Introduced Draft (January 29, 2015)

Resolution by the Sacramento City-County Bicycle Advisory Committee

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Sacramento Department of Public Works

Sacramento City Council Members
Sacramento Bicycle Master Plan (BMP)

The Sacramento City-County Bicycle Advisory Committee (SacBAC) understands that:

1. The 2035 General Plan states that Sacramentos Vision is to be the most livable city in America
where (among other characteristics):
Every neighborhood will be a desirable place to live because of its walkable streets, . . . ,
and easy access to Downtown and jobs and
Sacramento will continue to celebrate its cultural and ethnic diversity and ensure the
equitable treatment of all neighborhoods and groups.
2. Sacramentos Climate Action Plan commits the City to substantially increase its bicycling mode
share to help reduce vehicle miles traveled and climate change.
3. The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) predicts that increases in bicycling
mode share will be greatest in disadvantaged (Environmental Justice) communities because
they have the greatest dependencies on bicycling as a mode of transportation. These are
communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution. 1
4. City and County vehicle collision data (presented to SacBAC) show that some of the highest
rates of bicyclist fatalities and injuries are in environmental justice or, low-income communities.
5. Funding from SACOG and Caltrans Active Transportation Program is targeted to improving
transportation facilities in these areas.
6. A robust and successful City-wide master planning effort must start with community
involvement and public input from our neighborhoods.
7. A BMP process provides the City with an opportunity to develop and implement a vision for the
future of bicycle transportation over the next several decades.
Therefore, SacBAC believes that the City should update its BMP in accord with the following
principles:
1. The BMP process should start with community engagement and public input from the Citys
neighborhoods about how to make bicycling more safe, attractive, and convenient for all
residents.

For more information, see CalEPA, Office of the Undersecretary for Environmental Justice,
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/EnvJustice/#sthash.9k4bYwUH.dpuf

2. The BMP process should then use the public and stakeholder input to develop a set of goals and
objectives that will be the foundation and direction of the BMPs analysis, policy
recommendations, and implementation actions.
3. The BMP should have a specific goal of equity in bicycling investment; one that aims to build
sustainability in all the Citys neighborhoods and celebrates the diverse uses and users of
bicycles. To pursue its equity goal, the BMP should include an analysis of demographic and
socioeconomic patterns as they relate to bicycle facilities and injury data (other cities have called
this an equity analysis). The City of Sacramento should follow the example of Seattle, whose
BMP included an equity analysis to guide its bicycling infrastructure and programming
investment.2 This analysis should be used to prioritize new facilities investment as well as
programming and enforcement efforts.
4. The BMP should incorporate and use the inventory and analysis efforts that have been done to
date by City staff.
We, the following SacBAC members, request that City staff ensure the BMP is updated in accord with
these principles.

Signed by SacBAC members:

Name

Printed Name

E-mail address

Seattle Bicycle Master Plan, Chap. 2, p. 18

http://www.seattle.gov/transportation/docs/bmp/apr14/SBMP_21March_ch%202%20state%20of%20seattle.pdf