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Yuba City moves forward with citywide active transportation plan funded by Caltrans grant
Summary
Council heard a presentation on a Caltrans-funded Active Transportation Plan that will map pedestrian and bicycle networks, prioritize projects for grants and outline a draft network for February adoption.
Fehr & Peers and city staff presented the draft Active Transportation Plan, a Caltrans Sustainable Communities Planning Grant project meant to map sidewalks, bikeways and pedestrian connections across Yuba City and produce a prioritized list of implementable projects.
The plan matters because it will create a recommended network and a set of 10 priority projects that city staff can take directly to competitive grant programs, city transportation planner David Moore said. "This plan will ultimately provide us with some projects that will help us apply for future grants and get us future improvements," Moore said.
Moore, the Fehr & Peers project manager, told the council the planning effort combines bicycle and pedestrian planning that were formerly separate, ties in recent city work (including the ADA transition plan, Safe Routes to School and the recent general plan update) and reflects modern facility design such as buffered bike lanes and Class 4 separated bikeways. The consultant team said the effort is high level and will not include final engineering; its outcome is a guiding document and a prioritized project list to support funding applications.
City staff said the project started in May and has completed an inventory of existing conditions and a community-engagement phase led by subconsultant Civic Thread. The team described three phases: existing-conditions and engagement (completed), development of the draft network and prioritization (underway), and a draft plan for review. Moore told council the draft recommendations and prioritization will be presented again in February and the plan could return for final adoption in the following months.
Council members asked whether annexed areas and schools are included; Moore said annexed areas are in scope and that schools are accounted for in prioritization metrics. Moore also said the team will coordinate with Sutter County where city streets abut county jurisdiction to provide continuity across jurisdictional boundaries.
The presentation did not include final design-level plans or an adoption vote; council directed staff to continue the community outreach and return with the draft network for review in February.
