August 26, 2026

 

STA’s strategic priorities are focused on maintaining public trust, strengthening partnerships, maximizing available funding, and delivering transportation improvements that respond to community needs. The Traffic Control and Safety Program is a clear example of that approach: safer streets, better access, more efficient operations, and a transportation system that works better for neighborhoods throughout Sacramento County.

Traffic safety is one of the most visible ways transportation funding affects daily life in Sacramento County. Whether someone is driving through an intersection, walking to school, biking to work, waiting at a crosswalk, or relying on emergency responders to move quickly through traffic, traffic control and safety investments matter.

Through Measure A, the Sacramento Transportation Authority dedicates three percent of sales tax revenues to the Traffic Control and Safety Program. This provides approximately $5.1 million annually to Sacramento County and the cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rancho Cordova, and Sacramento for local projects and programs that improve the operation and safety of the transportation system.

These funds support practical improvements such as traffic signal upgrades, pedestrian and vehicle safety projects, emergency vehicle preemption systems, traffic calming, signal coordination, traffic operations centers, school-area circulation improvements, street lighting, guardrail replacement, pavement markings, and signs. Together, these investments help make local streets safer and more reliable for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and emergency responders.

Measure A also helps local agencies compete for and deliver larger safety projects by providing the local match needed for competitive grant programs such as the Highway Safety Improvement Program and the Active Transportation Program. By leveraging state and federal funds, local sales tax dollars can help deliver more improvements than Measure A could fund alone.

Measure A helps local agencies respond to those needs in a practical and accountable way. Each participating jurisdiction prepares a five-year Traffic Control and Safety Program, and STA uses agreements, reporting requirements, and Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee review to help ensure funds are used for eligible purposes and consistent with the Measure A Expenditure Plan.