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Imola Park and Ride

The Imola Park and Ride is open!

Napa Valley residents and visitors have a new transportation option when getting around. The newly completed $4 million Imola Park & Ride facility will allow people to conveniently meet up for carpools, hop on a Vine express or regional bus starting October 30, and soon charge their electric vehicles.

The Napa Valley Transportation Authority (NVTA) and regional transportation leaders officially opened the Imola Park & Ride facility during a ribbon cutting ceremony in September 2022.

The Imola Park & Ride features:

  • Bus pullouts and platforms on both sides of Highway 29. This will allow regional and express buses to more quickly pick up and drop off riders, resulting in quicker travel times to destinations;
  • Sheltered waiting areas with lighting, wayfinding, and (forthcoming) real-time transit information;
  • Pavement rehabilitation of the entire parking lot;
  • Improved parking lot lighting for safety;
  • New sidewalk and bike lane between the parking lot and northbound off-ramp; and
  • Forthcoming electric vehicle charging stations.

Funding for this project came from the FTA, the Transportation Fund for Clean Air, and the Transportation Development Act.

Read the fact sheet here.

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NVTA broke ground on the Imola Park & Ride September 20, 2021!

Renovation of the lot, located on Golden Gate Drive near Imola Avenue in Napa, is expected to be complete in the next six months, depending on weather conditions.

This project will better facilitate the Vine’s express bus system by constructing two bus pullouts and platforms on SR 29, one at the northbound off-ramp at Imola Avenue and one at the southbound on-ramp which is adjacent to the Caltrans-owned Park & Ride lot. The project scope also includes the implementation of pedestrian infrastructure and lighting at and between the park & ride lot and the southbound and northbound ramps. Sidewalk and bicycle facilities will be constructed under SR 29 on the south side of Imola Avenue.

In addition to the bus pull outs and platforms, the project will include acceleration and deceleration lanes, traffic signal improvements for bus and pedestrian access, sheltered waiting areas with lighting, wayfinding and real-time transit information. The work also includes pavement rehabilitation of the park and ride facility. This project will improve express bus run times by allowing the bus to serve passengers on the on/off ramps to avoid deviating off the highway. With environmental and design work completed in early 2020, NVTA hopes to begin construction in 2021.

NVTA awarded a contract for environmental and design work on the Imola Park and Ride to Kimley Horn.

The total project cost including construction is estimated to be $3 million.

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