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Mountain View is looking to roll out major street and safety improvements on Rengstorff Avenue, a busy thoroughfare with a history of fatal and severe injury crashes.
Earlier this year, Caltrans awarded Mountain View $352,000 to analyze bicycle, pedestrian and green street improvements along a 1.7-mile stretch of Rengstorff Avenue, between Leghorn Street and El Camino Real.
The city tapped consulting firm Kimley-Horn and Associates to carry out the study. The City Council is expected to vote on the contract as a consent item at its Tuesday, June 24 meeting.
Rengstorff Avenue has long been considered a high-priority corridor for safety improvements.
The road has a posted speed limit of 35 mph and wide lanes, with speeding and crossing conflicts posing big issues, according to a September council report.
The Rengstorff Avenue Complete Streets Study will look at ways to improve the experience of bicyclists and pedestrians, as well as address speed management strategies and driveway access. The study will assess the feasibility of active transportation and green street elements as well, according to the report.
The study is being coordinated with the Rengstorff Grade Separation project, a major infrastructure project to reduce traffic congestion and improve road safety at the intersection of Rengstorff Avenue and Central Expressway, the report said.
The study is expected to start this fall and would need to be finished by June 2027 for the city to receive the Caltrans funding. The city intends to apply for more grants for the design and construction phases of the project once the study is complete, according to the report.
Other roadway upgrades in Mountain View are currently underway, including a pilot project along California Street. A project on El Monte Avenue is expected to begin later this year.
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I lived at 333 N. Rengstorff from 2006 to 2018, and 255 S. Rengstorff from 2018 to 2023, and then on Windrose (corner of Rengstorff) from 2023 to 2024.
The Caltrain Grade Separation is far more important for smooth flow of traffic and safety than bike lanes and road diets. I’ve been on Rengstorff a lot. I’ve driven it, biked it, walked it, and rollerbladed it. Yes, sometimes people speed, and yes sometimes it’s annoying when someone waits too long to make a left turn; but overall it’s never been too bad from a speed or safety perspective.
Far more disastrous is the railroad traffic bottleneck.