Title:
Title
Update on Shared-Rideables Permitting
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00241
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Review and comment.
Contact: Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager (916) 808-5913; Valerie Hermanson, Transportation Administrative Analyst (916) 808-6788; David Edrosolan, Interim Transportation Division Manager (916) 808-5974, Department of Public Works
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Presenter: Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager (916) 808-5913, Department of Public Works
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Shared-rideable businesses offer bicycles, e-bicycles, e-scooters, and similar rideable devices on a self-service, short-term rental basis. Shared-rideable programs can help achieve the City's goals of encouraging active transportation; reducing vehicle miles traveled and single occupancy trips; providing first and last mile solutions for transit; and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A desirable shared-rideable business program should also reduce the potential for shared-rideable devices to block or interfere with pedestrian and emergency service use and access to all streets, sidewalks, paths, driveways, doorways, and other avenues of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and provide adequate parking to meet the needs of customers.
The City of Sacramento's current Shared-Rideable Ordinance was adopted at City Council on April 2, 2019. At the time of adoption, Council directed staff to return to Council in a workshop format to provide an update on shared-rideables. This staff report is the report back.
Policy Considerations: This report is consistent with and reports on the Council adopted Shared-Rideable Ordinance as requested by Council.
Economic Impacts: None
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): These actions include administrative activities that are not considered a project under the CEQA Guidelines, as they wil...
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