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VTA Opens Bus Stations in Downtown San Jose; Incorporates Locale-Inspired Pavers
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) recently opened two stations—one in downtown San Jose, CA, and the other at City Hall—that serve three regular VTA bus routes and ultimately will become part of the Alum Rock-Santa Clara BRT, currently under construction.
Both station designs incorporate specially designed pavers unique to each location—a design theme that will be extended to all stations on the BRT corridor.
At the downtown station, the eastbound platform recalls San Jose’s history of agricultural innovation and cultural diversity with a pattern inspired by historic seed packet designs from Kitazawa Seed Co., founded in 1917 and originally located near the station.
Although the seed business was forced to close during World War II when the Japanese-American Kitazawa family was placed in a relocation camp, it reopened after the war and is still in business.
The westbound platform features pavers inspired by the world’s first computer hard disk drive, developed in 1956 by a small research laboratory that was part of IBM and located near the station.
Pavers at the City Hall station depict the process of filing a patent, in honor of the Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that opened at City Hall in 2015.
Transportation is critical to the appeal of downtown San Jose, said Kim Walesh, deputy city manager and director of economic development. “What we hear from companies is they want access to talent, transportation options and amenities. Once people realize that BART is accessible at Berryessa and that the BRT is modern, frequent and fast, that connection from downtown to BART will be really key.”
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The pavers at the westbound City Hall Station depict the process of filing a patent, in honor of the Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that opened at City Hall in 2015.
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Pavers at the eastbound Downtown Station take their inspiration from historic seed packet designs from Kitazawa Seed Co., located near the station site when it opened in San Jose in 1917.
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