California Street Complete Streets Pilot Program

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Proposed Lane Configuration Cross Sections

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Project Elements

From Showers Drive to Mariposa Avenue: A four-lane-to-three-lane road diet with one vehicle travel lane in each direction and a center left-turn lane
From Mariposa Avenue to Shoreline Boulevard: A four-lane-to-two-lane road diet with one vehicle travel lane in each direction. The center median with trees will remain in place
Protected intersections (where bikes are separated from vehicle travel ways)
High-visibility crosswalks throughout the corridor
Three high-visibility midblock crossings with bulb-outs, refuge islands, and enhanced lighting
Parking-protected bikeways with a buffered section separating the parked cars from the bikeways
Green bike lane striping at conflict points such as driveways and bus stops
Temporary bulb-outs (extra protected space at the corners)
Car parking spaces will be shifted 12 feet away from the curb

The bikeway buffer area will contain different elements in each section as we test out vertical delineators (flex posts), armadillos (small oval-shaped bumps), and planter boxes to see what works best, what is most cost-effective, and what the community prefers.

The project will remove approximately 63 of the 275 on-street parking spaces to provide sight line clearance at driveways and intersections with the implementation of the parking-protected bikeway, protected intersections, and the new mid-block crosswalks.

Goals of this project include enhanced safety, eliminating fatal or severe injury crashes, and increase the number of sustainable trips on California Street between Showers Drive and Shoreline Boulevard. As part of the 2025 repaving project, the City plans to install new crosswalks and sidewalk corners, and redo the lane striping on California Street. This neighborhood will first experience a Pilot Project, which will be evaluated before it becomes permanent.

California Street is a key east-west corridor connecting downtown Mountain View to the San Antonio Shopping Center with Rengstorff Park and Community Center, the Mountain View Senior Center, and the Teen Center. California Street has a variety of housing types, including multi-family dwellings and rent stabilized units. As a calmer alternative to El Camino Real, it is in a good location for bicycle and pedestrian trips. The Mountain View Community Shuttle and VTA bus routes utilize California Street. California Street is on the High Injury Network, and on the list of the top 8 streets the City plans to improve for safety.

Project Area

Recology Container Placement

After the installation, many residents will need to place their Recology trash collection containers in a new location, several feet away from the curb. See the below image showing where to place your Recology containers. Please do not place your Recology containers in the bike lane. Containers in inappropriate locations will not be emptied. Contact Recology with any questions at 650-967-3034 ContactUsRMV@Recology.com

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Timeline

New pedestrian signals at midblock crossings and project completion is anticipated in Fall 2025

New pedestrian bulb outs, center refuge islands and curb ramps; final striping July 2025

Showers Drive to Mariposa Avenue resurfacing in June, 2025

Mariposa Avenue to Shoreline Boulevard repavement in March, 2025

O'Grady Paving has been awarded the construction contract and started construction in March 2025

The California Street Plan Line Study was presented in the March, 2023 BPAC meeting.

The project plans and specifications were approved by City Council on Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

The project was presented to the Council Transportation Committee on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

On September 24, 2024, Council appropriated additional funds and awarded the construction contract to O'Grady Paving.

The public has access to all City Council and Committee meetings which are open for public comment. The public has access to agendas, reports, attachments, and past meeting videos on MountainView.Legistar.com or at YouTube.com/@MountainViewGov. City Council meetings are also broadcast on Comcast Channel 26.

Community Outreach

April, 2024 A flyer explaining the project and announcing the "Before" survey in English and Spanish was sent home with over 550 students at Castro and Mistral schools, dropped at every business along the corridor, and posted at the Mountain View Library and other public locations.

May, 2024 Twenty-four yard signs were placed along the corridor. 11,800 postcards were mailed.

June, 2024 Flyers were posted to over 300 residential doors and businesses along the corridor. Our flyer is also available in Español 中文 Русский

June, 2025 Mailing to all addresses on California Street in the project area with a Recology Notice and project flyer. The same project flyer was posted at the Mountain View Library, City Hall, Community Center, Senior Center, and The View Teen Center. Staff delivered project flyers in 4 languages to businesses in the project area. Changeable message signs at each end of the corridor flashed "ONE LANE ROAD". Messages on City social media announced the construction project. Drive Wisely yard signs installed. Notification emails sent to VTA and Mountain View Community Shuttle operators.

July, 2025 "Park Here Bike Here" signs installed on vertical cones at every on-street parking area. Park Wisely and Drive Wisely yard signs installed. Windshield flyers placed on parked cars with a friendly reminder to no longer park next to the curb.