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Vision Zero Action Plan Update Draft Plan
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FileID
File ID: 2026-01190
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Review and comment.
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Contact
Contact: Charisse Padilla, Associate Planner, (916) 808-6788, cpadilla@cityofsacramento.org; Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Mobility and Sustainability Division Manager, (916) 808-5913, jdonlonwyant@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Public Works
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Presenter
Presenter: Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Mobility and Sustainability Division Manager, (916) 808-5913, jdonlonwyant@cityofsacramento.org; Department of Public Works
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Presentation
3-Draft High Injury Network
4-Draft Vision Zero Actions
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: In 2025, City staff kicked off an update to the 2018 Vision Zero Action Plan. The objective of this Vision Zero Action Plan Update is to build from the 2018 Action Plan and provide a framework for the near-term and to the future. The Plan update: 1) includes updated crash data; 2) input from Sacramento’s communities; 3) a new High Injury Network based on updated data and priorities for vulnerable road users as well as areas near schools and disadvantaged communities; and 4) new actions to address transportation safety.
In January and February 2026, staff engaged Sacramento’s communities to hear about transportation safety, developing the High Injury Network (HIN), and draft actions the City can take to address transportation safety.
In February 2026, staff brought this item to ATC for input on the framework for developing the High Injury Network (HIN) and input on the proposed actions. The ATC supported prioritizing crashes involving vulnerable road users and crashes in sensitive areas (schools and disadvantaged communities) in development of the HIN.
In March 2026, staff brought development of the HIN to Council for their input. Council directed staff to prioritize crashes involving vulnerable road users and crashes in sensitive areas (schools and disadvantaged communities) in development of the HIN.
The Draft Vision Zero Action Plan and the attached draft HIN and draft actions are based on community, Commission and Council input. Staff seek Commission comments on the Draft Vision Zero Action Plan.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: The project is consistent with specific Sacramento 2040 General Plan goals and policies of promoting mobility, safety and enhancing livability, sustainability, and economic vitality:
M-4. A safer transportation system.
M-4.1 Application of Safety. The City shall design, plan, and operate streets using complete streets principles to ensure the safety and mobility of all users.
M-4.2 Safer Driving Speeds. The City shall work to maximize the safety of the transportation network by designing streets for lower driving speeds and enforcing speed limits in an unbiased manner as well as promoting safer driving behavior.
M-4.3 Vision Zero. The City shall utilize a data driven, “vision zero” approach to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2027, while increasing safety, health, and equitable mobility for all.
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: Not applicable
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: The informational update in this report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), because it is an administrative activity that does not have a potential for resulting in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, as contemplated by Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Sections 15378(b)(2) and is therefore not subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3). This informational update is also exempt from CEQA review consistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the update may have a significant effect on the environment.
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Sustainability
Sustainability: Implementation of the Vision Zero Action Plan will support investment in improved active transportation, reducing reliance on single-occupancy vehicle travel and related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, consistent with the goals outlined in the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and vehicles miles traveled by increasing active mode share citywide to 6% by 2030 and 12% by 2045.
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Commission/CommitteeAction
Commission/Committee Action: Staff presented development of the High Injury Network and draft actions to the Active Transportation Commission at their February 19, 2026, meeting for review and comment.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: Sacramento continues to experience an unacceptable number of traffic fatalities and severe injuries. The City has committed to addressing this issue through its Vision Zero program. Development and identification of the High Injury Network is an essential component of prioritizing investments and actions that improve transportation safety. The City has made a commitment to address this issue through its Vision Zero program. Development and identification of the High Injury Network is an essential component to addressing transportation safety.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: Not applicable
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.
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Background
Background: Vision Zero Action Plans include a High Injury Network and Draft Actions for City action to address transportation safety.
Previously, the High Injury Network (HIN) described the set of streets in Sacramento with the highest concentration of severe injury and fatal crashes. State law now allows cities to not only use the crash data when developing “safety corridors” or their HIN, but also consider and add priority scoring to locations with crashes involving:
• Vulnerable road users
o People walking
o People bicycling
o Youth
o Older adults
• Sensitive areas
o Schools
o Disadvantaged communities
Staff conducted community engagement on this topic from January 13, 2026, through February 27, 2026. Engagement included:
• City Express article - January 14, 2026
• Email blasts to over 5,000 people signed up for transportation-related news January 13, January 23, and February 2, 2026
• Presentation to the City’s Active Transportation Commission - February 19, 2026
• In-Person Community Workshop at City College - January 29, 2026
• Virtual Community Workshop - February 4, 2026
• Vision Zero Task Force Community Advisory Committee - January 28, 2026
• La Familia Neighborhood Conversation - February 11, 2026
• Gardenland Northgate Neighborhood Conversation - February 15, 2026
• Grant Union High Improve Your Tomorrow Neighborhood Conversation - February 18, 2026
• Active Transportation Commission - February 19, 2026
• Valley Hi Improve Your Tomorrow Neighborhood Conversation - February 19, 2026
• SacMoves - February 20, 2026
• Hmong Youth and Parents United Neighborhood Conversation - February 20, 2026
• Resources for Independent Living Neighborhood Conversation - February 27, 2026
• City Council - March 17, 2026
The City also hosted a community survey that received over 900 responses.
Council direction was to add priority scoring to locations with crashes involving:
• Vulnerable road users
o People walking
o People bicycling
o Youth
o Older adults
• Sensitive areas
o Schools
o Disadvantaged communities
Based on that Council direction, the team developed the HIN and it is included as Attachment 2-Draft High Injury Network.
Community engagement included discussions of actions the City should take to address transportation safety. The actions included in the Draft Vision Zero Action Plan reflect community desires, best practices and efforts that are feasible for the City to conduct. The draft actions are included as Attachment 3-Draft Vision Zero Actions.
The Draft Vision Zero Action Plan can be reviewed at: VisionZeroSac.org <http://www.vision/>
Community engagement and input is foundational to this work. In addition to attending community events throughout the City, staff will host five workshops:
• June 22, 2026: Hart Senior Center
• June 25, 2026: Virtual
• June 29, 2026: Virtual
• July 1, 2026: Robertson Community Center
• July 30, 2026: La Familia’s Maple Neighborhood Center
Community members can sign up to attend a workshop on the project webpage: VisionZeroSac.org.
Staff seek Commission input on the HIN, Actions, and the Draft Plan; as well as help sharing information with their communities about upcoming workshops.
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