The City of Sacramento has entered into an agreement with SacRT and Sacramento County for the ‘Stockton Boulevard Multimodal Partnership and Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project’. Agenda item 12 on the Sacramento City Council agenda for 2025-02-25 is on the consent agenda and is not expected to be controversial, but the item includes text about the project that has not been available to STAR before, so is worth sharing, below. The item awards the contract for ‘preliminary engineering and environmental clearance’, which is just the first step of many, and increases the budget allocation to the project.
The City of Sacramento has taken the lead in a multi-jurisdictional partnership with Sacramento County and Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) to evaluate multimodal and safety improvements along Stockton Boulevard, including bus lanes and other transit enhancements, bicycle facilities, and pedestrian upgrades. The Multimodal Partnership project will also include an alternatives analysis of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) treatments along SacRT’s Route 51 alignment between South Sacramento and the Sacramento Valley Station.
This length of Stockton Boulevard includes two one-mile segments that fall within the Top 5 High Injury Network as defined in the City’s Vision Zero Action Plan, as well as representing RT’s bus line with highest ridership, and a corridor planned for and poised for significant higher density development. Stockton Boulevard presents an opportunity to transform a former state highway into a vibrant corridor that prioritizes walking, biking, and transit. The opportunity for improvements that would allow RT to operate BRT along Stockton Boulevard will provide a direct, convenient, and safe travel route for community residents, as a more convenient and reliable mobility option. Improvements to support pedestrian and bicycle access to surrounding neighborhoods and new infill development can provide better access to community and essential resources.
The City and its partner agencies have been awarded federal and state grant funds to complete preliminary engineering and environmental clearance. This phase of the project will develop alternatives sufficient to identify the preferred alternative and provide environmental documentation. The next steps will be to fund and implement design and construction, which may need to take place in phases, and support RT in pursuing BRT implementation. While the City is the lead agency for the overall effort, Sacramento County and SacRT are likely to pursue individual implementation efforts.
The City of Sacramento conducted a formal procurement process to retain a qualified professional engineering firm to complete preliminary engineering and environmental clearance for the Stockton Boulevard Multimodal Partnership and Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project. Based on the merits of the written proposals, a panel consisting of City, Sacramento County, and SacRT staff recommends award the contract to the top ranked firm, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. City Council approval is needed for the award of the consultant contract and related budgetary adjustments.
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 