The City of Sacramento 2024 General Plan, to be adopted February 27, includes in the Mobility element a user prioritization text and diagram, below.
This graphic and text should be added to every city document that has policy or design for roadways in the city, including Street Design Standards (2009-07, being updated), Complete Streets Policy (2019-12), Pedestrian Crossing Guidelines (2021-04), Traffic Calming Guidelines (updated), Vision Zero Action Plan (2018-08, being updated) and related VZ documents, Transportation Priorities Plan (2022-11) and related TPP documents, Creative Crosswalks (2021-05), and any other city document related to transportation.
Thanks, as always, to Matt for pointing this reference out to me, which I had somehow missed in my reading of the draft 2040 General Plan.
M-1.2: User Prioritization. The City shall prioritize mobility, comfort, health, safety, and convenience for those walking, followed by those bicycling and riding transit, ahead of design and operations for those driving.

[…] This is a follow-on to my 2016 post back to the old ways? Since that time I have watched several streets in downtown being torn up for utilities. Under the asphalt pavement on several of them are cobblestone and brick streets, covered over by asphalt to provide a smooth and fast ride for car drivers, and a less safe street for everyone. There are also a number of streetcar tracks that have similarly been buried beneath asphalt. Car drivers have won the battle for our streets, so far, but the trend is starting to reverse, even in Sacramento. The City of Sacramento, in its new general plan, has decided that walkers are more important than drivers! […]
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