San Mateo Countywide Transportation Plan update

At a glance

Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard.

What: a joint update by the City/County Association of Governments and the San Mateo County Transportation Authority to the countywide long-range transportation plan, with a draft vision, four goals, a simplified equity definition and each city's top local projects.
Where it stands: presented to the council on 10/13/2026 for feedback; no action. Draft plan due early 2027, final plan spring 2027; every city council is being visited through the end of 2026.
Menlo Park's five draft projects: Middle Avenue bike and pedestrian undercrossing; Willow Road Class 4 bike lanes; Middlefield and Willow Road bike and pedestrian improvements; Sand Hill and Santa Cruz bike and pedestrian improvements; Marsh Road corridor and interchange improvements. El Camino Real multimodal improvements is a regionally significant project.

Cole (Complete Streets Commission chair) asked to add safe routes to school; the presenter said the list is not limited to five and a programmatic funding category will exist.
Schmidt asked that the Middlefield, Willow and Ravenswood corridor be considered together given six major developments within about two miles.
Taylor asked how safe routes infrastructure could become a priority and invited the presenter on a walking tour; Nash asked about autonomous vehicle integration and noted the Bayfront area does not appear as an equity tier. The presenter, Jeff Lap (name as captioned), said he would check.

About 22 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-13 - City Council	22

2026-10-13 - City Council — Presentation of the draft vision, goals, equity tiers and Menlo Park's draft project list; questions on safe routes, the Middlefield corridor, autonomous vehicles and the Bayfront equity tier; no action.