City of Morgan Hill Station Area Master Plan - February 2018

Station Area Master Plan – Transportation Context

northbound stops and two southbound stops. This route does not stop at the Transit Center. Route 68 operates on weekdays and weekends with 15- to 60- minute headways between 4:00 am and 1:30 am. Destinations and travel times 6 for Route 68 are: o Gilroy Transit Center: 30 minutes o Santa Teresa Light Rail Station: 28 minutes o Capitol Caltrain Station: 63 minutes o Santa Clara Light Rail Stations (Downtown San Jose): 78 minutes o San Jose Diridon Station: 84 minutes The number of passengers boarding and disembarking VTA buses at the stops in and near the Transit Center are presented in Table 1-1. Approximately 100 passengers board and disembark buses at the Main and Hale park-n-ride lot each weekday. The stops at the Morgan Hill Transit Center and the stops on Monterey Road near Dunne Avenue have relatively consistent daily passenger counts throughout the week ranging from 40 to 130 daily passengers.

Table 1-1: VTA Bus Stop Passenger Counts (October 2015)

Bus Travel Dir.

Street Name

Cross Street

Stop Loc. 1

Weekday

Saturday

Sunday

Ons

Offs

Ons

Offs

Ons

Offs

Monterey Road Monterey Road Monterey Road Monterey Road

Dunne Avenue Dunne Avenue

S

FS

62

54

44

36

38

34

N

FS

36

23

28

25

20

23

Third Street Third Street

S

FS

26

12

8

17

8

14

N

NS

3

10

6

5

5

4

Main Avenue Main Avenue

Monterey Road Monterey Road

W

FS

17

33

24

25

20

23

E

NS

18

20

10

29

12

22

6 The closest stop to Morgan Hill Transit Center is Monterey & 3 rd (3 to 5-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 walking 5-minute time.

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