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What was the Broadway Streetcar Study?

The study was a feasibility study of the potential Broadway Streetcar line and upgrades to the Downtown Transit Center.

Why it was Studied?

The General Plan discusses several streetcar corridors in Redwood City to improve mobility options and connect outlying areas to the Downtown. One of these corridors extends along Broadway from the Downtown Transit Center to the Stanford in Redwood City Precise Plan area. The Stanford Precise Plan includes street improvement options for a streetcar line and the Development Agreement included $75,000 towards a feasibility study for this line. The City of Redwood City also successfully applied for a $450,000 grant to complete the feasibility study. The feasibility study completed in January 2020.

Objectives

• Conduct design studies for the Transit Center, including pedestrian, shuttle, taxi, and bicycle connections as well as train platform improvements and inefficiencies in the surrounding parking lots.
• Conduct design and feasibility studies for the streetcar line, including economic analysis of a streetcar or urban circulator along Broadway connecting the Downtown to Stanford in Redwood City. 
• Provide public outreach opportunities for the public to become informed and provide feedback on priorities and issues.

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Process

The study is completed as of January 2020. The study findings were presented to the City Council on 1/13/2020. No further action is anticipated for this project. 

Upcoming Meetings

None.

Previous Meetings

• January 13, 2020 City Council Meeting (Final Plan presentation)
• January 25, 2016 City Council Meeting (authorizing work with the consultant team)
• November 16, 2017 5 - 8 p.m. workshop in conjunction with outreach for RWC Moves at the PAL Building, 3399 Bay Road
• November 29, 2017 5 - 8 p.m. workshop in conjunction with outreach for RWC Moves at Redwood Shores Library, 399 Marine Pkway
• December 9, 2017 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. workshop in conjunction with outreach for RWC Moves at Kennedy Middle School, 2521 Goodwin Avenue

Environmental Review

As a feasibility study, no environmental review was required. 

Materials

• Streetcar Final Report Draft 04.26.2019
• EPS Economic Benefits Memo_01.29.19
• Streetcar Alignments and Cost
• Matrix Ranking of Potential Streetcar Alignments 
• Existing Conditions for the Broadway Streetcar
• January 25, 2016 City Council staff report with overview of study and consultant contract
• General Plan excerpt of discussion of possible streetcar

To view the City’s major transportation projects, see Redwood City’s Transportation Storymap.

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