Project description

As part of the 2023 pavement maintenance program, DOT will make significant changes to Leigh Avenue between Southwest Expressway and Hamilton Avenue. The project will include the following improvements:

• Repair the pavement
• Refresh the striping
• Add new bike lanes
• Add a painted median
• Add a center turn lane
• Add approximately 40 new on-street parking spaces
• To accommodate these improvements, we will remove one driving lane in each direction, converting the street from four lanes to two lanes

The goals of this project are to increase safety for all, and encourage more people to walk and bike. These improvements also accommodate people driving and parking, and to repair the pavement.

CITY GOALS

The Leigh Avenue project is supported by the following City plans:

• Envision San José 2040 General Plan
  • Goal TR-1.1: Accommodate and encourage use of non-automobile transportation modes to achieve San José’s mobility goals and reduce vehicle trip generation and vehicle miles traveled (VMT)
  • TR-1.3: Increase substantially the proportion of travel using modes other than the single-occupant vehicle, including at least 10% of trips by bike by 2030 and at least 15% by 2040
• Better Bike Plan 2025
  • Safety
  • Mode shift
  • Equity
• Climate Smart San José
  • Strategy 2: Reduce the miles we travel in our vehicles by at least 20%
• Move San José
  • Strategy 1: Safer streets
  • Strategy 6: Low-stress bike facilities and slow streets
  • Strategy 9: Enhance bike connectivity

These plans help us encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to walk, roll, bike, and use public transit. These goals, and this project, will ultimately help us create a more sustainable and vibrant San José.

Timeline

• Planning and design: Spring/summer 2023
• Outreach: Summer/fall 2023
• Construction: October 2023

Community engagement

Community meeting was held on Wednesday, August 30, 2023 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. View the meeting recording on YouTube.

Contact

If you have any questions or comments about this project, please email our Active Transportation team at Active.Transportation@sanjoseca.gov.

Resources

For more information about our bike and pedestrian initiatives, and pavement projects, please visit our Walking & Biking webpage and Pavement webpage.

Funding

This project is funded by our pavement maintenance program, which uses a variety of funds from the following sources:

• Senate Bill 1
• Measure B
• Measure T
• Transportation Development Act