Stevens Creek Boulevard is one of Santa Clara County’s most important corridors – not only a major road but also a place for people to live, work, shop, study, play, and worship. All residents, young or old, drivers or pedestrians, transit riders or cyclists, rich or poor, deserve a corridor that works for them. Travel on Stevens Creek should be safe, easy, and efficient for all while also helping reduce our community’s carbon emissions. To realize this vision, the Stevens Creek Corridor Steering Committee which is composed of elected representatives from the cities of Cupertino, Santa Clara, and San Jose, along with Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority unanimously approved a “Recommended Plan” that would transform the corridor to support the safe, efficient, environmentally friendly mobility that all users deserve.

We, the undersigned, urge the Cities of Cupertino, Santa Clara, and San Jose as well as Santa Clara County and VTA to implement the Stevens Creek Corridor Steering Committee’s Recommended Plan. The plan includes physical infrastructure improvements that allow significantly more people to travel the corridor. These include enhanced sidewalks and street trees, safer pedestrian crossings, protected bike/mobility lanes, and simple transit speed and reliability upgrades that will improve the passenger experience and attract more riders . All these improvements will make Stevens Creek Boulevard truly work for everyone and make it easier for more people to get where they need to go, all while improving safety, reducing traffic, and avoiding pollution.

The Stevens Creek Corridor Steering Committee’s Recommended Plan is the result of years of staff outreach to the community and study, and will make a Stevens Creek Corridor where there are no traffic deaths, and where everyone can get around more easily, regardless of who they are and how they choose to get around. We urge you to take this thoroughly-vetted, excellent plan and implement it.