Help Shape the Future of Walking, Biking, and Rolling in Rancho Cordova

The City of Rancho Cordova continues to work side by side with our community to improve how people walk, bike, and roll throughout our city. After months of listening, learning, and refining ideas together, the interactive draft Active Transportation Plan (ATP) is now open for public comment, marking the final opportunity for the community to share input before the plan is finalized and presented to City Council for adoption.

The ATP is designed to make it safer and more comfortable to get around without a car, while strengthening connections between neighborhoods, schools, parks, shopping areas, and transit. This draft brings the full plan together in one place, showing the recommended sidewalk, bikeway, trail, and crossing improvements that reflect what the community has told us matters most.

Community input has guided the ATP every step of the way. More than 2,200 residents shared feedback during the first two phases of the project through surveys, workshops, pop-up events, and conversations with city staff. We heard clearly that safety is the top priority, along with closing sidewalk gaps, improving bike connections, enhancing lighting and comfort, and building better trails and separated bike lanes.

That feedback directly shaped the draft plan now open for final review. As just a few examples, the ATP recommends 43 priority bikeway projects, adding 31 miles of low-stress bikeways to Rancho Cordova's existing network, along with 30 prioritized pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvement projects. The current recommended priority projects represent more than $86 million in future investments to improve safety, connectivity, and comfort for people walking, biking, and rolling throughout the city. The draft plan also includes additional policies, programs, and long-term recommendations that work together to support a safer and more accessible transportation system citywide.

The draft plan can be viewed here: https://arcg.is/fzSLW0

Comments can be submitted here: https://forms.microsoft.com/g/XFYjYpttcK

Residents are also encouraged to attend the City Council workshop on January 27 at 5:30 PM, where city staff will present the draft ATP to the City Council and receive feedback. While no formal action will be taken at the workshop, City Council will hear public feedback, and it is an important milestone as the project moves toward adoption.

Your voice has shaped the ATP from the beginning, and this final opportunity ensures it reflects the needs of the people who live, work, and travel in Rancho Cordova every day. Together, we're building a safer, more connected city, one step, ride, and roll at a time.

To review the draft story map and provide comments, visit the Active Transportation Plan website.