VTA Central Bikeway Feasibility Study and Alternatives Analysis

Alta led a study for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to identify a preferred alignment and design for a continuous, connected, low-stress bicycle superhighway between Santa Clara and East San José. During the course of the study, David served as the technical lead for an analysis that explored with how different alignment options when implemented could improve regional access to opportunities on a comfortable & low stress network. This connectivity testing framework enabled the design team to understand how different alignments would impact low-stress access to parks, disadvantaged communities, community facilities, transit, and other destinations. This analysis provides important insights to the benefits provided by a multijurisdictional project whose implementation would be based on a shared understanding of the benefits of each alignment.

This analysis was used to inform multiple different sets of criteria even though the underlying network analysis was similar across categories.