Regional Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan - sacog

Master Plan Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails 15
Yolo County has focused on implementing Blueprint by directing
development within city and community boundaries, and
improving rural roads for bicyclists, goods movement trucks,
agricultural vehicles, and motorists.
Rural Urban
Connection
Strategy (RUCS)
Building on Blueprint, the Rural-Urban
Connections Strategy (RUCS) looks at the
region’s growth and sustainability objectives
from a rural perspective. In the same way that
Blueprint is an economic development strategy
for urban areas, RUCS will be an economic
and environmental sustainability strategy for
rural areas.
RUCS works to support the region’s agricultural
legacy and promote economic development
in rural communities. Through
RUCS, SACOG engages with a wide group
of stakeholders, including local government
officials, the University of California Cooperative
Extension, local Farm Bureaus,
growers, and food activists. During outreach
initiatives, RUCS stakeholders identified different
opportunities to integrate bicycle and
pedestrian concerns into the project, such as
reducing conflict between bicyclists/pedestrians
and agricultural vehicles/equipment. As
RUCS evolves, it will continue to consider
designing rural communities that support all
modes of transportation.
The current RUCS effort focuses on:
• land use and conservation: policies and
plans that shape rural areas;
• the infrastructure of agriculture: challenges
to the production process;
• economic opportunities: new ways to
grow revenue;
• forest management: building up economic
and environmental value; and
• regulations: navigating federal and state
environmental guidelines.
Supporting Rural Roads
Yolo County continues to pursue
increasing safety along corridors between
the cities of Davis, Woodland,
and Winters. The County’s adopted
2012 Priorities focused on pursuing
full funding for the County Road 98
Safety Improvement Project. Yolo
County has been awarded funding
from state and regional programs to
make improvements such as adding
shoulders and bike lanes on this
corridor, and is pursuing options to
secure additional funds to complete
the project.