

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Community FeedbackFrom First Round ofOutreach

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Outreach Round 1• 3 community meetings in April 2017

• Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas/San Jose

• Online survey• 236 survey responses with 281 issue spots noted

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Ranking the needs of the Tasman Drive/Great Mall ParkwayCorridor

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Proposed ProjectImprovements

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Summary of Proposed Improvements

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Sunnyvale Alternate Bike Routing

Project Corridor

Project Corridor

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High Visibility Crosswalks Adaptive Pedestrian Signals

Pedestrian Improvements

• Sidewalk gap closures• Widened sidewalks• New curb ramps• Reduced curb radii

• Landscape strips• Widened paths of travel• Improved wayfinding

Other Improvements:

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Cycle Track and Vertical Separation Two-Stage Bike Turn Box

Bicycle Improvements

• Trail improvements• Trail connection improvements• Buffered bicycle lanes

• Off-street path• Bike slots at intersection• Green paint in conflict areas

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Tasman Drive/ Fair Oaks AvenueIntersection

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Tasman Drive/Adobe Wells

Sidewalk GapClosure

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San Jose Two-Way Cycle Track

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Tasman Drive/N 1st Street

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Tasman Drive/ Zanker Road

Existing

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Next Steps

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Online Surveyvta.org/tasmanstudy

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Project Next Steps• Obtain community input through community meetings

and online survey• Refine proposed improvements and identify preferred

concept• Develop cost estimates and implementation plan• Coordination between VTA and Cities to obtain

funding and design/construct projects

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PROJECT INFORMATIONVTA Community Outreach

CALL US:Phone: (408) 321-7575TTY Only: (408) 321-2330

EMAIL US:community.outreach@vta.org

VISIT US:http://www.vta.org/tasmanstudy