City staff want to hear from residents in Cabrillo Park and East Sacramento about three new areas that could host more “slow and active streets” as part of a program that will close up to six miles of Sacramento roads to through-traffic and make them available for walking, bicycling and other forms of non-static activity.
“The ‘Slow and Active Streets‘ pilot [program] started in our communities and is being developed through a community nomination process,” said Transportation Planning Manager Jennifer Donlon Wyant. “Folks in these neighborhoods did their own community engagement to identify the nominated streets and then applied to the City.”
The City recently began a formal process to hear from residents through an online survey and virtual community discussions about potential concerns with bringing the program to new neighborhoods.
Residents living in the following areas are encouraged to participate:
Cabrillo Park – Tamoshanter Way, 68th Avenue
- 68th Avenue between Amherst Street and Balfour Way
- Tamoshanter Way between Kirk Way and 62nd Avenue
Sign up for a virtual community discussion about this proposal on March 15 at 6:30 p.m. Take a survey here which is open until March 21.
East Sacramento – Taylor Way, Meister Way, Aiken Way, 34rd Street, B Street
- 68th Avenue between Amherst Street and Balfour Way
- Tamoshanter Way between Kirk Way and 62nd Avenue
- Taylor Way between Elvas Avenue and Meister Way
- Meister Way between 41st Street and Aiken Way
- Aiken Way between Meister Way and Bertha Henschel Park
- 43rd Street between Meister Way and B Street
- B Street between 43rd Street and Bertha Henschel Park
Sign up for a virtual community discussion about this proposal on March 19 at 5 p.m. Take a survey here which is open until March 28.
East Sacramento: M Street
- M Street between 37th and 58th Streets
Sign up for a virtual community discussion about this proposal on March 22 at 5:30 p.m. Take a survey here which is open until March 28.
“As with the Slow and Active Streets already up in William Land Regional Park and the Midtown-Newton Booth neighborhoods, these streets would limit through-traffic with simple tools such as temporary signs and cones to divert traffic and slow drivers,” said Donlon Wyant.
City Public Works staff could begin implementing the project in these areas at the end of March.
The City currently is working with communities in Tahoe Park and Oak Park to nominate more streets for the program and is no longer accepting applications for the Slow and Active Streets program.