The city will continue developing the urban village plan for the station area through late 2018. Meanwhile, community engagement for the Berryessa BART Urban Village plan kicked off in the spring with AARP’s Livable Cities Charrette, a week-long event bringing planners and community members together to imagine the future for Berryessa’s hallmark transit village. Owners of the San Jose Flea Market site have submitted development plans to the city. The Berryessa urban village is made up of three large parcels: the San Jose Flea Market site, VTA property adjacent to the station and a property owned by Facchino Trucking. With this tool in place, the city’s planners can start work on all phase one urban village plans that have yet to be completed, including the Berryessa BART Urban Village. San Jose recently approved the Urban Village Implementation Framework, a citywide structure guiding financing and planning for urban village areas. The same opportunity exists at Berryessa. With a planned mix of shops, high-density multifamily housing, affordable housing, parks, public spaces and a school, this area is poised to provide needed housing and move people out of their cars and onto transit. Over 7,100 permitted residential units are included in the Milpitas Transit Area Specific Plan for the neighborhood surrounding the new BART station. In the South Bay, Milpitas is providing a model. The agencies anticipate starting passenger service at the Berryessa/North San Jose BART Station in early 2019.Īccording to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, 60 percent of the 22,000 homes built in the Bay Area in 2015 were near and served by transit. Construction and station buildout are complete, and VTA and BART are conducting service testing. Adjacent to the San Jose Flea Market, the station is one of two in Phase 1 of the 16-mile BART to Silicon Valley extension. Planning and construction for the Berryessa/North San Jose BART Station has progressed into its final stages. Berryessa represents the next opportunity to add housing and increase transit use by creating a transit-oriented village. Since then, the need for housing in the Bay Area has become ever more acute, BART service has begun to South Fremont and the area around the future Milpitas BART station has seen considerable transit-oriented growth.
In 2014, SPUR published a white paper, The Future of the Berryessa BART Station, recommending strategic land uses, urban design standards and walkability priorities to make the station area successful. To support transit ridership, new development needs to be of the type and intensity that will encourage a large number of people to walk from the station to the surrounding area, and vice versa. San Jose has a unique chance to create a dynamic urban village around its first BART station and set a strong precedent for future station area development.
This is a rare opportunity for expanded transit service, and the potential benefits extend far beyond the station itself. Once the station opens, riders will be able to travel to San Francisco, for example, in just 60 minutes. After decades of commitment and vision, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will bring BART to the Berryessa neighborhood, in the northeast part of San Jose, connecting the city to the regional rail system. The opening of San Jose’s first BART station marks an important moment for the city.
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