The Mobility Plan will identify concept designs showing improvements to El Camino Real that help us meet our goals of a safer street and a more pleasant experience for everyone.

We will identify the concept designs through technical analysis and input from community members. Your input through attending events and sharing thoughts on the survey and map on this website are important for us to determine which recommendations to include in the Mobility Plan.

Currently, El Camino Real is the most dangerous street in the Bay Area region. El Camino Real has unusually high rate of crashes that cause fatalities or serious injuries, especially for people walking or biking.

People walking and biking are more likely to be severely injured or killed in a collision:

• 24% of all injuries involved people walking or biking due to collisions on El Camino Real in South San Francisco.
• 83% of severe injuries involved people walking or bicycling on El Camino Real in South San Francisco.

Speeding is the leading cause of collisions that result in injuries on El Camino Real.

Currently, El Camino Real in South San Francisco has challenges for all types of users! For example:

• Driving. Parts of El Camino Real experience traffic, especially in the north end of the corridor near Hickey Boulevard.
• Walking. Some areas of El Camino are comfortable to walk on, with wider sidewalks and shade from trees. Other places have narrow sidewalks or none at all. Some intersections are missing crosswalks.
• Taking transit. BART, SamTrans buses, and the South City Free Shuttle are all available from El Camino Real. Buses get stuck in traffic. Bus stops are inconsistent. While some bus stops include waiting areas and shelters, others lack shade and require buses to pull out of traffic, which slows them down.
• Biking. Bike lanes are missing throughout most of El Camino in South City. While there are bike lanes in some areas, they are not separated from the car lanes. The Centennial Way Trail is a safer and more comfortable route for many, though connections between El Camino and the trail are minimal.

This South San Francisco project will feed into SamTrans' Grand Boulevard Initiative (GBI). GBI is a collaboration in San Mateo County between 14 cities and towns, three countywide agencies, and Caltrans. The project aims to make El Camino Real a safer and more connected place to walk, bike, drive, and take transit by installing roadway improvements along the corridor.

South San Francisco is collaborating with SamTrans to include this plan as part of the El Camino Real Action Plan, which will incorporate concept designs from all cities in San Mateo County. The countywide Action Plan will be developed in Summer to Winter 2026.