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Commission recommends City Council adopt Connecting Howe Avenue safety and mobility plan

Sacramento Active Transportation Commission · January 16, 2026
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Summary

The Sacramento Active Transportation Commission voted unanimously to recommend City Council adopt the Connecting Howe Avenue safety and mobility plan, which proposes bike/pedestrian upgrades, landscaping, signalized ramp crossings and lane reductions in parts of the corridor. Staff said council consideration is expected next month.

Charice Padilla, project manager for the Connecting Howe Avenue safety and mobility plan, asked the Active Transportation Commission to recommend City Council adopt the final draft plan after a multi-phase community engagement and data analysis process. The corridor, Padilla said, is one of the city’s Vision 0 top-10 corridors for fatal and severe-injury crashes and connects Sacramento State, nearby neighborhoods and businesses.

Padilla described the plan’s principal recommendations: a shared-use path on the east side of Howe Avenue; landscape buffers with shade trees and…

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