Sacramento’s increasing path community helps cleaner, safer journey

The Sacramento City Council this week received an update on the City’s shared-use path community, the increasing system of paved, off-street routes for individuals strolling, bicycling, and scooting all through Sacramento.

The Department of Public Works shared progress on deliberate and ongoing shared-use path tasks, which are serving to broaden the City’s community of related, low-stress routes that make it simpler for residents to journey with out a automotive.

“The City’s investment in shared-use paths supports our commitment to building a healthier, more connected Sacramento,” stated Jennifer Donlon Wyant, the City’s Mobility and Sustainability Division Manager. “These projects make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to get where they need to go—whether that’s school, work, or recreation—while helping us meet our climate goals.”

Sacramento at the moment manages about 88 miles of current shared-use paths and has recognized an extra 113 miles for future improvement. The community is prioritized by the City’s Transportation Priorities Plan, which focuses on enhancing air high quality, entry, well being, and fairness whereas sustaining infrastructure because it grows.

City workers shared that work continues on the Two Rivers Trail and the Sacramento River Parkway, two main tasks that may ultimately hyperlink neighborhoods alongside the American and Sacramento rivers. When full, the paths will present new connections to parks, colleges, jobs, and different locations throughout the town.

Each new mile of shared-use path provides roughly $31,000 per 12 months in upkeep prices for pavement, landscaping, and park ranger assist — a problem because the community expands and the City continues to hunt ongoing funding.

Shared-use paths align with Sacramento’s 2040 General Plan and Streets for People Plan, which prioritize security, sustainability, and equitable entry to transportation choices. Transportation accounts for greater than half of the town’s greenhouse gasoline emissions, and increasing the community of off-street, low-stress paths helps scale back emissions whereas selling well being and native financial exercise.

City officers stated shared-use paths aren’t nearly transportation but in addition creating nice locations. Walking and biking on these paths provides to Sacramento’s sense of neighborhood and helps make the town a extra related, fulfilling place to reside.