Project description

Monterey Road is a high fatality and injury corridor, with several traffic deaths per year. Monterey Road is also one of San José’s highest bus ridership corridors. The project area is Monterey Road and First Street from Keyes Avenue to Ford Road. The Monterey Road Transit Lane Project aims to:

• Improve safety for all users
• Improve transit speeds and reliability

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is leading the project, with assistance from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The project focuses on low-cost changes to improve safety and speed up transit along Monterey Road.

The first phase of the project is the Monterey Road Transit Study. The study phase will be completed in fall 2023.

The second phase is planned to start in early 2024. The main improvements include:

• Bus lanes and bus boarding islands
• Upgrading existing bicycle lanes to protected bicycle lanes
• Upgrading existing crosswalks
• Add protected intersections or bulb-outs at select intersections

City Goals

• Safety and Vision Zero
  • Improve safety for all modes of transportation
  • Safer and lower stress bicycling on Monterey Road
  • Safer access to transit
• Improving transit
  • Speed up existing transit, get people to their destinations faster
  • Implement: General Plan, Move San José, and Transit First Policy
  • Improve mobility options and safety for people of all backgrounds, ages, and abilities

Timeline

All future dates are preliminary and subject to change:

• 2022
  • Summer: Developed street cross-sections
  • September: First round of community engagement meetings
  • Fall: Traffic modelling
• 2023
  • Winter: Develop conceptual design for Keyes Road to Curtner Avenue segment
  • May: Second round of community engagement meetings
  • Summer: Develop conceptual design for Curtner Avenue to Ford Road segment
  • September: Third round of community engagement meetings
  • Fall: Complete conceptual design
• 2024
  • Winter: Final design begins
• 2025
  • Spring: Complete final design
• 2026
  • Summer: Construction begins

Community engagement

Upcoming

• September 27, 2023; 6-7 p.m.: Monterey Road Transit Project Community Meeting

View previous Monterey Corridor community meeting recordings:

• May 18, 2023: Watch the Monterey Corridor Community Meeting #2
• September 30, 2022: Watch the Monterey Corridor Community Meeting #1

Project Map

Contact

If you have any questions or comments about the project, please email project manager Brian Stanke at brian.stanke@sanjoseca.gov.

Resources

Learn more about plans for Monterey Road by visiting VTA's website.

Funding

The Monterey Road project is funded by:

• City and VTA funds
• The Transportation Priority Improvement grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Committee (MTC)
• The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Community grant program (pending)