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VTA Pedestrian Technical Guidelines

Santa Clara County, California

Community Design + Architecture was selected by the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), to develop a set of pedestrian technical guidelines for Santa Clara County. The guidelines complement VTA’s Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use that addresses their multi-faceted relationship. The VTA Pedestrian Technical Guidelines provide guidance and build the capabilities of local governments, citizen groups, and the real estate development industry to address pedestrian concerns in the design of streets, sidewalks, buildings, and urban spaces.

The document builds on Community Design + Architecture’s expertise in developing guidelines that promote walking as a transportation mode. These guidelines provide detailed recommendations for the design of streets for the roadway, the pedestrian realm and their interface with adjacent development. The guidelines include a discussion on issues related to the integration of transit (light rail, BRT, and standard bus service) into a seamless pedestrian supportive environment. The guidelines were developed through an intensive process of work with an advisory committee that included elected-officials, city transportation staff, and pedestrian advocates from the region. In addition, VTA technical design staff from the Transit Division, were involved in developing the guidelines for improved pedestrian access to transit.