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SacCity: failure on Arden-Auburn plan & workshop

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I expressed concern in my 2026-10-14 post SacCity: Arden Way-Auburn Boulevard Mobility Plan workshop October 28 that the plan to be considered at the workshop was not yet available. As of 2026-10-22, it is still not available, so this workshop is premature.

Plans should be available to the public at least two weeks prior to the workshop that will consider them. Releasing a plan less than two weeks prior reduces the public’s chance to review and comment on the plan, particularly for people who are not able to attend the workshop.

I did not see a map of crashes in the available documents, so I created one, below (pdf). Though this section of Arden Way and most of this section of Auburn Blvd are on the High Injury Network, neither is among the 2020 Vision Zero Top 5 Corridors report, nor in the draft 2026 Vision Zero Action Plan Top 10 Corridors. None of the intersections along these roadways are in the draft 2026 Vision Zero Action Plan Top 20 Intersections. I suspect that this project continues the city’s focus on big, expensive corridor projects, for which it has only a moderate chance of receiving funding, rather than focused projects on specific problem areas, which are often but not always intersections.

map of fatal & severe injury crashes (KSI) on the Arden Way and Auburn Blvd Mobility Plan corridors
map of fatal & severe injury crashes (KSI) on the Arden Way and Auburn Blvd Mobility Plan corridors

SacCity: Fruitridge SMP workshop November 12

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The City of Sacramento will hold the third and final community workshop on the Fruitridge Road Safety and Mobility Plan (Fruitridge SMP) on Thursday, November 12, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, at Fruitridge Community Center, 4000 Fruitridge Rd, Sacramento, CA 95822. RSVP is available on the Fruitridge Road Safety and Mobility Plan webpage, but is not required.

As of today (2026-10-22), the draft plan is still not available. If it is not available by 2026-10-29, then the workshop is premature, as plans should be available to the public at least two weeks prior to the workshop that will consider them. Releasing a plan less than two weeks prior reduces the public’s chance to review and comment on the plan, particularly for people who are not able to attend the workshop.

Previous posts on Fruitridge:

SacCity: Arden Way-Auburn Boulevard Mobility Plan workshop October 28

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The City of Sacramento will hold an in-person community workshop on the Arden Way-Auburn Boulevard Mobility Plan, on Wednesday, October 28, 5:30 PM. An RSVP is requested, but not required, and is on the project webpage at https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/public-works/mobility-and-sustainability/transportation-planning/current_transportation_planning_efforts/arden-auburn-mobility-project.

The draft plan is not available at this time. The webpage says it will be available ‘by October 28’. One would hope well before that, otherwise the workshop is sooner than it should be.

The documents currently available are, in reverse chronological order, I think:

I have not taken the time to review these documents.

SacCity: Fruitridge Road community workshop April 23

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The City of Sacramento is holding a community workshop on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 on the Fruitridge Road Improvement Project. The in-person location will be Earl Warren Elementary School, 5420 Lowell Street, Sacramento, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. There are not online options at this time for this phase of the project.

From the city email:

After the workshop held in August 2023 at Earl Warren Elementary School, the Fruitridge Road Improvements team has been updating the design plans based on community feedback while considering enhancements between Stockton Boulevard and the 65th Street Expressway.

  • Phase 1 runs from the 65th Street Expressway to Power Inn Road
  • Phase 2 runs from Stockton Boulevard to the 65th Street Expressway

About Project: The City of Sacramento is upgrading Fruitridge Road between 65th Street and Power Inn Road to enhance safety for all travelers. The project will add continuous bike lanes, fix pavement, upgrade signals, and create ADA-compliant curb ramps. Due to space limitations on the current four-lane road with intermittent bike lanes, the team is considering lane reductions to better accommodate bicyclists, improve pedestrian crossings, and enhance transit access while connecting to existing and future bikeways.

The city webpage is Fruitridge Road Improvement Project. There do not seem to be any documents available at this time.