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I'm sure this prospect has been given some thought.
I'm curious to know what the thinking has been.I'm north of El Camino on the Sunnyvale side of 85.
Frankly, I get to Sunnyvale center more often than
Mountain View destinations, mostly because of the
difficulty of crossing Rt 85.The options are limited:
- Evelyn has a nice 237 underpass and an 85 underpass, but
getting to the Stevens Creek trail is dicey, across 2 lanes of traffic,
which may have just come off the freeway or which may be going
at speed, in any case. (This is the best option for crossing, but is
often pretty far out of the way for the destination I'm headed to.)
- I can cross at Dana. It's steep but short going towards MV center,
but steep and long--and steepest at the top--coming the other way.
Then I'm barreling down the other side with a cross street right at
the bottom. (I just came back after a 3-hr ride to Palo Alto. It was
the most direct route, and I was tired. But, man! It wore me out.),- I can cross at El Camino, but I get to play with freeway traffic
no less than 3 times to do that.- I can cross El Camino and go South to the Dale Ave. pedestrian
bridge, but then I fight with the hairpin turn to get onto the
bridge, compounded by the road-narrowing obstructions that
put me in conflict with vehicles.
I use one of those less than stellar alternatives when I need to go in
that direction. But given a choice, I generally head in the direction of
Sunnyvale.Riding across the Dana St. bridge, I saw just how wide the Rt. 85
freeway really is. I can't even imagine the expense of bridging it.
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On 7/18/2022 10:26:13 AM, Hicks, Alison <alison...@mountainview.gov> wrote:
Maybe this is the answer: U.S. to Provide $1 Billion to Reconnect Neighborhoods Divided by Highways, Rail (usnews.com).
Alison
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Subject: Re: [SVBC Mountain View] Bridge across 85?
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On 7/25/2022 6:04:17 PM, Whyte, Brandon <brando...@mountainview.gov> wrote:
All,
I have saved this email chain to our Active Transportation Plan folder; it will be considered in our upcoming planning process (which starts in August internally).
This is great information, and we’ll need more input like this as we progress through the process. Most federal and state grants require a project to be in a plan first.
So please stay tuned for my emails and MyMV messages about the Active Transportation Plan in Mountain View. If you’d like to be added to our notification list, please email me back indicating so.
Thanks, everyone!
Brandon Whyte
Active Transportation Planner
Public Works Department
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2022 4:05 PM
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Subject: RE: [SVBC Mountain View] Bridge across 85?
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YES. That IS the answer.
I live in "Far East Mountain View Island".
It's not totally disconnected, but it comes close.
I had to get a multi-speed version of my bike, mostly
to negotiate freeway and train overpasses.
So I love this resource. How do we get some??
:__)
eric
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