VTA-Bart Berryessa Extension Project
(Room 101 D)
24 Sep 19
11:30 AM
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12:00 PM
Tracks:
AREMA Technical Sessions By Date- Passenger & Tranist, AREMA Technical Sessions By Functional Group- Passenger & Tranist, Technical Sessions By Day- Tuesday
Sustaining Silicon Valley’s economic vitality is key to maintaining the leadership of the United States in many key global industries. Besides being the nation’s center of computer-related technology services, the region includes major concentrations of biotechnology, bioengineering, and renewable energy firms. The Valley faces several challenges that could constrain its continued expansion. One is efficient movement of goods and people to, from, and within the Valley because of historical low-density land use developments with the automobile as the primary mode of travel. VTA began studying the project corridor nearly 30 years ago. The corridor consisted of the heavily congested I-880/I-680 freeway corridor that stretches from the Fremont BART Station to downtown San Jose, which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. Also, located in the middle of the two freeways was a Union Pacific Railroad freight rail right-of-way that was purchased by VTA. VTA’s BART Silicon Valley program represents the final link needed to complete the 20-mile gap in the regional rail system around San Francisco Bay and tie together the region’s three major metropolitan centers: San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland. This paper provides background about this major infrastructure project located in a congested urban area and methods implemented, lessons learned, and challenges overcome. Areas highlighted include; 1) cooperation and coordination with Union Pacific Railroad, 2) VTA/BART relationship, 3) phasing and projects including UP relocation and infrastructure 4) community benefits, environmental, development and others, 5) innovative designs introduced, Lightweight Cellular Concrete bridge approaches, Railroad Intrusion Detection. *Missed this Session or want to view it again? Stop by the VirtualAREMA kiosk located in the Registration area to purchase this product today!