Title:
Title
Approval of the City of Sacramento Complete Streets Policy
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01623
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) approving the environmental review for the Complete Streets Policy as a subsequent project under the Master Environmental Impact Report; and 2) adopting the Complete Streets Policy
Contact: Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager (916) 808-5913; Valerie Hermanson, Transportation Program Analyst, (916) 808-6788; David Edrosolan, Interim City Traffic Engineer (916) 808-5974, Department of Public Works
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Attachment A: Letter of Support from Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
3-Resolution
4-Exhibit A-Complete Streets Policy
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: "Complete Streets" is a term that that refers to roadways planned, designed, and operated to enable safer, attractive, and comfortable access and travel for all roadway users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, persons with disabilities, seniors, children, motorists, goods movement, public transportation, and emergency responders. In the past, many streets were designed with primarily automobile movement in mind.
Many of the City of Sacramento's adopted plans and policies support and promote Complete Streets, including the General Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, Bicycle Master Plan, Pedestrian Master Plan, Central City Specific Plan, and many other plans, guidelines, and projects. The City, however, does not have a formal consolidated Complete Streets Policy with criteria and implementation. A Complete Streets Policy will enable the City to better coordinate multimodal transportation planning, design, and operation activities under a single comprehensive "Complete Streets" framework. The intent of the Complete Streets Policy is to help direct implementation of the City's goals of encouraging active transportation,...
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