FTS located and designed Mountain View’s transit station to accommodate light rail, bus transfer, paratransit and walk access. The transit center design is integrated with FTS’ plan for the Evelyn Avenue neighborhood.

Before

The Transit Center site was an unpaved parking lot with minimal shelter and no amenity.

Existing CalTrain-only commuter rail stop with minimal shelter, open platform, inadequate lighting, and unpaved parking lot.

Assignment

• Locate and design a new multimodal facility
• Create pedestrian-friendly character while providing surface parking
• Link the design to other Downtown Revitalization efforts

Outcomes

• The Project contributed to the City’s selection by the American Planning Association for the “Outstanding Planning Award for Implementation” for Integrated Transit Development in 2002.
• Completed site selection, design and construction documents for new multi-modal transit station featuring the Tasman Corridor Light Rail line, CalTrain, bus transfer and layover facility, expanded parking facilities, platform improvements and pedestrian access improvements
• An innovative “nested crescent” drop-off developed by FTS that keeps the facility compact and walkable to downtown was refined and implemented in collaboration with VTA staff and engineers from the Korve Engineering team
• The transit plaza extends the thematic treatment of downtown’s Castro Street improvements by FTS; the station parking lot creates shade tree canopies amidst parked cars and maintains a pedestrian-friendly character.

In collaboration with:

Korve Engineering (Prime), SBA Architects, Kleinfelder, Inc.