I wrote in March and May about the Marysville Blvd Vision Zero project phase 1: Marysville Blvd VZ Safety Project starts and Marysville Blvd VZ Phase 1 complete. Now for a closer look at phase 2. The city’s project page is Marysville Blvd Vision Zero.

Marysville Blvd is one the 2018 Vision Zero Action Plan top 5 corridors. The 2026 Vision Zero Action Plan Update (page 33 list and map) draft includes Marysville Blvd south of Arcade Blvd as part of the Del Paso Blvd top 10 corridor, and two intersections. It also includes the intersection of Marysville Blvd and Grand Avenue in the top 20 intersections, which is within and central to the Marysville project. The Marysville Blvd Vision Zero project is the result of the 2018 identification.

The city has a preliminary design for phase 2, but engineering is not complete, nor is funding available. That means that citizen input can improve the project. Phase 2 would extend the project north from Grand Avenue to North Avenue, and south from Nogales Avenue to Arcade Blvd. There is no official public outreach at this time, but you can always email the city with your concerns and ideas: MarysvilleVZ@cityofsacramento.org.

The project page has a list of ‘Project Features’:

• Road Diet: A road diet is a reduction of a travel lane to slow down traffic and improve safety.
• Bicycle Lanes: Upgrading existing bike lanes to protected bike lanes.
• Pedestrian Safety: New pedestrian signals and controlled crossings.
• Infrastructure: Pavement repair and sidewalk improvements.

Five maps of the project area were provided in a presentation to SacATC 2025-09-18, and these are shown below, south to north. There are gaps in these maps, but I think they serve to show the kinds of changes proposed. There were preliminary designs, final designs and engineering are now being developed by a consultant.

My comments on the project start below the maps.

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