The City of Rancho Cordova is embarking on a journey to develop the Rancho Cordova Active Transportation Plan (ATP), which will be a new plan that establishes a vision for walking, rolling, and bicycling in Rancho Cordova. The ATP will identify needs in the community to create a low-stress network of streets, sidewalks, and paths, connecting people where they live to where they want to go. The plan will be grounded in today, while planning for tomorrow and the rise of e-bikes and scooters, and the need to meet critical climate action goals. People are at the center of this plan, and both equity and community voices will drive priorities and projects. 

Click here to learn more about the ATP. 

This project will improve access to the American River Parkway by enhancing the existing network of informal pedestrian trails at the Rossmoor Bar River Access. Proposed enhancements include leveling the ground, additional smooth dirt and gravel surfaces and uniform trail widths. This project will also provide environmental protection for the area and improve pedestrian accessibility to the natural features of Rossmoor Bar.

The project is currently under preliminary design, and the design is anticipated to be completed in 2026.

Contact

To learn more, contact Jesse Yabes at 916.851.8959 or jyabes@cityofranchocordova.org.

This project will provide environmental clearance and a final design concept for bicycle and pedestrian improvements on Zinfandel Drive from White Rock Road to Folsom Boulevard. This includes a grade separated multi‐use path from White Rock Road that crosses under Gold Center Drive and the eastbound on-ramp and the westbound off‐ramp at US-50.

The path will be connected by a landmark tied arch bridge over US-50. The city successfully received a $23.3M grant for this project. 

Additional project components include an art walk experience along the path. The City Council approved an Art Plan and proposed artwork locations to establish the Zinfandel Artwalk. Please refer to the August 5, 2024 City Council item: 

• August 5, 2024 City Council Presentation
• Zinfandel Pedestrian Overcrossing & Art Walk Plan

There was a pre-proposal meeting on October 10, 2024, with information about the Art RFQ. Access the meeting documents below:

• Presentation
• Q & A
• Video Link

The project is currently under design and construction is anticipated to begin in Summer 2025.

Contact

For more information, please contact Edgar Medina at 916.851.8907 or emedina@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova plans to rehabilitate streets within the Lincoln Village neighborhood to extend pavement life, improve ride quality, and repair existing infrastructure. Project enhancements include resurfaced roadways, upgraded drainage infrastructure, high-visibility pavement markings, and curb ramps updated to current accessibility standards. Design is currently underway, with full design anticipated to be completed in 2027.

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The City of Rancho Cordova plans to rehabilitate streets within the Countryside neighborhood to extend pavement life, improve rideability and repair the current infrastructure. Project enhancements will include resurfaced roadways, updated drainage infrastructure and high-visibility markings on the roadway. This project is funded by the City of Rancho Cordova's Community Enhancement & Investment Fund and State Senate Bill 1 (SB1) Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. Construction is currently underway and will be completed in Summer 2026.

Contact

For more information, please contact Jesse Yabes at jyabes@cityofranchocordova.org or 916.851.8959.

As a service to our residents, the City of Rancho Cordova has chosen to repair curbs, gutters and sidewalks in front of residential homes at no cost to the property owner. Commercial developments, apartment complexes, schools and public agencies are responsible for maintaining the sidewalks fronting their property.

The city currently has an extensive list of locations that are waiting to be repaired and are prioritized in order of necessity.

How These Projects are Prioritized

Using factors such as the severity of damage, the amount of pedestrian traffic, and proximity to schools, parks, bus stops and hospitals, defective residential curbs, gutters, and sidewalks are prioritized by a computerized rating system. Areas with sidewalks that have the highest numerical rating are inspected for any additional work that may not have been reported, and defective sidewalks in the immediate neighborhood are then included in the project for replacement.

A temporary sidewalk repair may be installed to eliminate a trip hazard. All sidewalks within the city right-of-way are eligible for temporary repairs whenever qualifying conditions are met.

Contact

To learn more, contact Jesse Yabes at 916.851.8959 or jyabes@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova's stormwater drainage pump stations were built between the 1960s to the early 2000s. The Stormwater Pump Station Improvements Project is currently under construction and will be upgrading the electrical and control equipment at the lift stations to ensure their reliability. This project also includes civil site improvements including shade canopies, new fencing, pavement restoration, and concrete foundations for backup generators. This project is currently under construction and anticipated to be complete in Fall 2025.

Contact

For more information, please contact Margarita Dronov at 916.851.8897 or mdronov@cityofranchocordova.org. 

This project rehabilitated Sunrise Boulevard from Douglas Road to Kiefer Boulevard by overlaying the existing pavement, improving medians, curbs, and installing ADA-compliant curb ramps. Completion of this project resulted in improved road surfaces and improved pedestrian safety.

The project was completed in Fall 2025.

Contact

For more information, please contact Jesse Yabes at jyabes@cityofranchocordova.org or 916.851.8959.

The Rancho Cordova Fiber City project is being completed in partnership with SiFi Networks and GigabitNow. The project is currently under construction. When complete, this project will include the installation of nearly 500 miles of fiber network connecting every home and business in Rancho Cordova with access to fiber internet, the nation’s fastest internet. The project includes micro-trenching in every neighborhood throughout the city, and residents will receive notice before work is being done in front of their home.

To learn more, please contact Quoc at qnham@cityofranchocordova.org. 

This project will evaluate traffic calming measures to reduce speeds and improve safety along the Anatolia Drive corridor between Herodian Drive and Justinian Drive. The project is currently under design.

Contact

For more information, contact Austin Miller at amiller@cityofranchocordova.org or 916.851.8743.

The Monier Circle Stormwater Detention Basin project will address flooding problems identified since the 1990s along Sunrise Boulevard between Monier Circle and Mechanical Drive—a high-traffic and industrial area of the City of Rancho Cordova. This roadway floods during the 100-year, 24-hour event, and depth of flooding can reach 4 – 5 feet. Much of the flooding is due to a lack of capacity in the existing siphons that convey runoff out of this watershed under the Folsom South Canal, which is a portion of the State Water Project operated by the Unites States Bureau of Reclamation. Increased stormwater detention capacity upstream of the siphons will reduce or prevent persistent roadway flooding.

This project is currently under design.

Contact

For more information, please contact Margarita Dronov at 916.851.8897 or mdronov@cityofranchocordova.org. 

In partnership with the County of Sacramento, this project will provide improvements along Sunrise Boulevard from Kiefer Boulevard to Jackson Highway (State Route 16). Sunrise Boulevard will be widened from two to four lanes, and the project will also include improvements at the crossing/intersection of Laguna Creek south of Jackson Highway.

This project is currently under design.

Contact

For more information, please contact Kristine Courdy at 916.851.8842 or kcourdy@cityofranchocordova.org.

The US 50/Rancho Cordova Parkway Interchange Project will design and construct a new interchange on US 50 in combination with a new north-south major arterial roadway, which will connect the highway to White Rock Road. This project will address increasing deficiencies on US 50 and nearby arterial roadways, improving regional and local traffic congestion.

The project includes adding eastbound and westbound US 50 auxiliary lanes between Sunrise Boulevard and Hazel Avenue interchanges, providing access to existing Regional Transit Light Rail facilities, access to the nearby Mine Shaft Light Rail Station, which is currently under design, and expansion of bicycle and pedestrian facilities that will connect to the Folsom South Canal Class I trail which connects to the regional American River Bike Trail.

The project is part of a multi-jurisdictional planning effort to alleviate local and regional congestion and improve safety for all modes of transportation as well as encourage people to shift from vehicles to active modes of transportation. Additionally, because of existing and planned growth within the City of Rancho Cordova and the surrounding communities, there is a need to provide additional access to US 50 from the south, where limited points of access are currently provided.

The project will also facilitate regional economic development, job growth, and housing and commercial development along Rancho Cordova Parkway and White Rock Road south of US 50 which is in close proximity to the city’s employment center. The project connects US 50 to White Rock Road, which is considered a parallel route to US 50 and is considered a key component of Caltrans’ US 50 Integrated Corridor Management Implementation Plan during incidents on US 50.

Also, the project would connect growing communities including rural El Dorado County, Sacramento County and the City of Folsom to 70,000 jobs in Rancho Cordova and the Mather Airport. The project will also serve as an alternative emergency route for first responders. There are currently no full-service hospitals within the city limits. The nearest full-service hospitals are in Carmichael (Mercy San Juan), Sacramento (UC Davis, Kaiser, Shriner’s, Sutter General, and Mercy General), and Folsom (Mercy Hospital of Folsom). The ability to quickly reach US 50 to travel to these hospitals is critical to emergency patient transport and care.

For more information about the project, please contact Edgar Medina at emedina@cityofranchocordova.org or 916.851.8907.

January 2025 Preliminary Interchange Rendering

This project will improve an approximate two-mile stretch of White Rock Road from Macal Drive to the easterly city limits by realigning and widening the road from two to four lanes, adding bike lanes, a landscaped median, drainage facilities and traffic signals. This project is currently under design and construction is anticipated to begin in Summer 2025.

Contact

For more information, please contact Edgar Medina at 916.851.8907 or emedina@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova adopted a ADA Transition Plan on May 2, 2005. The main purpose of this plan is to develop policies and practices for implementing physical pedestrian improvements within the public right-of-way of the City of Rancho Cordova. The goal is to optimize the pedestrian experience, to provide safe and usable pedestrian facilities for all pedestrians, and to assure compliance with all federal, state and local regulations and standards.

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and subsequent interpretations by the Department of Justice require municipalities such as the City of Rancho Cordova to prepare a plan detailing how they will make their streets and roads accessible to disabled individuals. In addition, the plan is addressing California Title 24 requirements. The plan identifies and prioritizes disabled access projects, estimate project costs, highlight and implementation schedule and funding strategy, and grievance and monitoring programs.

Contact

For more information, please contact Public Works Director Albert Stricker at 916.851.8713 or astricker@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova has completed the Draft Final Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plans. These plans will help promote safe and desirable non-motorized travel for residents and workers and to provide good connections across Highway 50 and to regional trails systems like the American River Parkway Trail.

The Final Master Plans were presented to the Rancho Cordova City Council for approval on March 21, 2011.

Resources

• Final Bicycle Master Plan
• Final Pedestrian Master Plan
• Rancho Cordova Bike Map
• More Information about Bicycling in Rancho Cordova

Contact

For more information, please contact Drew Hart at 916.851.8958 or dhart@cityofranchocordova.org.

The FY 2023/24 – FY 2027/28 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) represents the FY 2023/24 and FY 2024/25 Capital Improvement Budgets and the three-year plan for FY 2025/26 – FY 2027/28.

The CIP provides program summary information for the City’s various capital improvement funding programs, as well as project summary information (revenue and expenditures) for the specific projects selected for implementation during the CIP period.

Resources

Five Year Capital Improvement Plan

Contact

For more information, contact Edgar Medina at emedina@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova developed a Corridor Enhancement Plan to identify opportunities to beautify and enhance key corridors and entrances in the city. The focus of the study includes six corridors including Bradshaw Road, Old Placerville Road, Routier Road, Mather Field Road, Zinfandel Drive and Sunrise Boulevard.

The Rancho Cordova City Council received and filed the final Corridor Enhancement Plan on November 4, 2024.

Resources

• Corridor Enhancement Plan
• Appendix A – Existing Conditions Memo
• Appendix B – Workshop #1 Summary
• Appendix C – Workshop #2 Summary
• Appendix D – Community Survey #1 Data Results
• Appendix E – Community Survey #2 Data Results

For more information, contact Kristine Courdy at kcourdy@cityofranchocordova.org or 916.851.8842.

This Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) identifies emphasis areas to inform and guide further safety evaluation of the city’s transportation network. The emphasis areas include type of crash, certain locations, and notable relationships between current efforts and crash history. The LRSP analyzes crash data on an aggregate basis as well as at specific locations to identify citywide trends, high-crash locations, high-risk locations, and locations with unusual crash patterns or high-crash severities. The analysis of crash history throughout the city’s transportation network allows for opportunities to:  

• Identify safety factors in the transportation network that may be challenging for all roadway users
• Improve safety at specific high-crash locations
• Develop safety measures aligning with the California Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Five Es of safety: Engineering, Enforcement, Education, Emergency Services, and Emerging Technologies, to encourage safer driver behavior and reduce fatalities and serious injuries

The process and analysis performed in development of the city’s LRSP, including establishing the initial vision and goals for the LRSP, performing crash history analysis, identification of emphasis areas and recommended engineering and non-engineering safety countermeasures are summarized in this LRSP. The information compiled will provide a foundation for decision making and prioritization for safety countermeasures and projects that enhance safety for all modes of travel within the city.  

The city has already taken steps to enhance multi-modal safety throughout the city with completion of its Systemic Safety Analysis Report (SSAR) and through this LRSP, is continuing to make safety a priority in its planning processes. The City builds upon the safety practices that have led to prioritizing traffic safety across its road network in this LRSP by identifying areas of emphasis and systemic recommendations that can be implemented to further enhance safety. This LRSP analyzes the most recent range of crash data that was available at the start of the project (January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2019) and roadway improvements to assess historic trends, patterns, and areas of increasing concern.  

The intent of the LRSP is to: 

• Create a greater awareness of road safety and risks
• Reduce the number of fatal and severe-injury crashes
• Develop lasting partnerships through collaboration among professionals in various disciplines encompassing the Five Es
• Support for grant/funding applications
• Assist in prioritizing investments in traffic safety

Click here to view the Local Road Safety Plan.

Contact

For more information, please contact Drew Hart at 916.851.8958 or dhart@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova created a Transit Master Plan in 2006 and updated it in 2019 to reflect the new technology options available for transportation currently and possibly in the future.

The updated Mobility Master Plan will set the framework for future citywide mobility service and mobility options. This plan will provide a vision for automobile travel and new mobility options, such as Lyft and Uber, bike/scooter share on-demand micro transit, etc., in addition to transit for residents and workers, both within the City and in surrounding areas.

Service concepts will be geared toward connecting neighborhoods and business opportunities and will be closely coordinated with the Sacramento Regional Transit District’s Gold Line service and other RT bus service, providing smooth and timely connections and provide options for the first mile and last mile.

Contact

For more information, please contact Drew Hart at 916.851.8958 or dhart@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova has completed a study to further enhance the Olson Drive and Zinfandel Drive corridor between White Rock Road and Folsom Boulevard.

The purpose of the Olson Drive and Zinfandel Drive Corridor Study is to provide recommendations for transportation, accessibility and safety improvements for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians in the area.

Public meetings for this study were held on June 20, 2019 and October 17, 2019, and online surveys were conducted and were closed on November 25, 2019.

Resources

• Olson Drive and Zinfandel Drive Corridor Study Map
• Olson Drive and Zinfandel Drive Corridor Final Study

Contact

For more information, please contact the city's Public Works team at 916.851.8863 or rctraffic@cityofranchocordova.org. 

 The City of Rancho Cordova received a Caltrans Sustainability Transportation Planning Grant to complete the Citywide Roundabout Feasibility Study and Implementation Plan. The study evaluates potential locations, create an implementation plan, and develop guidelines for building roundabouts in Rancho Cordova. 

The final Roundabout Feasibility Study and Implementation Plan was presented to the Rancho Cordova City Council for approval on March 4, 2024.

Resources

• Rancho Cordova Roundabout Feasibility Study Report
• Appendix A: Community & Stakeholder Engagement Material
• Appendix B: Screening Memo
• Appendix C: Screening Results
• Appendix D: Exhibits
• Appendix E: Funding Sources
• Appendix F: Roundabout Guidelines

For more information, please contact Kristine Courdy at 916.851.8842 or kcourdy@cityofranchocordova.org.

During the development of the City of Rancho Cordova’s Pedestrian Master Plan (adopted 2011) and the Bicycle Master Plan (adopted 2016), City staff worked with school administrators to identify concerns and opportunities to access Rancho Cordova’s school sites. In general, school administrators were looking for more visible pedestrian crossings of streets adjacent to schools, along with signing that alerts drivers to student activity. The information identified led to the need for a Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Master Plan, focused specifically on access to and from schools in Rancho Cordova.

The development of the SRTS Master Plan was performed through interaction with appropriate stakeholders from the City, school districts, students, parents, and community members to identify infrastructure and program improvements needed to provide a safe and connected network that will promote walking and bicycling to schools. The SRTS Master Plan will assist the City in planning and prioritizing needed infrastructure improvements and enables staff to apply for competitive future grant funds. The finalized plan was adopted at the May 18, 2020 City Council meeting.

Resources

Final Rancho Cordova Safe Routes to School Master Plan

Contact

For more information, please contact Drew Hart at 916.851.8958 or dhart@cityofranchocordova.org.

The City of Rancho Cordova’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) includes improvements to the City’s major roadway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities that are needed to accommodate projected future travel demand. The City has various methods for financing the transportation improvements in the CIP. One of the key methods is the Transportation Development Impact Fee (TDIF) Program.  

The TDIF Program collects funds from new development in the City to finance the portion of the transportation improvements that result from the travel demand generated by new development in the City. Fees are differentiated by the type of development in relationship to their relative impacts on the transportation system.  The intent of the fee program is to provide an equitable means of ensuring that future development contributes their fair share of transportation improvements so that the City’s General Plan Circulation policies and quality of life can be maintained.   

Click here to view the 2021 Transportation Development Impact Fee Program.

Contact

For more information, please contact Drew Hart at 916.851.8958 or dhart@cityofranchocordova.org.