El camino real fact sheet
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El Camino Real is a state highway and major transportation corridor serving Redwood City and the Bay Area Peninsula. Through the years, it has developed into a roadway that is oriented to automobiles rather than to pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders. Redwood City is beginning a process to create a Corridor Plan for El Camino Real that will improve safety, mobility, economic development, and connections to Downtown and nearby neighborhoods. The El Camino Real Corridor Plan will reexamine the policies and standards for the portion of the El Camino Real Corridor within Redwood City’s jurisdiction. In doing so, the Plan will help transform the Corridor into a “grand boulevard” that links neighborhoods and Downtown and is a destination itself. The Plan will achieve this by including urban design standards to ensure that new development is high quality, a plan for street improvements to make the Corridor more pleasant to walk along and safer to cross, and policies that support small businesses and a range of housing choices along the Corridor, as well as other elements. The Plan will not increase height limits or building densities/intensities beyond what is currently allowed in the zoning ordinance. ABOUT THE PROJECT The ultimate goal for this project is to produce an El Camino Real Corridor Plan to consolidate existing zoning districts, land uses and adopted plans into one cohesive document for the Corridor in Redwood City. Specific objectives for the project are: Project Area PROJECT OBJECTIVES • Consolidate recently re-zoned sections of the Corridor into a cohesive plan • Develop strategies to address current development challenges, such as small, narrow, and shallow lots that have different owners • Improve the Corridor’s relationship with the Caltrain station, downtown core (Downtown Precise Plan area), and surrounding neighborhoods • Improve the streetscape to promote walking, transit, bicycling, and economic development • Incorporate community benefits, such as strategies for affordable housing, transitions from the Corridor to the adjacent residential neighborhoods, and vibrant streetscapes • Create a friendlier place for the people who live and work here: parents, kids, commuters, homeowners, and local businesses • Provide a comprehensive business retention and development strategy, focusing on small businesses • Identify financing mechanism and phasing recommendations to implement public improvements ! ( ^ _ Redwood City Redwood City Station City Hall Hudson St Brewster Ave Veterans Blvd Hopkins Ave Roosevelt Ave Marshall St Main St Chestnut St Winslow St Middlefield Rd Valota Rd Stafford St Ave Broadway Laurel St Pine St dustrial Way Duane St Jefferson Ave Broadway St Whipple Ave Broadway St Spring St } } 82 } } 84 } } 84 } } 82 £ ¤ 101 ipple Ave Katherine Ave James Ave Harrison Ave Roosevelt Ave Oak Ave Redwood Ave Poplar Ave Center St Hudson St Fulton St Clinton St Adams St Willow St Charter St Nottingham Ave Dumbarton Ave Cypress St Shasta St Hemlock Ave Hazel Ave Shasta St Cedar St Beech St Middlefield Rd Buckeye St Buckeye St Chesnut St Beech St Main St Maple St Maple St Franklin St Jefferson Ave Lincoln Ave Vera Ave Madison Ave Jackson Ave Wilson Ave Harrison Ave Cleveland St James Ave James Ave Brewster Ave Hopkins Ave Brewster Ave Walnut St Walnut St Winklebleck St Warren St Allerton St B St A St Finger Ave g ton Rd Cl ar emont Ave C St D St E S Arguello St Lenolt St Veterans Blvd Arch St Birch St Clinton St Elmwood St Fulton St Jefferson Ave Oak Ave Redwood Ave Iris St Iris St Johnson St Pine St Fay St Davis St Grand St Madison Ave Hudson St St Francis St Vera Ave pton St Ruby St Price Ave v ention W ay Maple St Blomquist St San Ma Berkshire Ave Bay Rd North Star Academy Red Morton Community Park Hoover Park Union Cemetery Hawes Park City Center Plaza Mezes Park Wellesley Park Palm Park Courthouse Square Roselli Mini Park Fleishman Park Linden Park Jardin de Ninos Park Fair Oaks Community Center Mount Carmel Elementary School Main Street Park Little River Park Sequoia High School Mckinley Institute of Technology Hoover Elementary School John Gill Elementary School Hawes Elementary School Peninsula Christian School Redeemer Lutheran Elementary School Orion Alternative Elementary School S Pre C Hig Redwood City El Camino Real Corridor Study
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Transcript of El camino real fact sheet
El Camino Real is a state highway and major transportation corridor serving Redwood City and the Bay Area Peninsula. Through the years, it has developed into a roadway that is oriented to automobiles rather than to pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit riders. Redwood City is beginning a process to create a Corridor Plan for El Camino Real that will improve safety, mobility, economic development, and connections to Downtown and nearby neighborhoods.
The El Camino Real Corridor Plan will reexamine the policies and standards for the portion of the El Camino Real Corridor within Redwood City’s jurisdiction. In doing so, the Plan will help transform the Corridor into a “grand boulevard” that links neighborhoods and Downtown and is a destination itself. The Plan will achieve this by including urban design standards to ensure that new development is high quality, a plan for street improvements to make the Corridor more pleasant to walk along and safer to cross, and policies that support small businesses and a range of housing choices along the Corridor, as well as other elements. The Plan will not increase height limits or building densities/intensities beyond what is currently allowed in the zoning ordinance.
ABOUT THE PROJECTThe ultimate goal for this project is to produce an El Camino Real Corridor Plan to consolidate existing zoning districts, land uses and adopted plans into one cohesive document for the Corridor in Redwood City. Specific objectives for the project are:
Project Area
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• Consolidaterecentlyre-zonedsectionsoftheCorridorintoacohesive plan
• Developstrategiestoaddresscurrentdevelopmentchallenges, such as small, narrow, and shallow lots that have different owners
• ImprovetheCorridor’srelationshipwiththeCaltrainstation, downtown core (Downtown Precise Plan area), and surrounding neighborhoods
• Improvethestreetscapetopromotewalking,transit,bicycling,and economic development
• Incorporatecommunitybenefits,suchasstrategiesforaffordable housing, transitions from the Corridor to the adjacent residential neighborhoods, and vibrant streetscapes
• Createafriendlierplaceforthepeoplewholiveandworkhere: parents, kids, commuters, homeowners, and local businesses
• Provideacomprehensivebusinessretentionanddevelopmentstrategy, focusing on small businesses
• Identifyfinancingmechanismandphasingrecommendationsto implement public improvements
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Red Morton Community Park
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Source: Esri, DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, i-cubed, USDA, USGS, AEX, Getmapping, Aerogrid, IGN, IGP, swisstopo, and the GIS UserCommunity
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El Camino Real CorridorPlanning Boundary
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Redwood City Limits
Figure 1-2EL CAMINO REAL CORRIDOR PLAN Study Area
Data Source: City of Redwood City GIS, 2016; San Mateo CountyGeographic Information Systems, 2016; ESRI, 2016; Dyett & Bhatia, 2016
Redwood City El Camino Real Corridor Study
Project PlannerLindy Chan
Senior Planner, City of Redwood City(650)780-7237
PARTICIPATE
Visit the Project Website
TIMELINE
WWW.REDWOODCITY.ORG/ELCAMINOPLAN
The project website is a great place to learn more about the El Camino Real Corridor Plan process and stay informed about events and opportunities to get involved. Find current information about the project, including background, details about meetings and workshops, downloadable versions of materials and completed reports, links to resources, and more!
Contact Us
Summer 2016
Fall 2016
Winter 2016
Spring 2017
Summer 2017
Community Outreach – CAG #1
– Stakeholder Interviews
–CAG#2
–CommunityWorkshops#1+#2
– Planning Commission & City Council Study Sessions
–CAG#3
– Online Survey
– CAG #4
–CommunityWorkshops#3+#4
– CAG #5
– Public Hearings: Planning Commission & City Council
Technical Work
– Data Gathering and Technical Analysis
– Develop and Review Potential Standards and Street Design Options
– Drafting Corridor Plan
