Bicycle Friendly Community

Mountain View, CA| Bronze Level

Community Highlights: In Mountain View 100 percent of arterial streets are outfitted with bike lanes or paved shoulders. The City’s most significant bicycle related investment is the Stevens Creek Trail, a major community and recreation corridor. Approximately 4.8 miles of the trail have been completed to date from Shoreline at Mountain View to Sleeper Avenue. The next extension of the trail will be completed in Fall 2011 and will reunite the east and west sides of the City that were divided in the 1960s as a result of Highway 85.

Most Compelling Community Statistic: Over the last 25 years, Mountain View has developed more than 40 miles of bikeways at a cost of $30 million.