VTA To Host Four Communty Meetings On El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Project

VTA is upgrading transit service along Santa Clara County’s three busiest transit corridors with the addition of Bus Rapid Transit.

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) consists of a number of enhancements to make bus service along El Camino Real fast, frequent and reliable.

The El Camino Real BRT Project spans approximately 17 miles along El Camino Real from San José SAP Center to Palo Alto.

After months of planning, environmental analysis, public meetings and listening to community comments, VTA is releasing the Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment for the El Camino Real Bus Rapid Transit Project.

VTA will hold four public hearings/meetings to share the draft results and listen to comments and concerns from the community.

VTA is evaluating seven alternatives (including station options and options that vary the extent of the general use lane to be replaced for BRT).

Please attend in order to share with VTA which alternative you prefer.

To learn more or offer formal comments about the project, please attend one of the following public hearings/meetings.

The same format and content will be offered at each meeting:

Thursday, November 20, 2014
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (presentation begins at 8:45 a.m.)
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (presentation begins at 5:45 p.m.)
Mountain View City Council Chambers
500 Castro Street, 2nd Floor, Mountain View, CA 94041

Wednesday, December 3, 2014
8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (presentation begins at 8:45 a.m.)
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (presentation begins at 5:45 p.m.)
Santa Clara City Council Chambers
1500 Warburton Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050

If you are unable to attend these hearings/meetings, project information and presentations can be found online at vta.org/el-camino-brt.

Comments on the Draft EIR/EA must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2014.

To comment on the Draft EIR/EA:

Mail: VTA Environmental Planning Department
331 N. First Street, Building B-2
San Jose, CA 95134

Email: ecrbrt@vta.org

Copies of the document are available online at vta.org/el-camino-brt and at the following locations:

VTA Building B-Lobby
331 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95134

Los Altos Main Library
13 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94022

--Information courtesy of the City of Los Altos