MV Earth Day Festival 2026
Great Streets Mountain View joined other community and city groups at City Hall Plaza to celebrate Earth Day and share ideas for building a greener, more livable city. At our booth, we invited people to tell us where they like to walk and bike—and where they see opportunities for improvement. We also shared before-and-after photos of California Street following the Complete Streets Pilot, which sparked a lot of thoughtful feedback and conversation. We asked participants to jot down their ideas…
California Street Update
More than 13 years after Great Streets Mountain View first proposed a road diet for California Street—and nine years after the City completed the California/Escuela/Shoreline Complete Streets Study—traffic calming measures were finally implemented on California Street as a pilot program in fall 2025. The transformation is significant. Protected bike lanes, updated parking configurations, safer intersections, and high-visibility crosswalks have reshaped the corridor into a very different street…
2024 City Council Candidates Respond
We sent each candidate the following questions. We received responses from Chris Clark, Nicholas Hargis and IdaRose Sylvester and have published their answers on our website. We hope that hearing about these topics in the candidates’ own words will help you make a more informed choice in November. 1. Do you walk or bike in Mt. View? If so, where? And what has the experience been like for you? 2. Which areas of Mt. View do you consider to be safe and comfortable for biking and walking,…
City Council Candidates Respond to our Questionnaire
There are five candidates vying for three seats on the Mountain View City Council this November. Mountain View Streets for All was interested in hearing each candidate’s ideas for how to improve street safety and encourage active transportation in our community as well as understand what kind of advocate they would be for these causes. We sent each candidate the following questions. We received responses from Alison Hicks, Ellen Kamei, and Lucas Ramirez and have published their answers on our…
Good Times at the MVSA Summer Mixer
Good times were had last Saturday at the first Mountain View Streets for All Summer Mixer! It was a lovely afternoon for snacks and lively conversation. The MVSA team really enjoyed reuniting with friends we haven’t seen in person for a while and also meeting new friends who share the same vision for encouraging bicycling and walking in our community. Thanks to City Councilmembers Pat Showalter and Alison Hicks for mixing with us! It was great hearing your points of view and about your support…
Bike Rodeo in Rengstorff Park
Bike to Wherever Days continue! Our wonderful Mountain View City staff hosted a Bike Rodeo in Rengstorff Park on Saturday. The participants who brought their bikes and helmets got riding safety tips from a licensed bicycling instructor, a helmet fitting, a bike safety check, and honed their biking skills on the rodeo course. What a great day! We at Mountain View Streets believe everyone, particularly our youngest citizens, would benefit from this kind of hands on education to learn biking life…
Bike to Wherever Day MV
I hope you checked out our downtown energizer station on Bike to Wherever Day! Even if you didn’t manage to swipe the coffee cake and fruit, you can still Pledge To Ride to get a BTWD bag and win prizes !
Teenage Tragedy on El Camino
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of the 13-year who was tragically struck while riding his bike to Graham Middle School on Thursday morning. Mayor Ramirez shared this in his weekly message to the community: Dear Friends, As you have likely heard, our community has suffered a tragic and horrific loss. On March 17, a 13-year-old student at Graham Middle School was killed in a fatal collision with a truck at the intersection of El Camino Real and Grant Road. A fundraiser to benefit the…
2020 City Council Races
This election season, we were excited to hear what the nine city council candidates had to say about Great Streets in Mountain View and active transit in our city. We asked questions about where they walk and bike, which Great Streets they love and how they want to improve Mountain View and we have their responses to share with you. Each candidate has a unique perspective on Great Streets in Mountain View. All candidates want to support safe routes to school so children can walk and bike…
3rd Annual Mountain View Family Bike Ride Recap
It was great to see so many families join us for the 3rd Annual Mountain View Family Bike Ride on Saturday! 149 riders joined us, our biggest Family Bike Ride crowd yet. We gathered in Eagle Park at 10am under a beautiful blue sky. After signing-in, riders socialized, chatted with Nate Baird our Mountain View Bike Coordinator, and explored the family activities including bike decorating, face painting, helmet fitting, and bike tune-ups. Before the ride Cherie Walkowiak and John Scarboro gave…