Sacramento locals are being summoned to weigh in on the city's Streets for People Active Transportation Plan. In a push to enhance how we collectively traverse our neighborhoods and ambitiously meet our climate action benchmarks, the Department of Public Works' Transportation Planning team is hosting two virtual workshops.
These engagements aren't just run-of-the-mill Zoom calls—they represent an earnest outreach to residents to deeply influence the plan that's been in crafting mode for over two years. After attending more than 70 events and having intensive dialogues with community members, the team is on the brink of establishing low-stress, accessible routes within neighborhoods. Their strategy? To weave in traffic calming measures that potentially serve to slow down cars and hence improve the living standards of everyone in proximity.
A preliminary batch of draft recommendations landed earlier this summer, and now the team is rolling out the Neighborhood Connections Public Draft Plan for further deliberation. "These workshops are an important opportunity for community members to share their perspectives, ask questions, and help shape the plan, specifically for their needs and priorities in their own neighborhoods," stated Jeff Jelsma, transportation planner, in an excerpt sourced from the Sacramento City Express. "We believe that the more voices we bring into this process, the stronger and more inclusive the final plan will be for Sacramento."
Curious and concerned citizens can join the first virtual workshop on November 13 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and the second on November 20 from noon to 1:30 p.m. Each session aims to gather as much public input as possible. Frequent flyers and aspiring local flâneurs can review the plan from November 4 to December 1, a period when your insights are not just welcomed but needed.
The impetus behind the Neighborhood Connections Plan echoes wider aspirations—to gravitate more individuals towards walking and biking, lowering our collective reliance on gas-guzzling machines, and bringing Sacramento in line with its ambitious Climate Action and Adaption Plan.
