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Neighborhood Traffic Management Program

The city wants to ensure that residents have a voice regarding traffic concerns in their neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP) offers residents an opportunity to address traffic concerns in their neighborhood by requesting traffic-calming measures.

NTMP Guidelines

The NTMP guidelines are straightforward, and the process is inclusive and builds consensus among neighbors and businesses on the best way to handle unsafe traffic. What’s involved? Filling out and submitting an application to the city’s Public Works Department that includes collecting signatures from neighbors.

NTMP Manual

Types of Traffic-Calming Devices Used

There are a variety of traffic-calming options that can be used as part of a Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan such as:

Lane striping and speed legends
Speed humps
Bulb-outs
Traffic circles and roundabouts

If a neighborhood applies for and is approved for traffic calming, the city, with input from residents, will come up with the best combination of traffic calming options to use and put them in place.

This process allows residents to work with city staff to study a particular traffic issue, identify potential solutions, and develop neighborhood consensus on desired measures.

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do I Submit an Application for My Neighborhood?

Fill out a NTMP Request Form with the following information:
- What type of traffic-related issue is occurring (i.e., speeding, collisions excessive volumes, etc.)
- What street(s) and/or intersection(s) are affected
- When the problem occurs (i.e., time of day)
On your NTMP request form, you must include signatures of support from 10 separate households in the impacted area, as well as their names, addresses and contact information.
Submit the petition for assessment. The petition can be emailed to the city's Public Works team at rctraffic@cityofranchocordova.org or delivered to Rancho Cordova City Hall at 2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670.

What Happens Once My Petition Is Submitted?

Once the city receives the petition, a ranking system consisting of points and other pertinent information such as traffic speeds and volumes, existing collision data and distance from schools is applied to each request.
- Each street will be scored, and the street with the higher score will be ranked among scores from other petitions by a Neighborhood Traffic Safety Committee. The committee consists of three residents and a representative from both the Rancho Cordova Police Department and Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.
City staff will then identify devices to treat the specific traffic issues. Different levels of devices may be appropriate for different traffic concerns. Level-1 devices are non-physical measures such as signs and markings, striping, speed enforcement and radar trailers. Level-2 devices are narrowing measures such as bulb-outs and center islands, horizontal measures such as traffic circle and vertical measures such as speed humps.
- Once city staff identifies devices to treat the specific traffic issues, community outreach meetings will be held to present the project plan and to provide neighboring residents an opportunity to provide feedback. Final adjustments to the plan may be made based on community feedback.
Ballots will be distributed to all residents, property owners and businesses within the affected area to determine level of support for the proposed plan. A minimum of 25% of all ballots must be returned with a 67% in favor of the plan for implementation.

If the plan receives the needed support, it will go to the City Council for approval and appropriation of funds.

How Do I Get More Information?

Traffic Count Program

The City of Rancho Cordova's Traffic Count Program collects data regarding the number of vehicles that travel various city roads. The data is then averaged as a volume of traffic per day or Average Daily Traffic (ADT). Traffic counts are collected utilizing pneumatic hose counters, traffic signal detector loops or by staff field observations.

Interactive Traffic Count Location Map

Interactive Traffic Count Map

Contact

For more information about the program, please contact the city's Public Works team at 916.851.8958 or rctraffic@cityofranchocordova.org.

STAA Truck Routes

The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) of 1982 allows large trucks to operate on the Interstate and certain primary routes called the National Network. However, these trucks, referred to as STAA trucks, are longer than California legal trucks, and they have a larger turning radius than most local roads can accommodate. To minimize potential property damage and traffic accidents, Sacramento County has designated STAA Truck Routes throughout the county. These routes are identified with STAA signs posted along the roadway.