Sacramento County Local News: Transportation

City officials approved a contract this week to fix 976 sidewalk uplifts in Folsom District 4.

The Public Works Department maintains Folsom sidewalks throughout the city with various inspections. The city sometimes hires firms to conduct reviews of the concrete network. Staff also responds to citizen complaints through the SeeClickFix city website, along with public works staff spotting problems on the job.

The Folsom City Council approved a seven-year agreement on January 14 that gives the Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad the right to keep running excursion train rides between Folsom and the El Dorado County line. The P&SVRR volunteer group has revived the Folsom stretch of California's first train line.

Sacramento Regional Transit begins 15-minute interval trains at all Folsom Gold Line light rail stations Monday, Jan. 6, staff said. Those include Hazel Ave., Iron Point, Glenn/Holderness and Historic Folsom stations.

Return features 15-minute weekday frequency, new low-floor rail vehicles

Folsom Light Rail and countywide buses will be free to youth during the holiday season, Sacramento Regional Transit announced.

The multi-million-dollar SacRT capital improvement project was most recently extended from October to November after several postponement issues last year. Construction began last January.

Cordova High School students in Rancho Cordova have benefitted from a program created by the American River Bike Patrol that has introduced teens to the joys of cycling and taught them life skills in an unusual way.

Folsom area light rail customers can expect light rail service disruptions and continued bus bridges between Iron Point and Historic Folsom stations for the duration of the construction period, which has been extended through December 2024. 

For nearly four decades, Folsom State Prison has been home to a remarkable holiday tradition: an annual bike donation program that delivers refurbished bicycles to those in need across the region. This year, the program continued its legacy of generosity, with more than 200 bikes refurbished by inmates to bring smiles to countless kids—and even some adults—this holiday season.

The Folsom Police Department has been awarded a $125,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to enhance its traffic enforcement and education programs aimed at reducing road injuries and fatalities. The program is set to run through September 2025.

The Sacramento Regional Transit District was recently selected as a Round 1 Grantee of the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program by the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation.