Planned Growth in San Jose

Comparison of Growth in San Jose Served by Caltrain Metro East and BART Extension

The table below shows that Caltrain Metro East will serve much more planned growth in San Jose than the proposed BART extension.

The growth numbers are from a City of San Jose staff memo for the Nov. 1, 2005 city council meeting, which can be found on page 4 of a memo by city staff.
View entire memo from the city website (warning, big file!)

Note that the staff memo incorrectly states that BART would serve north San Jose.


 Planned Household Growth Planned Job Growth
 Areas of San Jose Growth planned by San Jose served by Caltrain Metro East plan
 served by BART plan
  Growth planned by San Jose  served by Caltrain Metro East served by BART plan
Downtown San Jose
 10,000  10,000  10,000  30,000  30,000  30,000
North San Jose
 32,000  32,000     83,000   83,000  
 Mineta SJ Intl Airport/FMC  
   9,000  9,000  
Berryessa 3,000   3,000
2,000   2,000
Totals
45,000 42,000 13,000 124,000 122,000 32,000



In the memo referenced above, City of San Jose staff raise a concern that several areas of San Jose are planned to be served by projects in the “completion plan” (i.e. projects that may or may not be built in the later years of the 30-year Measure A program, pending available funding) and were therefore at risk. These projects include the Airport People Mover, DTEV, Capitol East LRT extension, and Caltrain electrification from Tamien to Gilroy. All these projects are at risk because the BART project gobbles up so much funding. The planned growth for these areas of San Jose is as follows.

  Household growth
 Job growth
Santa Clara/Alum Rock Corridor
4,000 
 
Evergreen 4,500  
Edenvale 3,000 10,000
Coyote Valley
25,000 50,000
Totals 40,500 60,000