Maple drafted the proposal with her colleagues that would allow the city manager to identify funding for a public education campaign focused on driver education, pedestrian and bi

The proposal comes during Pedestrian Safety Month in California. The message is to remind drivers to slow down and be alert.

A woman remains in the hospital after she was walking in a crosswalk on Sutterville Road earlier this week. Now the city of Sacramento is considering declaring a state of emergency to fund resources to continue to try to stop pedestrian and cyclist deaths in the city.

The Sacramento City Council may declare a state of emergency at its Tuesday meeting over a road safety crisis that has left at least 20 people dead in traffic collisions so far this year.

The City of Sacramento is looking to take a stance against the amount of pedestrian collisions in the city by proposing a state of emergency.

Following another crash that hurt a pedestrian on city streets Thursday night, Sacramento Vice Mayor Caity Maple is calling for greater action to address traffic.

Sacramento paid the family an $11 million settlement, but it has not installed new safety infrastructure in the more than six years since the crash. It has approved a plan to make safety improvements to Freeport, however, Maple said, “for the Freeport project alone, we’re looking at 10 years out before we have the funding to actually do that.”