Sacramento Placer Gateway Plan Update

The Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA), in partnership with regional and local agencies throughout Placer and Sacramento counties, is updating the Placer–Sacramento Gateway Plan — a comprehensive multimodal transportation plan focused on improving mobility, safety, accessibility, sustainability, and quality of life along one of the Sacramento region’s most heavily traveled corridors.

The Gateway Corridor spans approximately 40 miles and includes portions of Interstate 80 (I-80), State Route 65 (SR-65), and Business 80, as well as parallel local roadways, transit routes, bicycle facilities, and surrounding communities. The corridor serves as a critical connection for commuters, freight movement, transit riders, businesses, and visitors traveling throughout the Sacramento region and beyond. Communities included within the study area include Sacramento, Roseville, Citrus Heights, Rocklin, Lincoln, Loomis, Auburn, and portions of Sacramento and Placer counties.

Purpose of the Plan Update

The purpose of the Gateway Plan Update is to identify transportation investments and strategies that improve corridor operations while balancing transportation needs, environmental benefits, economic vitality, public health, safety, and community impacts. The updated plan will help guide future transportation funding priorities and identify multimodal projects that can improve travel options, reduce congestion, enhance safety, support housing and employment growth, and help the region meet long-term sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction goals.

As part of the planning process, PCTPA is seeking input from residents, commuters, businesses, transit users, freight operators, and community stakeholders throughout the corridor. Public feedback will help inform the development of performance measures, identify transportation challenges and opportunities, and guide the prioritization of future projects and investments. The engagement process will include surveys, stakeholder coordination, workshops, pop-up events, digital outreach, and online engagement tools to ensure broad and inclusive participation across the corridor.

Take the Survey

A corridor-wide survey is now available and open to the public. The survey asks participants to share information about how they travel throughout the corridor, transportation challenges they experience, safety concerns, barriers to mobility, and priorities for future improvements. Input collected through the survey will directly help shape the future of transportation investments within the Gateway Corridor.

Take the Survey Here:
[INSERT SURVEY LINK]

What the Plan Will Evaluate

The Gateway Plan Update will evaluate a wide range of multimodal transportation strategies and investments, including:

• Congestion relief and operational improvements
• Transit enhancements and accessibility
• Bicycle and pedestrian connectivity
• Freight mobility and goods movement
• Safety improvements using Safe System principles
• Sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction strategies
• Equity and accessibility for under-resourced communities
• Infrastructure preservation and resiliency
• First-mile/last-mile transportation connections

The planning effort will use data-driven analysis, corridor performance measures, technical modeling, and community input to develop a prioritized list of transportation projects and strategies for implementation over the next five years and beyond.

Stay Involved

Community participation is a critical component of the Gateway Plan Update. Throughout the project, the public will have opportunities to review findings, participate in meetings and engagement activities, and provide feedback on proposed transportation concepts and priorities.

Future outreach opportunities, project materials, meeting information, and plan updates will be posted on this webpage as the project moves forward.

For questions or additional information about the project, please contact:

David Melko
Principal Transportation Planner
Placer County Transportation Planning Agency (PCTPA)
dmelko@pctpa.net