Midtown San Jose is a mixed commercial and residential district of San Jose, California , to the southwest of Downtown San Jose and east of West San Carlos .
56-647: The area was a census-designated place and primarily residential area in Santa Clara County , California , United States . It has been annexed to San Jose . The population was 748 at the 2000 census. It is designated one of San Jose's Urban Village and is part of the Envision San Jose 2040 plan the city rolled out in 2012. The focus is on building high-density housing along the West San Carlos Street corridor, replacing
112-424: A CDP name "be one that is recognized and used in daily communication by the residents of the community" (not "a name developed solely for planning or other purposes") and recommend that a CDP's boundaries be mapped based on the geographic extent associated with inhabitants' regular use of the named place. There is no provision, however, that this name recognition be unanimous for all residents, or that all residents use
168-560: A cause for the accident. An investigation indicated human error ("the train traveling southbound stopped over the switch and reversed, which are violations of operating rules"). On May 26, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California . Ten people, including the gunman, were killed during the shooting. It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of the San Francisco Bay Area . As
224-636: A connection to the BART system; and Metro/Airport station offers a connection to the San Jose International Airport via VTA Bus route 60 . The system is mostly double-tracked with overhead catenary wires. It variously runs along the medians of former railroad rights of way, freeways and surface streets, and pedestrian malls. The Almaden shuttle was a 3-stop spur from the Ohlone/Chynoweth station to Almaden station at
280-519: A female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.07 and the average family size was 3.76. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 18.0% from 45 to 64, and 7.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
336-554: A light rail system in the mid-1970s, after the successful development of the San Diego Trolley and amid a surge in light rail construction in mid-sized cities nationwide ( Buffalo , Denver , Portland and Sacramento also built systems at the same time). The county received $ 2 million from the federal government in 1982 to fund the preliminary engineering phase for the County’s first light rail line. The operation of
392-461: A population of at least 10,000. For the 1970 Census , the population threshold for "unincorporated places" in urbanized areas was reduced to 5,000. For the 1980 Census , the designation was changed to "census designated places" and the designation was made available for places inside urbanized areas in New England. For the 1990 Census , the population threshold for CDPs in urbanized areas
448-427: A result of the shooting, service was suspended indefinitely across the light rail system and returned in stages throughout August and September. The system was initially envisioned as a loop and spoke system, with commuters riding a circular outer route before transferring to radial lines to reach their destinations. With about 40% of the original plans realized as of 2023 , future developments are expected to complete
504-506: A southbound 2-car light rail train derailed just north of the Virginia station. Four people, including the train operator, were injured, and the train was heavily damaged. At the time of the accident, trains were operating on a single track through the area because of construction at three nearby light rail stations. The train involved was attempting to switch between tracks when it derailed. VTA ruled out mechanical or equipment failure as
560-600: A two-year review and opened on April 25, 1991, with a scaled-down interchange between State Routes 85 and 87 and more sound walls. At the same time, the now abandoned Almaden spur line opened. The system's first major expansion, Tasman West , opened in 1999, extending the rails from the northern end of the Guadalupe line to Mountain View . In May 2001, the first phase of the Tasman East extension opened, connecting
616-637: Is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and has 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of network comprising three main lines on standard gauge tracks. Originally opened on December 11, 1987, the light rail system has expanded since then, and currently has 60 stations in operation. The light rail system has been criticized for being one of the least used in the United States (an average of 370 boardings per mile on weekdays, Q3 2024) and
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#1732797379996672-560: Is well connected to transportation infrastructure. It is directly south of Diridon Station , which serves Caltrain and eventually Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). The area also has easy access to the Junipero Serra Freeway (CA-280). The area is served VTA light rail at the Race Street station . Census-designated place A census-designated place ( CDP ) is a concentration of population defined by
728-654: The 1890 Census , in which the Census mixed unincorporated places with incorporated places in its products with "town" or "village" as its label. This made it confusing to determine which of the "towns" were or were not incorporated. The 1900 through 1930 Censuses did not report data for unincorporated places. For the 1940 Census , the Census Bureau compiled a separate report of unofficial, unincorporated communities of 500 or more people. The Census Bureau officially defined this category as "unincorporated places" in
784-461: The 1950 Census and used that term through the 1970 Census. For the 1950 Census, these types of places were identified only outside " urbanized areas ". In 1960 , the Census Bureau also identified unincorporated places inside urbanized areas (except in New England , whose political geography is based on the New England town , and is distinctly different from other areas of the U.S.), but with
840-768: The Almaden Expressway in the Almaden Valley . The shuttle, which ran a single 1-car train, took about 4 minutes to travel between Ohlone/Chynoweth and Almaden. This line had one track, with sidings at Almaden and Ohlone/Chynoweth. The line was discontinued in December 2019 and replaced by bus service. The Commuter Express service operated along the same route as the current Blue Line between Baypointe and Santa Teresa stations, with nonstop service between Convention Center and Ohlone/Chynoweth stations. This weekday, peak-period service offered three trips in
896-655: The Great America theme park and Silicon Valley office parks) and a temporary Civic Center station at First and Younger (near the junction to VTA's Guadalupe Division rail yard on Younger). The second phase opened about six months later on June 17, 1988 and extended the rails south from a permanent Civic Center station (replacing the temporary First and Younger station) through a transit mall in Downtown San Jose to Convention Center station . The third phase opened on August 17, 1990, extending rails into
952-474: The San Jose Caltrain stations. However, for the 2019 season, it only operated between Civic Center and Convention Center station (VTA) stations. Unusually for light rail systems in the United States, most VTA Light Rail stops are made by request . Similar to VTA's bus network, passengers must be visible to the operator while waiting at stations and must notify the operator using the bell before
1008-497: The United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places , such as self-governing cities , towns , and villages , for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated community, for which
1064-580: The Winchester Transit Center along a former Union Pacific Railroad right of way. The agency had ambitious plans to expand the light rail system, which have mostly been canceled. The Capitol Expressway extension would have extended the system 8 miles (13 km) south from Alum Rock station to Capitol station, the second phase of the Vasona extension would have extended the system 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from Winchester station to
1120-695: The poverty line , including 17.8% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. In the California State Legislature , Sunol-Midtown is in the 15th Senate District , represented by Democrat Dave Cortese , and in the 28th Assembly District , represented by Democrat Gail Pellerin . In the United States House of Representatives , Sunol-Midtown is in California's 19th congressional district , represented by Democrat Jimmy Panetta . Midtown
1176-462: The 21 sub-leased vehicles at $ 1,000 each. UTA subsequently exercised its purchase option for the 29 sub-leased vehicles in 2017. 28 of the UTA vehicles, renumbered 1042–1069, were sold at auction on December 26, 2017. The UTA cars were withdrawn from service in 2018. In 2002, VTA introduced a fleet of 100 new Kinki Sharyo low-floor LRVs. The Kinki Sharyo LRVs are equipped with a low floor over 70% of
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#17327973799961232-670: The Almaden Shuttle line was discontinued entirely and replaced with a new bus route. On May 26, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at the VTA light rail yard (Guadalupe Division) . Ten people, including the gunman, were killed during the shooting, the deadliest in the history of the San Francisco Bay Area . As a result of the shooting, the entire light rail system was shut down for months. The system partially restarted on August 30, 2021, and fully restarted on September 18, 2021. VTA's light rail system has been criticized for being one of
1288-464: The CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, edge cities , colonias located along the Mexico–United States border , and unincorporated resort and retirement communities and their environs. The boundaries of any CDP may change from decade to decade, and
1344-401: The CDP was 49.73% White , 1.47% African American , 1.34% Native American , 3.34% Asian , 0.13% Pacific Islander , 38.10% from other races , and 5.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 64.30% of the population. There were 243 households, out of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were married couples living together, 14.4% had
1400-499: The Census Bureau considers some towns in New England states, New Jersey and New York as well as townships in some other states as MCDs, even though they are incorporated municipalities in those states. In such states, CDPs may be defined within such towns or spanning the boundaries of multiple towns. There are a number of reasons for the CDP designation: VTA light rail The VTA light rail system serves San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County, California . It
1456-422: The Census Bureau may de-establish a CDP after a period of study, then re-establish it some decades later. Most unincorporated areas within the United States are not and have not been included in any CDP. The boundaries of a CDP have no legal status and may not always correspond with the local understanding of the area or community with the same name. However, criteria established for the 2010 census require that
1512-637: The Grand Jury recommended the VTA board to abandon its plans for an extension of the Orange Line to the Eastridge Transit Center (see: Capitol Expressway extension section ). The US$ 453 million project would attract approximately 611 new riders (after considering the reduction in ridership on the existing parallel bus lines). The board rejected that recommendation saying that the project had been approved by voters. From 1987 when
1568-542: The Japantown/Ayer stop northward (with wooden ramps provided for the lead car's front door elsewhere), VTA replaced the entire fleet in 2003 with low-floor LRVs. Currently, all stations provide level boarding at all doors. Trains are usually coupled in two LRV consists, which was reduced to one during the COVID-19 pandemic , but has since been restored to two cars. On March 21, 2008, at approximately 7:10 p.m.,
1624-612: The Santa Clara / Alum Rock extension became a bus rapid transit line, Rapid 522. No new lines have been added to the system since 2005. The system received a major reconfiguration in 2019 and 2020, coinciding with the completion of the Silicon Valley BART extension . The Orange Line was established between Mountain View, Milpitas (the new BART station), and Alum Rock, the Blue Line was truncated at Baypointe, and
1680-570: The Story station will include a pedestrian bridge. The US$ 453 million project was criticized in a 2019 report by the Civil Grand Jury of Santa Clara County (see: Criticism section ). The Grand Jury recommended the VTA board to abandon the extension because the project would attract approximately 611 new riders (after considering the reduction in ridership on the existing parallel bus lines). The board rejected that recommendation saying that
1736-885: The Tasman West line to Milpitas . New Kinki Sharyo low-floor light rail vehicles were introduced to this line the following year. Phase two of the Tasman East and the Capitol extension, completed in 2004, brought service east to the Great Mall of the Bay Area and the Alum Rock Transit Center . On October 1, 2005, the first phase of the Vasona extension was completed, extending the system from downtown San Jose through San Jose Diridon station to
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1792-652: The UTDC LRVs to other light rail operators for an initial 13-year term, with a renewal term of 9 years; VTA retains responsibility for LRV operation, maintenance, and insurance. 29 were sent to the Utah Transit Authority (UTA, $ 5.2 million rental payments), and 21 were sent to the Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT, $ 4.1 million rental payments). In September 2013, RT exercised its option to purchase
1848-484: The boundaries for CDPs. The PSAP was to be offered to county and municipal planning agencies during 2008. The boundaries of such places may be defined in cooperation with local or tribal officials, but are not fixed, and do not affect the status of local government or incorporation; the territories thus defined are strictly statistical entities. CDP boundaries may change from one census to the next to reflect changes in settlement patterns. Further, as statistical entities,
1904-419: The boundaries of the CDP may not correspond with local understanding of the area with the same name. Recognized communities may be divided into two or more CDPs while on the other hand, two or more communities may be combined into one CDP. A CDP may also cover the unincorporated part of a named community, where the rest lies within an incorporated place. By defining an area as a CDP, that locality then appears in
1960-588: The community for which the CDP is named for services provided therein. There is no mandatory correlation between CDP names or boundaries and those established for other human purposes, such as post office names or zones, political precincts, or school districts. The Census Bureau states that census-designated places are not considered incorporated places and that it includes only census-designated places in its city population list for Hawaii because that state has no incorporated cities. In addition, census city lists from 2007 included Arlington County, Virginia 's CDP in
2016-451: The end of the extension. The project is a truncated segment of the original plan to run rails for the full length of Capitol Expressway to interchange with the original Guadalupe Line. The extension will include two new stations: an elevated station at Story Road and a street-level station at the Eastridge Transit Center. (A third station, Ocala, was proposed, but was dropped from the final plans.) Both stations will feature public art, and
2072-509: The group. In terms of efficiency, VTA had the highest cost per passenger trip ($ 9.30) and the second-highest increase in costs (65%). Comparing the light rail systems alone, VTA had the lowest farebox recovery (9.3%) in the peer group. The Grand Jury also found that VTA had failed to “accurately estimate the ongoing operating and capital costs of maintaining the light-rail system,” concluding that that failure, “has led, in part, to (the agency's) recurring financial deficits.” The VTA has said that
2128-402: The least used in the United States, and consequently one of the most heavily subsidized. A 2019 report by the Civil Grand Jury of Santa Clara County compared VTA and its light rail system to other transit operators with light rail systems that served comparably sized areas. They found that the VTA served 24.3 passenger trips per revenue hour, making it the second least effective transit system of
2184-581: The line and some of the construction costs would be funded by a half-cent sales tax for a transit district voters in Santa Clara county had approved in 1976. The light rail proposal was championed by County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr. and Congressman Norman Mineta . The first phase, then called the Guadalupe Line, broke ground in October 1986 and opened for revenue service on time on December 11, 1987, running between Old Ironsides station (near
2240-668: The line's namesake Vasona Junction, and the Santa Clara / Alum Rock extension would have added 4 miles (6.4 km) of track along the busy Santa Clara Street. Of these, only the Capitol Expressway extension (currently known as the Eastridge to BART Regional Connector) has gone forward, with construction on the 2.5 mile (4.0 km) extension beginning in June 2024. Phase 2 of the Vasona Extension has been cancelled, and
2296-556: The list with the incorporated places, but since 2010, only the Urban Honolulu CDP, Hawaii, representing the historic core of Honolulu, Hawaii , is shown in the city and town estimates. The Census Bureau reported data for some unincorporated places as early as the first census in 1790 (for example, Louisville, Kentucky , which was not legally incorporated in Kentucky until 1828), though usage continued to develop through
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2352-468: The median of California State Route 87 (Guadalupe Freeway) to Tamien station , adding the first connection to Caltrain . The fourth and final phase of the Guadalupe Line added rails in the median of California State Route 85 (West Valley Freeway) to a terminus at Santa Teresa station just off the freeway in South San Jose . Originally projected to be completed in late 1988, it was delayed for
2408-629: The morning and three trips in the evening. The service was introduced in October 2010 and was eliminated in August 2018 because of low ridership. Sometimes, in the winter, VTA operates a seasonal vintage trolley service called the Holly Trolley . This trolley, a joint project of the VTA and the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation , began operations in December 2012. As of December 2018, it operated between Civic Center and
2464-451: The most heavily subsidized ($ 9.30 per passenger trip). VTA leaders have admitted that building light rail was a poor match with adjoining land uses. The system's average weekday daily ridership as of the third quarter of 2024 is 15,600 passengers and saw a total of 4,464,500 trips in 2023. VTA operates 42.2 miles (67.9 km) of light rail route on 3 lines. All the lines and the corridors they run through are designed to move passengers from
2520-472: The neighborhood in San Jose are included in that city's article as well as 2010 data when the whole area was annexed.) As of the census of 2000, there were 748 people, 243 households, and 142 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 8,762.0 people per square mile (3,208.9/km). There were 256 housing units at an average density of 2,998.7 per square mile (1,098.2/km). The racial makeup of
2576-429: The older mixed-use buildings. Sunol-Midtown is located at 37°19′29″N 121°54′37″W / 37.32472°N 121.91028°W / 37.32472; -121.91028 (37.324841, -121.910198). According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP had a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km), all of it land. (These demographics are only for the unincorporated portions of the area in 2000. The parts of
2632-737: The operating costs could be cut in half and farebox recovery doubled if a bus-only system were deployed. Two of VTA's former board chairs, Teresa O’Neill and Sam Liccardo said they agreed with many of the report’s criticisms, and placed the blame on poor planning by the agency in the 1980s and poor land-use decisions in the years since the system was built out. Along much of the light rail routes, trains do not serve densely populated areas but instead run past single-story office buildings, single-family homes and empty lots. Both Liccardo and O’Neill have advocated for replacing light rail with alternative technologies, like autonomous electric buses, that could be less expensive to operate. As part of its findings,
2688-688: The outer loop. Service may be extended along the Mayfield Cutoff and Vasona Industrial Lead to connect the western segments of the system. The Eastridge to Bart Regional Connector (formerly known as the Capitol Expressway extension) light rail extension will extend the Orange Line south of the Alum Rock station to the Eastridge Transit Center along Capitol Expressway . Tracks will lay on an elevated median starting just south of Alum Rock station before becoming at-grade near
2744-471: The passenger area at 14 in (356 mm) above top-of-rail (ATOR), with the remaining high-floor area 35 in (889 mm) ATOR; up to three LRVs may be coupled into a single train. The low-floor LRVs initially operated only on the Tasman West line ( Downtown Mountain View to I-880/Milpitas ), because their floor height only matched the 14-inch (356 mm) platform height along that line. After VTA reconstructed platforms along North First Street from
2800-425: The project had been approved by voters. VTA approved the final environmental impact statement of this segment in June 2019. With the project setbacks and limited funding, the line eventually started pre-construction activities in early 2021. It also got fully funded in early 2023 from a $ 46 million state grant. A groundbreaking was held on June 8th, 2024, with passenger service planned for 2029. Other transit in
2856-457: The same category of census data as incorporated places. This distinguishes CDPs from other census classifications, such as minor civil divisions (MCDs), which are in a separate category. The population and demographics of the CDP are included in the data of county subdivisions containing the CDP. Generally, a CDP shall not be defined within the boundaries of what the Census Bureau regards to be an incorporated city, village or borough. However,
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#17327973799962912-648: The suburban areas of Santa Clara Valley into the major business areas in Downtown , the Santa Clara County Civic Center, and northern Silicon Valley , site of many high-tech company offices. Light Rail also serves to connect travelers to other transportation systems at several key points: Diridon station offers connections to Caltrain , ACE , Amtrak's Coast Starlight , the Capitol Corridor trains; Milpitas station offers
2968-538: The system was launched until September 2003, the system was served by a fleet of high-floor light rail vehicles (LRVs) built by Urban Transportation Development Corporation and designated as ALRV . The first car arrived in March 1987. Accessibility for disabled riders was provided by wheelchair lifts at each station. The original high-floor fleet was leased to investors (for a 33-year term, starting in 1998), and then subleased back to VTA. In May 2003, VTA sub-subleased
3024-546: The train arrives at their destination. Trains will typically skip stops (other than line termini) if no one is waiting on the platform and no one requests to disembark. Lines run for 19 hours per day on weekdays, with headways of 15 minutes for most of the day. On weekends, the train runs at 30-minute headways throughout the day. After around 8 pm on both weekdays and weekends, trains run at 30 to 60-minute headways. The light rail frequency does not meet VTA's definition of "frequent service." Santa Clara County began planning for
3080-409: Was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $ 47,734, and the median income for a family was $ 41,071. Males had a median income of $ 37,143 versus $ 30,134 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 17,392. About 9.8% of families and 15.5% of the population were below
3136-481: Was reduced to 2,500. From 1950 through 1990, the Census Bureau specified other population requirements for unincorporated places or CDPs in Alaska , Puerto Rico , island areas, and Native American reservations . Minimum population criteria for CDPs were dropped with the 2000 Census . The Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP) allows designated participants to review and suggest modifications to
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