The City of San José is developing a new approach to transit that can be designed and built faster and at lower cost and offers a better rider experience than traditional transit systems. The first step is a proposed connector between Mineta San José International Airport and Diridon Station in the west end of San José’s Downtown.

We view this project as a first phase. If it is successful, the City intends to grow it into a larger system to carry people across San José and neighboring cities without interruptions from traffic. We are pursuing a public-private partnership (PPP or P3) solution to keep public costs low and encourage innovation.

Timeline

All future dates are preliminary and subject to change:

• July 2019: Request for Information released 
• 2021: Development of request for proposal
• May 2022: Request for Proposal release
• October 2022: Proposal submission deadline (updated on August 2)
• February 2023: Notice of preferred proposer issued
• April 7, 2023: Recommendation published for April 18 City Council meeting
• April 18, 2023: City Council approval to move forward with Phase 1 of PDA
• 2027: Anticipated start of construction

Community Engagement

• September 20, 2023; 6 to 7 p.m.: Diridon to Airport Connector Phase 1 Community Meeting 
• Presentation slides for the San José Airport Connector Project community meeting
• View our YouTube playlist, which features all Airport Connector meeting recordings
  • 11/21/21: Neighbors' Meeting #2
  • 11/16/21: Neighbors' Meeting #1
  • 10/27/21: RFP Industry Day

Updates

• 4/12/23: Read our blog post about City staff presenting the Airport Connector project to City Council.
• 4/7/23: City Council item with staff recommendation published for April 18 City Council meeting.
• 10/7/22: The proposal due date has been extended to November 8, 2022. 
• 8/12/22: The proposal due date has been extended from August 23, 2022 to October 18, 2022, to give prospective respondents more time to complete their submittals. 
• 5/10/22: The request for proposals for a project partner is now published. The RFP closes on August 16, 2022. 
• 10/14/21: Interested firms were invited to learn about and register for our Request for Proposal Industry Day on October 27.
• 7/15/21: Read our blog post about how we and our partners asked tech firms to provide solutions for an Airport Connector.
• 6/29/21: City Council approves ARUP as a partner to develop the project request for proposals. Learn more by reading our blog post.

resources

• Responses to May 2022 Request for Proposals:
  • The Boring Company (.zip file, 12.7 MB)
  • San José Airport Connectors (.zip file, 68.4 MB)
  • San José Connection Partners (.zip file, 112 MB) 
• Predevelopment Agreement documents
  • Predevelopment Agreement
  • Exhibit 5
• Request for Proposals documents
  • Request for Proposals
  • Appendices
• Ridership Study on the Diridon to Airport Connector
• June 2022: Pre-Proposal Conference Recording
• June 2022: Pre-Bid Conference Staff Presentation
• December 2021: Advanced Notice on RFP’s Technology Requirements 
• Alignment Landholders Discussion Presentation
• 10/27/21: Request for Proposal Industry Day
  • Presentation
• Read a staff council memo from August 2020 on the Airport Connector and Stevens Creek Line project
• Read the Mayor and City Council's memo from August 2020, recommending a motion for the project
• Learn about the July 2019 Request for Information and see the responses
  • Summary assessment of RFI responses
• 2017 Automated Guideway Transit Study

PROJECT PROPOSALS

• Plenary Glydways (unsolicited)
• TCE Financial (unsolicited)

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