Silly Valley
Here’s how NOT to plan around a commuter rail station.
The Santa Clara/Great America ACE & Amtrak station is used by many living east/north of the Bay Area as their daily entry point into Silicon Valley.
But who wants to take the train to go golfing or walk to a parking lot?
Instead of encouraging Silicon Valley tech companies to locate close to the train station, planners took a laissez-faire approach and forced multitudes of commuters to hop on another 10-30 minute bus ride to access their technology employer.
The nearest semblance of an activity generator — Great America theme park or the Santa Clara Convention center — is a lonely 15-20 minute walk.
Add comment August 12th, 2006