Streets for People: Sacramento Active Transportation Plan

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Draft Streets for People Recommendations available now! Public comment accepted through August 2024.

About the project

The Streets for People: Sacramento Active Transportation Plan will be a new plan for improving walking, rolling and bicycling in Sacramento and will guide future City and private development investment.

Streets for People will address active transportation needs citywide and will focus engagement in areas that lack basic transportation infrastructure and that are under-resourced. The engagement focus areas include South Sacramento, North Sacramento, and Fruitridge Broadway.

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Planning For People Walking, Biking, and Rolling

The Streets for People Plan will identify an all ages and abilities network for people walking, biking, and rolling citywide. The Plan will identify two types of active transportation routes:

  • The citywide Active Transportation Network serves longer distance trips on major collectors and arterial streets. These are generally regional or inter-community connections
  • The Neighborhood Connections Network is made up of residential streets and minor collectors that connect to neighborhood destinations, such as parks and retail. The network includes proposed traffic-calming treatments to reduce vehicle speeds and volumes to support people walking, biking, and rolling.

Together, the networks will identify low-stress connections for Sacramento communities to connect to the places they need to go using active modes of transportation.

Image of the Streets for People Network. Top layer is showing the active transportation network, middle layer is showing the neighborhood connections network, and the bottom layer is showing the neighborhood destinations. open_in_full

Tree Opportunity Analysis

Sacramento’s urban forest provides multiple environmental, economic, and aesthetic benefits for residents, businesses, and visitors. Trees provide shade and help reduce energy consumption, in addition to improved air quality and providing habitat.

Expanding the urban tree canopy can also provide an enhanced active travel experience by providing shade for people walking, biking, and rolling, helping reduce barriers to active travel, particularly during the hot summer months. To improve the tree canopy and assess areas of need for additional tree plantings, the Streets for People Plan includes a Tree Opportunity Analysis (TOI) to inform where tree plantings should be prioritized to support the active transportation network.

The TOI will take a two-phase approach to identify areas to plant trees along with the active transportation network.

  • Phase I – Development of the Tree Opportunity Analysis to understand existing need for additional tree shade and feasibility of tree canopy expansion
  • Phase II – Implementation and integration with the Active Transportation and Neighborhood Connections networks.

Read the Public Draft Tree Opportunity Analysis

Draft Recommendations

The Draft Streets for People and Neighborhood Connections recommendations are now available and we want your input!

The recommendations are based on your input in Phase 1 but that does not mean we’re done, we want to make sure we heard you right the first time! Or maybe you did not get to share your input and want to share now.

Phase II engagement will take place June through August 2024.

Neighborhood Connections Traffic Calming Tools

Review the proposed traffic-calming treatments on the Neighborhood Connections Story Board

Public Interactive Map

The Streets for People Draft Network is now available! Review the recommendations and provide comment on the proposed network at the link below.

Public comment will be open through August 2024. 

Attend an Event!

City of Sacramento staff will be attending and hosting numerous events in neighborhoods across the city for community members to give input on the draft recommended network.The Streets for People plan is an opportunity for community members to give feedback on the network to help guide future development in the city. Join us at one or more!

Upcoming events for the Streets for People Plan are shown below. Please check the project web page regularly for updates on the various engagement events happening June through August 2024.

Streets for People Citywide Virtual Workshop #1

When: Tuesday, July 9 

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Register in advance at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PN6Oz3qrQnO4AKr2mgYlfg#/registration

 

Streets for People Citywide Virtual Workshop #2

When: Thursday, July 11

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Register in advance at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kvuPRJBcTjyIxToYqhnnbA#/registration

 

Streets for People Virtual Focus Group - College Area

When: Tuesday, July 16

Time: 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Register in advance at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsceyprz4qE9b2cOEHZxzCPJy5zeiO7jNo#/registration

 

Streets for People Virtual Focus Group - Natomas & Northgate Area

When: Tuesday, July 23

Time: 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Register in advance at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArcu2sqzwsG9yKEhXYAK_cL59xbs719JtX#/registration

 

Streets for People Virtual Focus Group - South Sacramento Area

When: Thursday, July 25

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Register in advance at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ode-ppjwqGdzzpbgQC1zmC87rJzkVQ6nv#/registration

 

Neighborhood Connections Walking Workshop - Tahoe Park & Colonial Village Area

When: Friday, July 26

Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Register for more information at this link: https://forms.office.com/g/0Rn92nFh6B

Note: This is an in-person event and will require participants to walk a set route less than one mile in length. 

 

Neighborhoood Connections Walking Workshop - North Natomas Area

When: Saturday, July 27

Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Register for more information at this link: https://forms.office.com/g/0Rn92nFh6B

Note: This is an in-person event and will require participants to walk a set route less than one mile in length.

 

Neighborhood Connections Walking Workshop - South Hagginwood Area

When: Friday, August 2

Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Register for more information at this link: https://forms.office.com/g/0Rn92nFh6B

Note: This is an in-person event and will require participants to walk a set route less than one mile in length.

 

Neighborhood Connections Walking Workshop - Northgate & South Natomas

When: Saturday, August 3

Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Register for more information at this link: https://forms.office.com/g/0Rn92nFh6B

Note: This is an in-person event and will require participants to walk a set route less than one mile in length.

 

Neighborhood Connections Walking Workshop - Hollywood Park & North City Farms Area

When: Saturday, August 10

Time: 8:30 - 10:00 AM

Register for more information at this link: https://forms.office.com/g/0Rn92nFh6B

Note: This is an in-person event and will require participants to walk a set route less than one mile in length.

Project Timeline

Streets for People project timeline, with three project phases. open_in_full

Phase I – Spring 2023 – Fall 2023: Listen and learn by engaging communities on important destinations and routes.

Phase II – Fall 2023 – Summer 2024: Analyze network gaps, Phase I community engagement input, create draft recommendations, and engage Sacramento communities.

Phase III – Fall 2024 – Spring 2025: Incorporate feedback on the draft recommendations, create Public Draft Plan, and Plan adoption.

Project documents

Project staff will update this site regularly with materials. This section may include recordings of virtual meetings, meeting summaries, reports, and other items.

Streets for People Phase I Staff presentation at the Active Transportation Commission on May 18, 2023

Streets for People Phase II Staff Presentation at the Active Transportation Commission on June 20, 2024

Read the Sacramento Streets For People existing conditions report.

Read the Neighborhood Connections Existing Conditions Report

Read the Streets for People Gaps Analysis Report 

Contact us

If you have any questions or comments about this project, you can reach us at StreetsForPeople@cityofsacramento.org

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Resources

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