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Tort Liability

A graphic showing how document, design, and decisions can deviate from standards but take steps to prevent tort liability. — Document design rationale and mitigation measures to ensure safety.

Modernize Transportation Analysis Policies

Graphic showing map with yellow, orange, red, and green colors indicating with higher or lower levels of VMT — Sample VMT heat map which can be used in CEQA screening; green and yellow areas have lower VMT, orange and red areas have higher VMT

Adopt Performance Standards for Active Modes

Photo of a person riding a bicycle with a helmet in a protected bikeway with planter boxes of large grasses between the bikeway and a vehicle lane — Protected bike lane, which would improve Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress (Source: Flickr -Dylan Passmore)

Update Level of Service (LOS) Analysis Practices

Graphic of a map of the North Bayshore Area of Mountain View with green, yellow, orange, and red areas — Examples of land uses with trip caps or robust TDM programs - Mountain View North Bayshore area

Photo of older brown stone building with red roof and ornate archways — Examples of land uses with trip caps or robust TDM programs - Stanford University main campus (Source: Flickr Madhan Kumar)

Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and Multimodal Improvements

Photo of two bicyclists using a bicycle lane between a vehicle lane and parked cars on a partly sunny day — Bicycle infrastructure can contribute to reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled

Consider Broader Mitigation Frameworks

Graphic of a bus approaching a signalized intersection and the bus is able to use an optical emitter to call to the optimal detector to request priority at the signal — Examples of items that could be funded with a broader mitigation framework - Transit Signal Priority

Graphic showing an artists rendering of a reconstructed intersection with landscaping on all four corners, short pedestrian crossing distances, separated bikeways, and cars and buses traveling — Example of items that could be funded with a broader mitigation framework - Complete Streets Improvements

Develop a Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

Graphic with blue text explaining the process for developing an Environmental Impact Report — Process for developing an Environmental Impact Report

Graphic showing the process for developing a Program EIR with blue icons and white text — Process for developing a Program Environmental Impact Report

Changing the Cost of Commuting

Photo of Express Lane pricing on a Bay Area freeway — Freeway Express Lane Pricing

Helping Communities Leave Their Cars at Home

Graphic of a map of a downtown with callout boxes of policies and programs that incentivize people to not drive for traveling — Support transportation demand management and reduce single occupant vehicle use

Transportation Demand Management and the Development Process

Photo of two train station platforms with signs and trees with a taller building in the background — Diridon Station Area, Transit Oriented Development, San José, CA (Source: Flickr - Sergio Ruiz)

Transportation Management Associations

Transportation Management Associations

Tunnel Segment For BART Phase II Alignment

Tunnel Delivery Path

VTA’s BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension Project includes an approximately five-mile long tunnel. Tunnel construction is anticipated to begin south of the Santa Clara...

US 101 SB to SR 87 SB Connector Ramp & US 101 SB On-Ramp from Story Road Widening Projects

Project locations are in the City of San Jose at the southbound (SB) US-101 diagonal on-ramp from eastbound and westbound Story Road (Location 1) and SB US-101 to SB State Route (SR) 87 freeway to...

Sustainable Mode Education, Infrastructure, and Accessibility

Photo of bicyclists riding up a bicycle and pedestrian bridge on a clear day — Bicycle Infrastructure - Borregas Bridge, Sunnyvale, CA

Transit and Transit-Oriented Development

Photo of a roadway with a bus, sidewalk with landscaping, and a taller apartment building — Transit-Oriented Development, Sunnyvale, CA (Source: Flickr - Sergio Ruiz)

Legal Considerations

Graphic showing a timeline using blue transportation-related icons listing "encourage, support, develop, implement, monitor, and adapt." — TDM Legal Considerations

Flexible Vehicle Parking Standards

Photo taken from above showing an intersection with on-street, garage, and parking lot parking — Source: Urban Land Institute

Establish parking maximums to set a cap of parking needed for specific zones and reduce the potential for an overabundance of parking to detract from an area.

Including a maximum ratio of a...

In-Lieu Fees

Photo of a parking garage with several cars parked on both sides of an aisle — (Source: Adobe Stock)

"Unbundle" Parking Costs

Photo of parking garage with cars parked on both sides of the aisle — Parking Garage

Bicycle and Micromobility Devices Parking Standards

Photo of a bicycle parking room with bicycles parked on both sides of aisle in two levels with signs above — Bike Parking Station (Source: BART)

On-Street Parking Policy

Photo of the front of a parking meter with bicycle lane and parked vehicle behind — On-Street Parking Meter

Loading Zones

Photo of sign stating school loading times attached to a pole — School Loading Zone

Shared Vehicle Parking

Photo of parking lot entrance behind a pedestrian plaza and attached to a coffee shop with bicycle parking in the foreground — 4th Street Parking Garage, Morgan Hill, CA

Data, Technology, and Pricing to Manage Parking

Photo of a camera above parked vehicles in a parking garage — Camera Operating in Parking Structure (Source: Adobe Stock - Jayzynism)

Vehicle Parking Duration Limits

Photo of a sign limiting parking to 30 minutes mounted on a street light with a street and trees in the background — 30 Minute Parking - The Alameda, San José, CA