Annual Transportation & Mobility Update
For Parking, Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements April 22, 2025
Belmont Strategic Focus Area
Infrastructure & Mobility
Enhance Multi-modal Transportation
Economic Development & Housing
Fiscal and Organization Sustainability
Public Safety
Quality of Life
2 3
Three “E’s”
Education
Enforcement
Engineering
ENGINEERING
4 Traffic and
Congestion Relief
Parking & Traffic
Safety Committee
City Staff
Maintenance
Capital Improvement
Projects
Traffic &
Congestion
Relief
Key
Strategies
Signal Timing
Optimization
Traffic
Calming
Measures
Smart
Transportation
Technology
Public Transit
Coordination
Safe
Routes to
School
Expanding
Transportation
Options
Transportation
Demand
Management
5 Traffic &
Congestion
Relief
Key
Strategies
Signal Timing
Optimization
Traffic
Calming
Measures
Smart
Transportation
Technology
Public Transit
Coordination
Safe
Routes to
School
Expanding
Transportation
Options
Transportation
Demand
Management
6 Parking & Traffic Safety Committee (PTSC)
7 Belmont Police Department
San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department
Belmont Public Works Department
PTSC Purview
Maintenance
Tree Trimming
Painting Curbs
Traffic Calming,
Mobility & Parking
Traffic Calming
Parking Restrictions
Accessibility
Striping and Markings
Crosswalks
Stop Bars
Lane Lines
etc.
Signage
Installation
Replacement
8 PTSC Steps for Improvement
Receives requests from internal staff or the public
Requests are reviewed and taken to public meetings if
necessary
City Council approval is requested when necessary for certain improvements
9 PTSC Requests
Our City City Government
Commissions, Committees & Boards
Parking and Traffic Safety
Committee
www.belmont.gov/PTSC
10 PTSC Request Statistics
11 • 18% increase in
requests compared
to 2023 (32 vs. 27).
• 11 improvements
or interventions
recommended
(including
maintenance,
enforcement).
Public Works Maintenance Highlights
• Curb & Pavement:
• 3,861 linear feet of red curb
• 13,950 linear feet of pavement crack
• 198.5 tons of asphalt installed
• ADA Improvements:
• 3 ADA ramps, sidewalk, curb & gutter
12 • Repaired 60 potholes
• Signs & Markings
• 1 crosswalk in School Zone
• 63 signs installed/replaced
• 2 Class III bike facility “sharrows”
Public Works Maintenance
13 Finishing Asphalt
ADA Ramp Installation
Red Curb Painting
2024 Major Accomplishments
• Completion of the 2024 Slurry Seal Project
• Construction progress of the 2023 Pavement Rehabilitation Project and Ralston Ave Cabinet Relocation Project
• Project Advancement of:
• Belmont Village HAWK Crossing Project
• Belmont Village Bike and Pedestrian Project
• 2025 Pavement Rehabilitation Project
• Pavement Management Technical Assistance Program (P-TAP) 14 2024 Major Accomplishments (cont’d)
• Policy and Plan Updates:
• Approval of the Traffic Calming Policy
• Updated the Five-Year Pavement Plan
• Regional Project Participation:
• SMCTA 101 Corridor Connect Mid-County Multimodal Strategy • El Camino Real Mid-County Transit and Multimodal Corridor Plan • Grand Boulevard Initiative (GBI)
15 EDUCATION
16 Outreach and Events Police Department Media
San Mateo Consolidated Fire
• Challenges:
• Access to properties and response
• Ensuring efficient operations
• Red curb installation to improve fire access and response • Outreach:
• Youth Fire Setter Intervention
• Wildland-Urban Interface Campaigns
• Public Safety Training
• Defensible space
17 ENFORCEMENT
18 Directed Traffic
Enforcement
Education and
Warning
Parking Hotline
2024 Belmont Police Dept. Stats
• Performed:
• 2,137 Traffic Stops
• 338 Directed Traffic Enforcements
• Issued:
• 629 Moving Citations
• 127 Written Warnings
• Over 1,000 Verbal Warnings
• 212 Criminal Citations
19 Assembly Bill 413
• Daylighting explanation
• Restricts parking within 20 feet of any
marked or unmarked crosswalk (15 feet
if there is a curb extension)
• Aims to improve visibility and safety at
intersections
• Education before enforcement
20 Looking Ahead
Future City Projects Supporting Transportation and Mobility • Transportation Master Plan
• Project scope defined
• Seeking funding
• Continuing advancement of Capital Improvement and Complex Development Projects
21 Thank you!
belmont.gov
Daniel Matthews
Assistant Civil Engineer
[email protected]