by wendeeswonderings | Feb 13, 2013 | California Street, Castro School, Escuela Avenue
Great Streets Rengstorff Park invites you to a Bike Tour on Saturday, March 2nd from 9AM to 11AM!
Enjoy a leisurely morning ride and learn about how Rengstorff Park neighborhood streets are key assets to building stronger social ties, economic success, and a healthier community in Mountain View. You’ll travel approximately 4 miles with stops along the way that highlight stories from neighborhood residents who will share with you some issues and the many opportunities to create safer and more attractive places to walk, bike and congregate in the city’s highest density neighborhood.
We encourage you to forward this email to anyone interested in safer streets in Mountain View or a lovely morning ride.
Don’t have a bike – no problem! Let us know, we have a few available.
Please RSVP to GreatStreetsRP@gmail.com no later than February 26th.
by wendeeswonderings | Nov 18, 2012 | California Street, Escuela Avenue
Elana Pacheco spotted PG&E connecting electricity to the new streetlight!
The Streetlight at California & Escuela now has power to it. The lanes need to be restriped and the old streetlight removed to complete this process. Sayed Fahkry, Senior Traffic Engineer, City of Mountain View, has said that he expects this to be completed within a week.
We look forward to posting pictures of the new streetlight when it is working.
Elana Pacheco and Sayed Fakhry in front of the electrical box for the new Streetlight.
by wendeeswonderings | Oct 17, 2012 | California Street, Escuela Avenue, Uncategorized
Dear Neighbors and Friends,
Please join us for an update for on Great Streets Rengstorff Park!
Friday, November 2nd
7:00 – 9:00pm
Rengstorff Community Center
201 Rengstorff Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94040
We were invited to attend the recent
Shoreline West Association of Neighbors (SWAN) community meeting where city staff and MVPD discussed the recent deaths on California Avenue and what they are doing to improve the safety of Mountain View streets.
GSRP will be discussing how you think we should improve the safety, access, and livability of Rengstorff Park area streets.
With the information we previously gathered and information from city staff we will be focusing our conversation on California Street and Escuela Avenue. If your interest is not on these specific streets, we hope that you will join us to learn more about the network of streets in this area as we hope to move forward improving the safety of this area, one street at a time.
Some highlights of our progress:
- We launched a website based on the information that we gathered from our first meeting.
- We have met twice with city staff and have new information on what we can do next to make the Rengstorff Great Streets Neighborhood streets safer.
- Lots of media attention! At last count five articles and three editorials in MV Voice.
A light dinner will be provided, a $5 donation is requested.
Please help us to involve more neighbors and friends by inviting anyone you think has any interest in safer streets for everyone in Mountain View.
RSVP preferred (so we know how much food to provide), but not mandatory. Please send an email to greatstreetsrp@gmail.com to RSVP.
We are very excited about the progress we have made and look forward to hearing your thoughts about next steps for this project!
Warmly,
Wendee and Jarrett
by wendeeswonderings | Sep 28, 2012 | California Street, Castro School, Escuela Avenue
Great Streets Rengstorff Park had a meeting with Mountain View city staff recently. Among other things, we asked when the new traffic signals on California & Escuela will be functional.
The lastest update from the City of Mountain View Public Works Department Dickson Tam –
The signal project has been on hold due to delays with PG&E’s new electrical service for the new signal system. Currently, PG&E crews are scheduled for tomorrow, 11/14, to provide the new service. The signal contractor can then complete some striping modifications at the intersection and turn on the new signal system shortly after that.
Great Streets wants to thank the city council and staff of Mountain View for their work to improve the safety of the Rengstorff Park Area.
This is a good first step to make this area safer, but more comprehensive solutions are still needed to further improve safety and accessibility. For additional information on GSRP suggestions to make both these streets safer please see GSRP California and Shoreline Road Diet and Escuela Avenue Bike Lanes.
Pedestrians crossing California Street at Escuela Avenue
