Countywide Local Roadway Safety Plan

Background

What is a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP)?

A Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) provides a framework for analyzing, identifying, and prioritizing roadway safety improvements to reduce severe injury and fatal collisions on local roadways. The LRSP supports a holistic approach to addressing road safety for all road users and also contributes to the California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), which aims to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries across the State’s roadways.

Why is an LRSP important?

Development of a LRSP will help San Mateo County get funding to build roadway improvements that will positively impact everyone residing in and traveling through San Mateo County, especially the most vulnerable communities.

Project Details

C/CAG has developed a Countywide Local Roadway Safety Plan to improve motorist, bicyclist and pedestrian safety on local streets and roads throughout San Mateo County. This plan was developed after hearing robust input from the community and using data collected on traffic patterns and incidents.

The final Countywide Local Roadway Safety Plan was formally adopted by the C/CAG Board on June 13, 2024.

 

Project Timeline (Click to Enlarge)

 

 

Final Countywide Local Road Safety Plan

The approved plan is still available for review here: Local Roadway Safety Plan

 

Public Outreach

The Countywide Local Roadway Safety Plan could not happen without extensive community input and participation – thank you to all who provided feedback and contributed to the development of this plan!

This project had multiple phases of outreach, where the project team heard from local communities on the specific locations and road safety priorities that concerned them, solicited input on priority locations for safety improvements and collected feedback on potential countermeasures to reduce fatalities and serious injuries. The project’s extensive outreach efforts are outlined below:

Draft Plan Presentations

The project team presented the public draft plan at the following meetings:

 

Phase 2 Outreach

Phase 2 outreach solicited community input on these draft priority location maps, which were developed using data collected on traffic patterns and incidents and finalized after receiving input from respective communities and other stakeholders. Final maps may be different from draft versions. Please note some jurisdictions (10 out of 21) already have an existing or concurrently developing their own safety plan and do not have identified locations as part of this work.

 

Past Outreach

If you missed the Phase I webinar, you can view the recording by clicking on the “Countywide Virtual Kick-Off Meeting” link in the table below or view the presentation located in the resources section: “LRSP Community Meeting” link.

 

Past Events

Events/Meetings Date
Countywide Virtual Kick-off Meeting (Click for recording) Thursday, August 10 at 6pm
East Palo Alto Farmers Market Wednesday, August 16 from 8:30am- 1:30pm
Half Moon Bay Farmers Market Saturday, August 19, 9am-1pm
Foster City Summer Days Sunday, August 20, 11am-5pm
San Carlos Block Party Sunday, August 27, 4-8pm
Belmont Farmers’ Market Sunday, December 17, 2023, 9am-1pm
Woodside Public Library Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 3-7pm
Colma BART Station Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 9am-1pm
Atherton Library Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 3-7pm
Brisbane Farmer’s Market Thursday, January 18, 2024, 2-6pm

 

Project Resources

To learn more about the Local Roadway Safety Plan, see below for additional resources.

As the Countywide Local Roadway Safety Plan is now completed and approved by the C/CAG Board, we want to thank the communities for providing valuable input in each phase. Your input was vital to developing a comprehensive countywide plan and we look forward to sharing plan adoption updates via this project webpage.

For questions about the project, please reach out directly to project staff at: jlacap@smcgov.org or egaye@smcgov.org.