Tell City Council on February 18: Don’t add cars to Truxel Bridge

We need your help to stop a roadway expansion that would dig Sacramento deeper in to debt and car-dependency!

Join us at this Tuesday’s City Council meeting to take a step towards ending major road expansions and ending the Suburban Experiment in Sacramento. We are asking council to direct staff to evaluate a Truxel Bridge alternative without personal motor vehicles and commit to funding for transit before construction. Natomas deserves a walkable and economically productive Main Street, NOT a bigger stroad for 7k additional daily car trips and more maintenance debt than Sacramento can afford.

We will hold an Advocacy Power Hour before the Council meeting to prepare for our public comments together. Then we’ll walk over to City Hall for the Meeting.

How to Help:

1. Submit an E-Comment: Anytime before Tuesday @ 5 PM (earlier is better)
   Write an online comment requesting staff to evaluate a design for Truxel Bridge without personal motor vehicles. Your voice matters, and this is an easy and effective way to make it heard.
   • Item #1: Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility Study
     Select the Position: Oppose
     
2. Attend the Council meeting and comment with us in person: Tuesday evening
   We will hold an Advocacy Power Hour at Immortal Cafe on 12th & H from 4-4:40 PM to meet up and prepare for our public comments together. Then we’ll walk over to the 5 PM City Council Meeting.
   
3. Call and email your Councilmember: Tuesday morning or afternoon

Talking Points:

• Our Ask: Direct staff to evaluate a Truxel Bridge alternative without personal motor vehicles and commit to funding for transit before construction.
• Truxel is on the high-injury network, but 7000 more daily car trips on this road will make it harder to diet and improve safety.
• There is already a 10-lane freeway intersection 1/2-mile from the bridge’s north side entrance.
• Expanding major roads for cars incentivizes more suburban development, but suburban development is fiscally insolvent.
• A 2x wider bridge with cars has 2x the environmental impact.
• Federal grant dollars for projects like this one shrank by 90% nationwide. It’s time to stop relying on “cataclysmic money” to give us the illusion of wealth.
• Natomas deserves a walkable Main Street, not a bigger stroad.

Background

Send any questions to StrongSacTown@gmail.com.