Consider Broader Mitigation Frameworks
Implement policies that support healthy, active, and engaged communities.
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...
Carolyn Flowers, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), could not have been more impressed by the progress she saw at the soon-to-be-completed Milpitas and Berryessa...
Provision high environmental quality parking facilities that improve water quality by filtering and cooling though stormwater best management practices, including vegetated swales and rain gardens.
...Minimize use of tall shrubs in favor of lower shrubs and groundcovers to allow for greater visibility within a parking area for pedestrian and vehicular safety. Clear lines of sight minimize...
Locate ADA accessible parking spaces closest to an accessible entrance or dispersed at multiple accessible entrances. Provide clear accessible routes with wayfinding from all ADA accessible spaces...
Provide separate space close to building entrances or in other designated and intuitive locations for shared bicycle and scooter parking that is outside a pedestrian path of travel.
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There are multiple opportunities coming up where VTA can really use your input. Some are virtual, others are in person. Community meetings are one of the many ways we share information about what we...
This article was contributed by Transportation Planner Aiko Cuenco and Senior Environmental Planner Lani Lee Ho
VTA is honored to be selected as a recipient of the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Sustainable...
VTA’s BART Silicon Valley (BSV) Phase II Project is a 6-mile project that extends BART service from the Berryessa BART station, which opened for passenger service in June 2020, to downtown San José...
Vary cross-sections along the length of the corridor to support adjoining uses. In response to heavy pedestrian and transit use in busy core areas, traffic lanes may be narrowed, and sidewalks...
Mountain View, California, USA – Innovative Development Standards
The City of Mountain View approved the East Whisman Precise Plan in 2019 with special standards requiring that new development...
Denver, CO, USA - Denver TOD Fund
To counter growing displacement, in 2010 a first of its kind fund was created between funding partners and foundations to preserve affordable housing along...
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...
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...
Establish parking maximums to set a cap of parking needed for specific zones and reduce the potential for an overabundance of parking to detract from an area.
Conform parking structure height and façades to match the surrounding built environment and adjacent uses. Parking structures should complement the scale and character of the neighborhood.