On April 18, 2011, the City Council approved the Final Hillsdale Station Area Plan. The Hillsdale Station Area Plan is a comprehensive, long-range (20-year) advanced planning document for the area to the west of the existing Caltrain station. The Station Area Plan integrates a relocated Transit Center into existing urban and circulation systems and develops strong connections to Bay Meadows Phase II and surrounding neighborhoods, while maintaining the fabric of existing neighborhoods.  The Plan proposes relocation of the Hillsdale Caltrain station as well as making improvements, primarily pedestrian and bicycle, along El Camino between 25th and 36th Avenues and surrounding streets.

The City adopted a Bicycle Master Plan on October 17, 2011 that provides a blueprint for making bicycling an integral part of daily life in San Mateo and supports the goals of the San Mateo General Plan, the Sustainable Initiatives Plan and other plans and policies adopted by the City. The Pedestrian Master Plan is underway, with a Draft Plan released for public review in October with comments due November 21, 2011. A community workshop on the draft plan was held on October 4, 2011. It is anticipated the plan will be adopted in 2012.

The City anticipates starting construction on a pilot streetscape project on El Camino Real between 28th and 31st avenues. The City received federal funds from the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy of Users (SAFETEA-LU) High Priority Program for this project, which will add a landscaped median and new handicapped ramps along the project limits, and intersection improvements at 31^st Avenue and El Camino Real.

City of San Mateo Planning Department

Hillsdale Station Area Plan