Tamien is a neighborhood of central

San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...

. The neighborhood is centered around

Tamien Station Tamien station is an intermodal passenger transportation station in the Tamien neighborhood of central San Jose, California, served by the VTA light rail and the Caltrain commuter rail line, along with bus connections. The station has two eleva ...

, one of San Jose's most important transit stations.

History

The neighborhood and its station are named after the

Tamien people The Tamien people (also spelled as ''Tamyen'', ''Thamien'') are one of eight linguistic divisions of the Ohlone (Costanoan) people groups of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. The Tamien traditionally lived throughout the Santa ...

of the

Ohlone The Ohlone, formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the late 18th century, the Ohlone inhabited the ...

nation, the indigenous inhabitants of San Jose and the Santa Clara Valley.

Geography

Tamien is immediately south of

Washington-Guadalupe Washington-Guadalupe is a neighborhood of central San Jose, California, located just south of Downtown San Jose. It is one of San Jose's most historic Chicano/Mexican-American districts. The area is a designated historic conservation district. Th ...

. The Guadalupe Freeway (CA-87) cuts through the neighborhood. Since the onset of the

California housing crisis Since about 1970, California has been experiencing an extended and increasing housing shortage, such that by 2018, California ranked 49th among the states of the U.S. in terms of housing units per resident. This shortage has been estimated t ...

, the neighborhood has been earmarked by city and transit authorities for a mixed-used

transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ...

around Tamien Station.

Transportation

Tamien is one of the best served neighborhoods in San Jose in terms of transportation.

Tamien station Tamien station is an intermodal passenger transportation station in the Tamien neighborhood of central San Jose, California, served by the VTA light rail and the Caltrain commuter rail line, along with bus connections. The station has two eleva ...

is served by: *

VTA light rail VTA Light Rail is a light rail system in San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County, California. It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, or VTA, and consists of of network comprising three main lines on stand ...

, on the

Blue Line (VTA) The Blue Line is a light rail line in Santa Clara County, California, and part of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail system. It serves 26 stations entirely in the city of San Jose traveling between Baypointe and S ...

Caltrain Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line serving the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley). The southern terminus is in San Jose at Tamien station with weekday rush hour service running as far ...

(Local, Limited, & Caltrain Baby Bullet)

Parks and plazas

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References

External links

Valley Transit Authority - Tamien Station Transit-Oriented Development
Neighborhoods in San Jose, California {{SanJoseCA-stub