City of Morgan Hill Station Area Master Plan - February 2018

City of Morgan Hill

and Dunne Avenue, and serves the Morgan Hill Transit Center. Route 121 operates with 15- to 40-minute headways between 5:00 to 8:15 am, and with 15- to 50-minute headways between 4:00 to 7:15 pm. Destinations and travel times for Route 121 are: o Gilroy Caltrain/Greyhound Station: 26 minutes o San Martin Caltrain Station and Park & Ride Lot: 12 minutes o Lockheed Martin Transit Center: 70 minutes • Community Bus Route 16 , a local community bus, provides limited weekday service between the Morgan Hill Civic Center and Burnett Avenue and serves Live Oak and Sobrato High Schools. In Downtown Morgan Hill, it operates along Main Avenue and serves four stops – two eastbound stops and two westbound. It stops at a bus terminus located on the north side Main Avenue just east of Hale Avenue. The transit center also serves as a park-and-ride lot and has 50 spaces, four bicycle lockers, and two bicycle racks. VTA has determined that the terminus is no longer needed, and is negotiating the sale of the property to Morgan Hill Unified School District. Route 16 currently operates with approximately 60- minute headways between 6:30 to 9:00 am and 2:00 to 5:00 pm. Destinations and travel times 5 for Route 16 are: o Morgan Hill Civic Center: 9 minutes o Main and Hale Bus Terminus: 4 minutes The line does not currently connect to the Morgan Hill Transit Center or coordinate with other bus connections. The long 60-minute headways for these relatively short trips limit the utility of this route. The VTA within the Draft Next Network plan (described below) is reclassifying the route as a School Tripper, and reducing the times to school service start and end hours only. • Local Route 68 , a regional bus route, provides service between the Gilroy Transit Center and the San Jose Diridon Transit Center. In Downtown Morgan Hill, it operates along Monterey Road and Main Avenue, and serves four stops – two 5 The closest stop to Morgan Hill Transit Center is Main & Calle Mazatan (9-minute walk). This stop is not included as a timepoint on VTA’s schedule; therefore, these are approximate travel times between stations that do not include the 9-minute walking time. o Live Oak High School: 4 minutes o Sobrato High School: 20 minutes

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