Got a complaint about dangerous Sacramento roads? Here’s how to tell the city
Sacramento is updating its “Vision Zero” plan to end fatal car crashes in the city, and upcoming workshops will give residents the chance to share their priorities.
The city will solicit feedback at evening meetings on Jan. 29 in person and Feb. 4 virtually. Residents can also fill out an online survey.
The vast majority of fatal collisions are preventable with changes to infrastructure and policy. With that in mind, the City Council made a Vision Zero pledge in 2017 to eliminate all vehicle deaths and severe injuries by 2027. With six deaths in the first few weeks of 2026, at least 71 people have been killed since January 2024 alone.
The stakes for the California capital are high amid the ongoing crisis of deadly collisions. Patterns in the crashes are already apparent this year. One of the dead, Paris Lamar Johnson, 35, was fatally struck while crossing the street in front of Arden Fair Mall at the same intersection where Larry Winters, 76, died crossing on June 10, 2024.
Sacramento last adopted a Vision Zero plan in 2018 to guide its strategy. That plan was due for an update, particularly with more current data: The 2018 plan includes crash data collected from 2009 to 2015. Some California laws have changed since the 2018 plan, and the city can decide how heavily to prioritize different road users, such as children, seniors and pedestrians, and how heavily to prioritize certain locations, such as impoverished neighborhoods or the areas around schools.
Last year, the city took steps to respond to dangerous roads more quickly. The Department of Public Works is establishing a “quick-build” transportation safety team to rapidly install infrastructure improvements in targeted areas.
The in-person Vision Zero Action Plan update workshop is at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 29 in the Student Center on the campus of Sacramento City College, 3835 Freeport Blvd.
The virtual workshop will at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 5 and participants must register to attend the Zoom meeting.
