Project Update: October 20, 2025

The Esplanade & Palmetto Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project installed new and improved existing Class 2 (dedicated), Class 2B (buffered and dedicated), and Class 3 (shared) bike lanes along Palmetto Avenue and a portion of Esplanade Avenue, and installed new Class 3B bicycle boulevards (shared with traffic calming elements) along West Avalon Drive and portions of Esplanade Avenue where right of way and coastal public parking constraints exist.

The Project also enhanced pedestrian safety by installing quick-build painted bulbout safety zones, new curb ramps, new high visibility crosswalks, and rectangular rapid flashing beacons at key intersections along the Project area that connect high use centers with beaches. New or improved crosswalks were installed at Palmetto/Westline, Palmetto/Esplanade, Esplanade/Bill Drake, Esplanade/West Manor, Esplanade/West Avalon, Palmetto/West Avalon, Palmetto/SB Hwy 1 On-Ramp, Palmetto/Surf, and Palmetto/Shoreview.

Construction of the project began in March 2025 and was completed in September 2025 and is planned for acceptance by the City Council in October 2025.

The project was part of the City’s 2020 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan and Safe Routes To School Plan. Project funding was provided by the City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) of San Mateo County through Measure M, approved by San Mateo County voters in 2010, and by the San Mateo County Office of Education Safe Routes to School grant program for a portion of the project in front of Ingrid B. Lacy Middle School.