BREAKING NEWS

   The Grade Separation and Access Project has moved into the final design phase. The design is being led by Caltrain, starting in July 2022
   and extending through 2024.  Please see the Grade Separation & Access Project page for more information about the project.

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Grade Separation and Access Project

Mountain View Transit Center Grade Separation and Access Project Description

The Mountain View Transit Center serves as the City’s key multimodal transportation node. On a typical weekday, it serves over 12,000 boardings and alightings and provides front-door access to downtown Mountain View. Services provided at the station include Caltrain, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail, and many public buses and private shuttles. Current use of the transit center far exceeds the capacity of existing facilities. Further, the station’s usage is expected to increase significantly with more frequent Caltrain service and increased employment and housing in the North Bayshore area and other areas of the City.

To serve the growing demands on the transit center and Caltrain’s plans for a greater number of trains crossing at Castro Street, the City prepared a Transit Center Master Plan that laid out a vision for the future of the transit center site and the adjacent Castro Street rail crossing. That Master Plan, adopted in 2017, identified components to improve access to the station and increase station capacity. One of the primary needs identified was to provide safer and more accessible connections to the Transit Center for people walking or riding a bike.

The first step in realizing the Master Plan is a project, currently underway, called the Grade Separation and Access Project, which is intended to accomplish many of the recommendations made in the Master Plan, addressing the transit center’s current capacity constraints and preparing it for the upcoming modernization of Caltrain.