Photo Simulations

Pedestrians have a right to cross roads safely, and, therefore, planners and engineers have a professional responsibility to plan, design, and install safe crossing facilities." —Zegeer, et al., 2001 FHWA Crosswalk Study

Ahwahnee Principles for Livable Communities: Response to our members' concerns over sprawling, poorly planned development in their communities; Assembled with assistance from leading architects and planners working on innovative solutions; Revitalize existing parts of our communities through infill development; Plan complete and integrated communities with mix of uses; Within walking distance of one another; Within walking distance of transit stops; With a diversity of housing types; With a center focus

Benefits of road diets for bicyclists and pedestrians?

• Provide space to add bicycle lanes
• Reduce crossing distance
• Eliminate or reduce "multiple threat" crash types
• Install crossing island to cross in 2 simple steps
• Reduce top end travel speeds
• Buffer sidewalk from travel lanes (parking or bike lane)
• Reclaim street space for "higher and better use" than moving peak hour traffic

A framework for thoroughfare design:

1. Define context
2. Specify a complete palette of thoroughfare types
3. Define correspondence between context and thoroughfare type
4. Bring network into the process

Integration of Green Infrastructure & Networks with Complete Streets in San Francisco

Presentation provides an overview of complete streets, examples of policies and actions in the Sacramento region and national level, simulations of streets and neighborhoods in Sacramento area

Presentation provides an overview of complete streets technical assistance and tools offered by SACOG