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 for our mission. And thank you Jennifer for opening your home to us and hosting such a fun event. What a great way to re-engergize our new group.
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 skills. If you agree, join us to advocate for making biking education a mandatory part of our local school curriculum.
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 Ridetoget a BTWD bag and win prizes!
Mountain View will select three new City Councilmembers this November to join the four existing Councilmembers. This new City Council will define the character of Mountain View for years to come. During their term, they will decide the intensity and type of development in the San Antonio, North Bayshore, El Camino Real Corridor, and East Whisman areas. They will decide how we will allocate space to motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit riders throughout the city including California Street and Shoreline Boulevard. They will tackle thorny issues like how much and where to grow the housing supply and office space, the minimum wage, and Bus Rapid Transit. How do the candidates stand on these issues? How do you stand on these issues? More than 120 people turned out at the Housing & Transportation Forum yesterday to join the conversation by submitting their questions and hearing all nine City Council Candidates articulate their vision for Mountain View. As Keith wrote in the comments of our Candidate Forum Page, “The conversation is headed in the right direction. What a special time to be in The MV!”. We agree!
See below to watch the video of the Candidates Forum and to catch the live tweets from @ladyfleur and @jakatmu
At the our Thursday Night Live booth last week, we invited you to answer the question “How can we make Mountain View a better place for walking and biking?” We were amazed by your passionate and detailed descriptions of the street segments, crossings, and corners that need safety improvements. We’ve summarized your feedback below and will be making the results available to Mountain View’s Bicycle Pedestrian Committee, the Department of Public Works, and City Council. Please feel free to keep those suggestions coming by sending email to contactus@greatstreetsmv.org.
More Scenes from the GSMV booth at Thursday Night Live
Thanks to everyone who came to our Thursday Night Live booth to experience the demonstration separated bikeway and for providing your thoughts on how to make Mountain View a better place for bicycling. We had a great time! We hope you did too!
Thanks to Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and Safe Moves for your generous support and to the City of Mountain View Recreation Department for letting us take over a block of California Street. And a big kudos to the Safe Mountain View team who were the driving force behind the event.
And now some scenes from Cycletopia!
Setting up…
Taking a spin on the cycle track with one of our loaner bikes…. (and check out John’s impressive cargo-toting skills on the bike!)
Youngsters create their own separated bikeways on our model streets…
Discussing bicycle infrastrastructure: protected bike lanes and protected intersections….
Where do you want to see better bike lanes? Plot it on our map….
Visits from City Council candidates Margaret Capriles (shown below), Ken Rosenberg, Lenny Siegel, and Greg Unangst….
