"Long-awaited plans to close Castro Street at the downtown Caltrain tracks and fully divert vehicle traffic at the rail crossing are moving forward, after the Mountain View City Council voted Tuesday to approve the new design for the major transit stop. The project, which will reconfigure the roadway and dead-end Castro Street at West Evelyn Avenue, marks a milestone in the city's decade-long effort to improve traffic safety and eliminate the at-grade vehicle crossing at the tracks."
"Southbound traffic has been blocked at the tracks since 2020, when three blocks of Castro Street were closed to vehicle traffic. Temporary signage and bollards were set up to prevent cars from traveling onto Castro Street from Central Expressway and Moffett Boulevard, which remain in place today. Under the new design, cars will also not be able to travel across the tracks in the northbound direction, and would instead be diverted onto West Evelyn Avenue towards Shoreline Boulevard as an alternate route. Bicyclists and pedestrians will continue to be able to cross the train tracks."
Mountain View will close Castro Street at the downtown Caltrain tracks and fully divert vehicle traffic following City Council approval of a new transit center design. The reconfiguration will dead-end Castro Street at West Evelyn Avenue and redirect northbound cars onto West Evelyn toward Shoreline Boulevard while preserving bicycle and pedestrian crossings. West Evelyn will run uninterrupted across Castro and gain bike lanes on both sides from Wild Cherry Lane to Hope Street, resulting in the loss of 12 parking spaces. Additional features include improved sidewalks linking the transit center to downtown and a separated southbound bike lane on Moffett Boulevard. The design passed 6-1 amid reduced scope because of funding limits.
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