(AGENPARL) – Tue 15 April 2025 Welcome to the City of Sacramento Transportation Planning Newsletter. In this newsletter we provide citywide updates about transportation plans, programs, and projects that impact the daily lives of the people of Sacramento.

April 2025
Active Transportation Commission
The April 2025 ATC meeting will be held on Thursday, April 17th in New City Hall Council Chambers at 5:30pm. 
The agenda includes:Pedestrian Crossing Enhancements- 2025Audible Signals Phase 2
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Transportation Safety Initiative Quick Build 
Approved by Council!
On March 25th, City Council approved staff to move forward with a new transportation safety initiative. This effort will focus on quick build efforts in a two-tiered approach:
Tier 1 Projects: The City will implement quick, smaller cost-effective solutions that can be implemented within months to address high risk areas identified through real- time crash data, in collaboration with the Police Department’s Traffic/Major Collision Investigation Unit (MCIU). This includes the establishment of a new team in Traffic Engineering that includes a Supervising Engineer, a Senior Engineer, 2 Assistant Engineers, a Traffic Investigator, and an Administrative Analysist.

The next steps for Tier 1 and the new team will be recruitment to fill the new positions.
Tier 2 Projects: The City will implement one to three projects that are interim or quick build solutions to situations that may later require a more engineering-design-intensive solution. These tier 2 projects are solutions that can be completed within a year, focusing on major High Injury Network (HIN) corridors and Vision Zero priorities. Many of these will be interim solutions while staff pursues grant funding for full complete-streets investments. This work will be managed by the existing teams in the Engineering Services Division and the next steps design work for quick build opportunities on key HIN corridors.
This initiative is funded through existing transportation specific funding reallocated to this effort.
Franklin Boulevard Groundbreaking
The City of Sacramento held a Groundbreaking Ceremony on March 27th for the Franklin Boulevard Complete Street project. The ceremony was attended by Mayor Kevin McCarty, Councilmember Caity Maple, and County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy, along with the project team, advocacy groups, local businesses, and members of the community.
This project was created through a grassroots effort, with a goal to transform Franklin Boulevard from a high-speed freeway bypass route for commuters into a main street with calmer traffic and comfortable sidewalks and bike facilities for families to travel on within their community. 
The Franklin Boulevard Complete Street project is located between Sutterville Road and 32nd Avenue. The project will rehabilitate the pavement to good condition, reduce vehicle lanes from four to two lanes to calm traffic, widen sidewalks, install landscaping, shade trees and pedestrian lighting, and construct separated bikeways. The separated bikeways will use concrete islands to provide robust separation for people on bikes from moving traffic.

The design and construction was largely funded by competitive federal and state transportation grant programs, including programs administered through the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, and the California Transportation Commission’s Active Transportation Program. Construction begins this month and will take approximately one year. 
For more information, please visit the project webpage.
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Prepare for May is Bike Month
May is Bike Month is a campaign where we celebrate bicycling and encourage replacing car trips with bike trips. The average car trip to run errands is less than 5 miles. This is a distance easily bikeable by people of all skill levels. Biking saves you money and time, plus it’s good for the environment, and great for your wellbeing! 

Register now and log your rides in May to win prizes like e-bikes, gift cards, park passes, and more! Follow the instructions below to register at Love to Ride:
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Join the City of Sacramento Public Works Department Mobility and Sustainability Division, Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA), and other organizations for bike rides, festivals, bike repair events, and more throughout the month of May. 
For more information on upcoming events visit the SABA event calendar! 
Save the date! On May 28th, City staff will host a community bike ride. We’ll talk about Neighborhood Connections, traffic calming and ride some of our new bikeways. For more information and to sign up, visit the City’s Active Transportation webpage.
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Tap2Ride Contactless Fare Payment Launched April 1
Starting on April 1, 2025, Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) launched the first phase of its Tap2Ride program, a contactless fare payment option on all SacRT buses and paratransit service vehicles. 
Tap2Ride allows you to tap your debit card, credit card, or mobile wallet on the Tap2Ride device to pay your fare as you board the bus.
Benefits of Tap2Ride include:Faster boarding- Just tap and go!No more need for cash or paper tickets- convenient payment with your card or phoneAutomatic eligibility for discounts- No need for in-person verification once your discount is linked to a registered card or mobile wallet
Phase 2 is planned for release later in 2025 and will introduce contactless payment at light rail stations, which will allow for seamless transfers between buses and trains.
All current fare payment options are still available.
To learn more, visit the SacRT Tap2Ride webpage.
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Tip of the Month
Save the Date!
The City of Sacramento May is Bike Month Public Ride is Scheduled for May 28, 2025
The City of Sacramento Division of Mobility and Sustainability is hosting a May is Bike Month public ride on May 28th, 2025, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The ride will be approximately three to four miles through recently constructed City of Sacramento active transportation projects.  
Please complete the liability waiver to register for the city bike ride. We look forward to seeing you then!
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