San Mateo passes precedent-setting Sustainable Streets Plan

At Tuesday night's City Council meeting in San Mateo, the passage of the city's Sustainable Streets Plan was so inevitable that it wasn't even pulled from the consent calendar. The Council voted unanimously to pass this plan which includes many visionary plans and ideas, including:

• Vision Zero A goal for zero roadway fatalities and a reduction in collisions involving injuries,
• Conceptual drawings for El Camino Real bikeways,
• Complete Streets,
• The prioritization of movement over vehicle storage,
• The goal to increase bicycle and pedestrian mode share to 30% by 2020,
• The adoption of the NACTO guidelines, and
• The elimination of Level of Service metrics in favor of Vehicle Miles Traveled metrics.

We applaud the city for taking this action and look forward to working with them to help implement this plan. Congrats, San Mateo!