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Community members belonging to the Great Streets Mountain View group are working towards friendlier streets in Mountain View, CA.
To raise community awareness of the initiative and to offer residents the opportunity to identify potential road improvements along California St., Escuela St., and Shoreline St., the group held walking tours on Saturday September 27, 2014.
According to Great Streets Mountain View (GSMV), the streets that they hope to bring improvements to are part of a neighborhood that is already densely populated and has high traffic counts (26% of Mountain View’s population lives there). Therefore, they make good candidates for lane reduction, improved lighting, street trees, and bike lanes—all important components of Complete Streets.
The area also has a high concentration of Hispanic residents (50% vs. 22% in Mountain View overall) and the second lowest median household income in Mountain View ($56,968 vs. $92,987 in Mountain View overall), according to the GSMV website.
The next Great Streets Mountain View workshop will be held on October 30, 2014.
Learn more about this grassroots led Complete Streets initiative here.
Access Complete Streets resources at the Growing Healthy Change resource page.
By The Numbers
33
percent
of Latinos live within walking distance (<1 mile) of a park
