Here's What SABA Has Accomplished For You

Since its formation in 1991, the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates' (SABA) has been instrumental in making many positive changes for cycling happen.

Facilities

• Sunrise Corridor Bikeway
• Hornet Crossing at CSUS
• Historic Truss Bridge in Folsom
• South shore Lake Natoma trail
• Hwy 50 overcrossing at Hazel/Aerojet Road
• 20th Street access to American River Parkway
• Improvements on Watt Avenue Bridge
• Proposition 116 bike projects funded
• Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) bike projects funded
• Transportation Equity Act for the 21^st Century (TEA-21) bike projects funded
• Continued maintenance funding for American River Parkway's Jedediah Smith Memorial Bicycle Trail, include complete repaving
• Funding for Safe Routes to School projects
• Proposals for new bikeway projects including bike boulevards, bike bridges over the American River and a regional trail network
• Streamlining of placement of bike racks on public right-of-way in City of Sacramento
• Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District Bike Locker/Rack Rebate Program
• West Sacramento trail connection to Yolo Causeway

Plans and Programs

• Adoption of the 2010 Sacramento City-County Bikeway Master Plan
• Plans for bike parking, showers and lockers at major state buildings including state of the art facilities at CalEPA building
• Sacramento Area Council of Government (SACOG) Regional Bikeway and Pedestrian Study
• SACOG Funding Working Paper for Bicycle- and Pedestrian-Related Projects
• SACOG Mode Split Survey Report
• Hwy 50 Corridor Bicycle Demonstration Project
• Support for Safe Routes to School legislation
• Increase in available funding from California Bicycle Transportation Account
• Web-based hazard reporting system
• SACOG Bike Buddy program

Intermodal

• Sacramento Regional Transit dropped permit requirement
• Sacramento Regional Transit expanded hours bicyclists can use Light Rail
• Bike racks on Sacramento Regional Transit buses
• Elimination of time restrictions for taking bikes on Light Rail
• Increase in number of bikes allowed on Light Rail cars from two to four (except first car in train)
• Station planning for Light Rail extension to Folsom
• Planning for "bike station" at Sacramento Valley (Amtrak) Station

Institutionalizing Cycling

• City of Sacramento hired full time Alternative Codes Coordinator
• Sacramento County hired full time Alternative Modes Coordinator and assistant engineer
• Sacramento Area Council of Governments creates Alternative Modes Coordinator position
• SABA participation in SACOG Hwy 50 and I-80 corridor studies
• SABA participation in City of Sacramento two-way reversion study
• SABA participation in SACOG Transportation Roundtable advising on Metropolitan Transportation Master Plan
• Sacramento City/County Bicycle Advisory Committee (SacBAC) formation
• Reviews of Environmental Impact Reports for major projects
• SABA participation in Sacramento County Transportation and Air Quality Collaborative
• SABA participation in Sacramento River Corridor Floodway Planning Forum
• New street standards for City of Sacramento
• SABA members regularly participate on advisory committees on transportation projects and other issues such as Hazel Avenue Citizen’s advisory committee, South Watt Area Transportation Study, Northeast Area Transportation Study

Promotion

• Successful Bike-To-Work Days since 1991
• Car/Bike Challenges since 1999
• Revised bike maps
• Sacramento area and other bike on Web
• Valet bike parking at special events
• Valet bike parking at Sacramento River Cats games
• SABA e-mail list
• SABA Web site
• Bicycle promotion on City and County utility bills
• Bike map in Sacramento Yellow Pages
• SABA's Gifts to Share for bike parking
• Sacramento Bee transportation column
• Participation in American River Parkway and Northern Bikeway Cleanup Programs
• The Squeaky Wheel monthly newsletter
• Sacramento County Sheriff's Work Release Toy Project donating 470 bikes, 80 helmets and $350 in cash
• SACOG Bicycle Commute Guide

Education

• SABA members certified as League of American Bicyclists Bike-ED Instructors
• Distribution of thousands of bike law brochures
• Many letters to the editor related to transportation, environmental, and safety issues

Community Involvement

• SABA adoption of Mile 8 of American River Parkway^th Street Connector/Sacramento Northern trail entrance near C Street
• SABA adoption of landscaping at 20^th Street Connector/Sacramento Northern trail entrance near C Street
• SABA gift of bike parking to YWCA
• SABA gift of bike parking to Farmer’s Market under W-X freeway
• Reward fund contribution American River Parkway Safety Coalition