Slow Streets Pilot Program
Slow Streets Pilot Program-What's New? (December 2024)
With the state and federal emergency status for COVID-19 being lifted, staff received feedback from the City Council Transportation and Mobility Sub-Committee to send a final survey for planned bike boulevard Slow Streets and send a final notice of removal to the rest of Slow Street to phase out this program. In March 2024, the final survey was mailed to the residents of three planned bike boulevards (Stambaugh Street, Katherine Avenue, and Page Street) and a final notice of removal was mailed to the rest of Slow Street residents. Based on the survey responses, a few Slow Streets was removed in Spring 2024 and by the end of the year public works staff removed the remaining ones. The Pilot Slow Streets Program was wrapped up in December 2024.
What is the Slow Streets Pilot Program?
What the Program Does
- Increases space where people can get physical outdoor activity
- Maintains local access to homes and businesses
- Maintains emergency and delivery access
What the Program Does Not
- Provide space for people to congregate with friends or neighbors
- Install barricades and signage at every intersection (only select streets have been identified)
What Streets Were Included
Reminders
The Redwood City Slow Streets Pilot Program was intended to increase the safety of walking, biking, and rolling on the designated streets by providing more space for physical distancing and reducing the clustering of foot traffic on sidewalks.
- Slow Streets - Redwood City is intended to promote physical distancing by creating new low-traffic, low-speed streets to allow residents to pass one another and to create a safer environment for people walking, rolling, and biking.
- When driving on, or crossing, a Slow Street – watch for people walking, biking, and rolling
- If you are walking, biking or rolling on a Slow Street – watch for cars too
- Please DO NOT move the signs or barricades from their original location(s). The barricades are NOT meant to completely close the street – people still need to get home!
- Volunteers should report issues/concerns directly to the project website or via email so that City staff will address the concern and make adjustments as needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
(Last updated May 1, 2020)