Lisa Craig-Hensley

The Altamont Corridor Vision outlines a comprehensive plan to modernize passenger rail service in the Altamont Corridor, connecting the San Joaquin Valley to the Bay Area. It proposes short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals focused on increasing train frequency, initiating new services like Valley Link, and implementing significant infrastructure improvements such as a new tunnel, grade separation, electrification, and higher speeds. The plan aims to alleviate congestion, enhance mobility and connectivity, and enable fast, reliable, and frequent regional rail service, potentially including a one-seat ride across the megaregion and compatibility with High-Speed Rail.

This document presents the Altamont Corridor Vision, outlining a comprehensive plan for significant improvements to rail transit in the Bay Area and Central Valley. The vision focuses on creating a Megaregional Network and Bay Network with service goals including increased access, frequency (every 15-30 minutes during peaks), and reduced travel times. Key areas include infrastructure enhancements such as additional round-trips for ACE and Valley Link, the Altamont Pass Tunnel/Alignment improvements, and the concept of a 'Universal Corridor' with dedicated track. Intended outcomes include achieving express travel times (e.g., 60 minutes from Stockton to San Jose/Oakland), providing one-seat rides across the megaregion, maximizing new Bay Crossings, and ensuring connectivity to High-Speed Rail. The plan is structured into near-term, mid-term, and longer-term phases.

The Altamont Corridor Vision Phase 1 is a collaborative improvement program focused on modernizing passenger rail service in the Altamont Corridor to provide safe, frequent, and reliable regional rail. Key strategic benefits include reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, promoting transit-oriented development, ensuring regional equity for priority populations, leveraging existing funding, increasing connectivity, and significantly expanding passenger rail ridership to 11.4 million annually by 2030. The program aims to address increasing congestion, enhance mobility, and improve access to essential services and opportunities for communities between the San Joaquin Valley and the Bay Area.

The Altamont Corridor Vision is a plan to modernize the heavily traveled corridor connecting the San Joaquin Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. It aims to provide safe, frequent, and reliable rail service through a 'Universal Infrastructure, Universal Corridor' approach. Key priorities include dramatically reduced travel times, one-seat rides, express service, and megaregional connectivity, with phased improvements encompassing increased round-trips, extended services, dedicated tracks, and integration with High-Speed Rail. The vision anticipates major benefits such as reduced congestion, improved air quality, economic development, and enhanced mobility and equitable access to jobs and education.

The Altamont Corridor Vision Phase 1 Improvement Program aims to modernize passenger rail service in the Altamont Corridor by providing safe, frequent, and reliable regional rail. Key initiatives include significant infrastructure investments for a new alignment through the Altamont Pass, expanding Valley Link service, and adding ACE round-trips. The plan focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, promoting transit-oriented development, enhancing regional equity, leveraging funding, increasing connectivity across the megaregional rail system, and substantially expanding passenger rail ridership.