Tamien is a neighborhood of central

San Jose, California San Jose, officially the City of San José ( ; ), is a cultural, commercial, and political center within Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. With a city population of 997,368 and a metropolitan area population of 1.95 million, it is ...

. 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 ele ...

, 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 Tamyen or Thamien) are one of eight linguistic divisions of the Ohlone people; groups of Native Americans who live in Northern California. The Tamien traditionally lived throughout the Santa Clara Valley. The us ...

of the

Ohlone The Ohlone ( ), formerly known as Costanoans (from Spanish meaning 'coast dweller'), are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the Northern California coast. When Spanish explorers and missionaries arrived in the l ...

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

Geography

Tamien is immediately south of Washington-Guadalupe. The

Guadalupe Freeway Guadalupe or Guadeloupe may refer to: Places Bolivia * Guadalupe, Potosí Brazil * Guadalupe, Piauí, a municipality in the state of Piauí * Guadalupe, Rio de Janeiro, a neighbourhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro Colombia * Guadalupe, A ...

(CA-87) cuts through the neighborhood. Since the onset of the California housing crisis, 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 Real estate development, urban development that maximizes the amount of Residential area, residential, business and leisure space within Pedestrian, walking distance of public t ...

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 ele ...

is served by: *

VTA light rail The VTA light rail system serves San Jose, California, San Jose and nearby cities in Santa Clara County, California. It is operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and has of network comprising three main lines on stan ...

, 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 San Jose proper, traveling between Baypointe and Sa ...

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

(Local, Limited, & Caltrain Baby Bullet)

Parks and plazas

*Tamien ParkMercury News - Tamien Park Opens After 22 Years of Planning
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References

External links

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