Mission
Our Mission: SABA represents bicylists. Our aim is more and safer trips by bike.
Our Vision: Bicycling for everyday transportation is common it is safe, convenient and desireable.
Our Motto: Making Sacramento a cycling capital.
Latest News and Events
SABA Project Review Status: January 2012
February 3, 2012
SABA works to improve current and future conditions for bike riders in the region by reviewing plans and environmental reports for land use and transportation projects. We provide comment letters and testimony to project proponents and decision makers. And, we urge that project design features should make access to a project by bicycle safe and desirable for all ages and abilities of bike riders.
Sacramento County Master Plan
For the last several years, we have participated in Sacramento County’s update of its Master Plan which was approved in November. We are pleased that the update requires new developments to demonstrate “smart growth” principles including providing complete streets so that bike riding will be a viable travel option for all residents and visitors.
Other recent SABA Reviews
♦ West Sacramento Southport levees project
♦ Bureau of Reclamation’s proposed Joint Operations Center near Nimbus Hatchery
♦ West Sacramento Bike/Pedestrian Master Plan update
♦ Downtown Entertainment/Sports Complex project
♦ Freeport Blvd. Complete Streets project.
We are also participating in development of the new General Plan for the Old Sacramento State Historic Park and the Streetcar Plan for Sacramento. Draft Environmental Impact Reports are currently in preparation for three developments proposed in Rancho Cordova: Cordova Hills, The Ranch, and Suncreek.
SABA worked recently with Walk Sacramento to review and comment on two major projects:
♦ SACOG’s Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy for 2035
♦ City of Sacramento’s Climate Action Plan.
Both of these plans address the hazards of greenhouse gases and climate change by reducing vehicle-miles travelled in our region. The MTP estimates that the region will invest nearly $3 billion in bike and pedestrian infrastructure over the next 20 years. We will be scrutinizing these plans to make sure they do the best they can to make bike riding safe and desirable for everyone.
Please stay tuned for more posts on these important plans for our region.
Assemblymember Dickinson Responds to SABA Request for Support
January 27, 2012
SABA contacted several state legislators with a last minute request to sign on to a letter to Senator Barbara Boxer encouraging her to protect dedicated funding for bicycling and walking in the Federal Transportation Bill.
Quick to respond, Roger Dickinson’s office let us know that he would sign on to the letter. Dickinson represents California District 9 where federal funds have made conditions safer. Examples of projects completed in the district include:
• Ueda bike trail that connects North Natomas to the American River Parkway
• Sidewalks on the Tower Bridge
• Sidewalks & bikeways on Florin Road
Senator Mark Leno took the lead in circulating the sign-on letter from California State Legislators to Senator Boxer, asking for her leadership to protect bicycle and pedestrian funding which had a Tuesday, January 17th deadline.
Everyone at SABA thanks those California representatives who are sending a strong message from the state of California to help Senator Boxer support bicycling & walking when the Senate transportation bill reaches the floor.
Key Federal Funding Vote Next Week – Contact your Representative TODAY
Transportation Committee votes on bicycling and walking funding next week
January 26, 2012
Next Thursday, February 2, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee will vote on the House transportation bill, which will eliminate crucial funds for bicycling and walking. Because California is represented on the Transportation Committee, you are in a key position to influence this vote and to save dedicated funding for bicycling and walking.
Will you contact your Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives today and ask them to vote to preserve bicycling and walking?
The House transportation bill, called the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, is expected to eliminate the two largest programs that fund bicycling and walking infrastructure—Transportation Enhancements and Safe Routes to School. Without these programs, communities all over the country will lose resources to build the sidewalks, crosswalks, and bikeways that make bicycling and walking safe and accessible in your community.
We can’t let that happen.
That’s why our partners at Safe Routes to School National Partnership and League of American Bicyclists are working to introduce an amendment that will preserve funding for bicycling and walking. During next Thursday’s vote, California’s representatives could be the key to making sure that this amendment passes in the Transportation Committee. Please contact them today to ask that they vote to preserve funding for bicycling and walking in the transportation bill.
Contact your Representative and tell them:
- Bicycling and walking make up 12 percent of all trips, but only 1.5 percent of federal funding.
- One-quarter of children’s traffic deaths happen when they are walking or bicycling and are struck by cars. Safe Routes to School funds help ensure funding for critical sidewalks, crosswalks and safety infrastructure to protect children and prevent unnecessary deaths.
- When town centers are bicycling and walking friendly, business and economic development improves.
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