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The Santa Clara Transit Center is currently served by Caltrain, Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) and Capitol Corridor rail lines, and Valley Transit Authority (VTA) bus lines. Additionally, future plans call for an Automated People Mover (APM) system that would connect Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport with both the Transit Center and VTA’s Metro/Airport light rail station. Finally, a major effort is currently underway to extend Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) from Fremont to Silicon Valley, with the Santa Clara Transit Center forming the terminus of this extension. With direct rail service to virtually all parts of the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, the Transit Center will emerge as a key intermodal hub in the region.
The Station Area Plan encompasses planning for 440 acres of land around the Transit Center that are currently largely occupied by older industrial uses, several of them no longer operating. It is being developed collaboratively by the City of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The Draft Plan has been released for public review. The Plan envisions vital, intense, mixed-use Transit Oriented Development (TOD), with a significant increase in residential development (approximately 3,800 new residential units) and just over five million square feet of office, commercial, and hotel space. The Plan will transform several hindered acres of land with new neighborhood and districts, while respecting the character of the Old Quad and the Newhall neighborhoods. The EIR is being finalized for public review.
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