City of San Mateo
Local Roadway Safety Plan
San Mateo City Council
May 20, 2024
Feedback from Council
• Comment on the revised Vision Statement
• Recommend adoption of a Resolution to adopt the Local Roadway Safety Plan
2 Agenda
1. What is a Local Roadway Safety Plan?
2. Study Session Summary
3. Plan Development
4. Next Steps
5. Feedback from Council
3 Circulation Element
4 Goal C-1
➢ Design and implement a multimodal transportation network ➢ Prioritizes walking, bicycling, and transit
➢ Sustainable, safe, and accessible for all users
➢ Connects the community using all modes of transportation ➢ Reduces vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita
Strive San Mateo
General Plan 2040
High-
Level
Detailed
5 San Mateo Complete Streets Plan
2020 Bicycle
Master Plan
2012
Pedestrian
Master Plan
Reimagine
SamTrans
Caltrain 2040
Business Plan
Truck Route
Study and
Policy
Green
Infrastructure
Plan
Traffic Impact
Analysis
Guidelines
Neighborhood
Traffic
Management
Program
Strive San Mateo
General Plan 2040
Local Roadway Safety Plan
TOD Pedestrian
Access Plan
Fashion Island Boulevard Smart
Corridor and Mobility Hub
Vision
Zero
Action
Plan
Framework for Safety
Improvements
✓Focus on all components and players
in roadway system
✓Understand mistakes will happen
and design a forgiving environment
✓Industry best practice approach for
roadway safety
✓Adopted by Caltrans and USDOT
6 What is a Local Roadway Safety Plan?
Analyzes historical crash patterns and trends
Prioritizes safety improvements based on crash data and stakeholder engagement
Identifies proven engineering and non-engineering strategies Meets federal safety plan guidance and Caltrans LRSP
requirements
7 City Council Study Session Summary
✓Received feedback on April 15, 2024
✓Revise Vision Statement to incorporate elements from the Safe Systems Approach ✓Systemic Treatments prioritization
8 Vision Statement Revision
Original:
The City of San Mateo envisions a roadway network that prioritizes safety for all users, ensuring secure travel throughout the city.
Revised:
Our vision is to cultivate a roadway network that prioritizes the safety of all users through proactive planning, redundant improvements, and a belief that fatalities and severe injuries are unacceptable. We strive to create a roadway environment where every trip ends safely.
9 Site-Specific Improvements
10 Top 10 Priority
Locations
Signalized Intersections
1. Humboldt Street/Poplar Avenue
2. Fashion Island Boulevard/Norfolk Street
3. Hillsdale Boulevard/Franklin Parkway
4. Peninsula Avenue/Delaware Street
5. Hillsdale Boulevard/Norfolk Street
6. El Camino Real/27th Avenue
11 Corridors
10. Hillsdale Boulevard from Saratoga Drive to
Norfolk Street
Unsignalized Intersections
7. El Camino Real/22nd Avenue
8. Humboldt Street/Indian Avenue
9. Humboldt Street/Tilton Avenue
Systemic Treatments
12 Systemic: Widely implementable improvements based on high-risk roadway features correlated with specific crash types
Systemic Treatments
1. Speed management
2. Leading pedestrian intervals (LPI)
3. Signal visibility enhancements
4. No Right Turn on Red Treatments
5. Centerline Hardening
Systemic Treatments Summary
14 Priority Treatment Type Issue Cost Timeline to
Implement
Difficulty to
Implement
Community Input
1 Leading Pedestrian
Interval
Vehicle-pedestrian
collisions
$ Short-term ✓ Intersections
Peds/Bikes
2 No Right on Red
Treatment
Vehicle-pedestrian
collisions
$-$$ Medium
term ✓✓ Peds/Bikes
3 Centerline Hardening
Treatment
Vehicle-pedestrian $$ Medium
term ✓
Peds/Bikes
School Zones
Intersections
4 Signal Visibility
Enhancements
Broadside collisions $$ Short-term ✓ Intersections
Red Light Running
5* Speed management Vehicle-pedestrian
Vehicle-bicyclist
Broadside collisions
$$$$ Medium
term and
ongoing
✓✓✓
Speeding
Peds/Bikes
School Zones
*Continue to prioritize reducing speeds around schools and in other high pedestrian activity areas Next Steps
15 Continue to work on
projects already in CIP
1 Seek grant funding for
identified projects
Request additional CIP
funding based on
identified priorities
2 Review crash data
annually
Update LRSP with
latest crash data every
three to five years
3 Feedback from Council
• Comment on the revised Vision Statement
• Recommend adoption of a Resolution to adopt the Local Roadway Safety Plan
16 Our vision is to cultivate a roadway network that prioritizes the safety of all users through proactive planning, redundant improvements, and a belief that fatalities and severe injuries are unacceptable. We strive to create a roadway environment where every trip ends safely.