- Work begins on midtown Sacramento’s tallest residential tower (SacBee 2017-06-30)
- Sacramento is no L.A. That’s why Volkswagen is bringing electric car program here (SacBee 2017-06-29)
- New lofts proposed for midtown Sacramento with ‘live-work’ units on the ground floor (SacBee 2017-06-28)
- ‘It was pretty miserable.’ RT races to fix trains after A/C failed in triple-digit heat (SacBee 2017-06-27)
- Back-Seat Driver: Are Cal Fire, CHP officers allowed to park illegally downtown? (SacBee 2017-06-26)
- Large apartment complex could help Sac State shed its commuter school rep (SacBee 2017-06-26)
- Two Amtrak crew members disciplined for Sacramento train jolt incident (SacBee 2017-06-21)
- A streetcar tax just passed in Sacramento (SacBee 2017-06-21)
- Placer voters rejected a tax hike for roads last fall. Can we try again, officials ask (SacBee 2017-06-20)
- Is the Uber phenomenon killing transit in Sacramento? (SacBee 2017-06-19)
- Back-seat Driver: A community came together to save this historic Folsom bridge (SacBee 2017-06-19)
Category: news
New summary 2017-06-18
- Pay attention. If you don’t around RT trains, you may pay with your life (SacBee 2017-06-16)
- Three cyclists were hit by rocks on the American River Parkway. One has a collapsed lung. (SacBee 2017-06-16)
- Property owner wants ‘help’ from city to fix downtown’s most blighted block (SacBee 2017-06-16)
- The day of digging for quarters on the bus is over, thanks to smart card (SacBee 2017-06-14)
- Uber’s Travis Kalanick and Silicon Valley learn that work isn’t a fraternity (SacBee 2017-06-13)
- Sacramento streetcar project effort scores key local funding (SacBee 2017-06-13)
- This major street is Sacramento’s biggest traffic mess. Steer clear this summer (SacBee 2017-06-12)
News summary 2017-06-11
Sac State breaks ground on new parking structure (SacBee 2017-06-09); just what every university needs, more spaces for cars and less money for students
Sacramento transit officials have been watching you. Now they want to talk (SacBee 2017-06-09)
If you don’t like California’s gas tax increase, you’re not alone (SacBee 2017-06-09); Shocker! People are opposed to paying for what they formerly got for free!
10,000 new homes are coming to ‘desirable’ part of the Sacramento region (SacBee 2017-06-08)
This program turns scavenged bikes into new rides for kids – with one inmate’s help (SacBee 2016-06-08)
These 15 downtown properties will pay the highest taxes for a streetcar line (SacBee 2017-06-07)
News summary 2017-06-04
- Do major downtown businesses want to spend $50 million for a trolley? (SacBee 2017-06-03)
- Work about to start on biggest midtown apartment building in years (SacBee 2017-06-03)
- Sacramento City Council approves 3,000-home Greenbriar development near airport (SacBee 2017-05-31); This is where Sacramento plans to put nearly 3,000 new homes (SacBee 2017-05-29)
- Bike Share Program Expanding From 50 To 1,000 Bikes In September (CBS Sacramento)
New summary 2017-05-28
- City manager called developer ‘mentally ill’ before council rejected his gas station (SacBee 2017-05-28)
- Jerry Brown rightly tags anti-tax motorists as ‘freeloaders’ (SacBee 2017-05-26)
- Is Sacramento finally becoming more bike-friendly? (SacBee 2017-05-25)
- What does Trump’s budget mean for Sacramento’s planned streetcar line? (SacBee 2017-05-24)
- Can Sacramento city and county do a better job with affordable housing? (SacBee 2017-05-23)
- ‘Bermuda Triangle’ streets to get fixes (SacBee 2017-05-22)
- Why Broadway was closed Sunday morning (SacBee 2015-05-22)
- Need to improve RT service? Start by axing streetcar project (SacBee 2017-05-21)
News summary 2017-05-21
- Why did passenger train nearly derail? Elected officials want answers. (SacBee 2017-05-20)
- Bike share starts in Sacramento. See where you can get one. (SacBee 2017-05-18)
- See where Sacramento bicyclists are hit by cars most often (SacBee 2017-05-18)
- All San Franciscans can walk to a park in 10 minutes. For Sacramentans, it depends. (SacBee 2017-05-18)
- Experience a car-free Broadway and be part of a global movement (SacBee 2017-05-18)
- Bicyclists Worry About Dangers Of Bike Lanes In Sacramento (CBS Sacramento 2017-05-15)
- How the city plans to turn Broadway into a park for yoga, soccer and salsa dancing (SacBee 2017-05-15)
News summary 2017-05-14
- Restaurants and lofts have enlivened this corridor. A state parking garage may come next. (SacBee 2017-05-12); I thought the headline was facetious, but it is not; I can think of no better way to kill off an enlivened area than more parking garages and more state buildings
- California’s self-driving cars are rolling – and sometimes crashing (SacBee 2017-05-12)
- Who is to blame for ‘the worst block of downtown’ Sacramento? (SacBee 2017-05-12)
- Regional Transit Ridership Drops After Rate Hikes, But Revenue Up (CBS Sacramento 2017-05-11)
- Driving to Lake Tahoe? Planners hope you’ll take the bus instead. (SacBee 2017-05-10)
- We know how to keep pit bulls on a leash, but homeless campers aren’t going to like it (SacBee 2017-05-09)
- Phase-out of Shell tank farm latest step in changing West Sacramento riverfront (SacBee 2017-05-09)
News summary 2017-05-07
- Homeless pit bull attack leaves cyclist ‘bleeding like a stuck pig’ on popular parkway (SacBee 2017-05-06)
- Sacramento’s growing faster than it has in years, but not too fast, economist (SacBee 2017-05-06)
- Sacramento public housing residents just got free Zipcars (SacBee 2017-05-06)
- Racial profiling is real, and this is the only way to stop it (SacBee 2017-05-06); skip the racist troll comments
- Disabled-placard abusers, it’s your day of reckoning (SacBee 2017-05-06)
- Hazel Avenue Improvement Project – Phase 2 Update (Sacramento County 2017-05-04); until construction is complete, this is a death zone for bicyclists and pedestrians
- Can You Define Jaywalking In Sacramento? How About Crosswalk? (Capital Public Radio 2017-05-03); officers are enforcing laws the either don’t understand or mis-understand
- Bike Month: What’s happening in the Sacramento region (StreetsblogCal 2017-05-03)
- Sacramento is fastest growing big city in California (SacBee 2017-05-03)
- Jack Ohman: Sacramento Midtown, AVs, and the crash test dummies… (SacBee 2017-05-03)
- Should California allow bicyclists to roll through stop signs? (SacBee 2017-05-02)
- Sacramento streetcar line gets $50 million in congressional budget (SacBee 2017-05-02)
- Could BART train terror be replayed on Sacramento light rail? (SacBee 2017-05-01)
News summary 2017-04-30
- Are dead people taking your parking space? (SacBee 2017-04-28)
- California gas tax increase is now law. What it costs you and what it fixes (SacBee 2017-04-28)
- Five fun ways to spin your wheels during National Bike Month (Sactown magazine 2017-04-27)
- What Will It Take for Sacramento to Make Walking Safer in Poor Neighborhoods? (Streetsblog USA 2017-04-27)
- Bike sharing is coming to Sacramento. Why did that take 5 years again? (SacBee 2017-04-26)
- Bicyclists beware (Sacramento News & Review 2017-04-26)
- Nandi Cain’s bad day: Civil rights attorneys claim black Sacramentan was beaten in the streets, then abused at the county jail (Sacramento News & Review 2017-04-26)
- Ghost cars could be gliding down Sacramento streets by year’s end (SacBee 2017-04-25)
- Sunrise Boulevard is region’s real congestion champion, readers say (SacBee 2017-04-24)
News summary 2017-04-23
Police beat black man crossing the street (it is amazing what Sacramento gains national notoriety for)
- Black man beaten by officer filing suit alleging abuse by police, jail deputies (SacBee 2017-04-23)
- More video released of police beating in Del Paso Heights (SacBee 2017-04-21)
- Sacramento man punched by police officer hires lawyer, prepares lawsuit (SacBee 2017-04-20)
- California Walks & WALKSacramento Denounce Violent Arrest of Nandi Cain, Jr. in Sacramento (WALKSacramento 2017-04-19)
- Time to Eliminate “Jaywalking” as a Crime (Streetsblog California 2017-04-19)
- Police: Jaywalking tickets that largely cited black people part of traffic safety plan (SacBee 2017-04-19)
- What Sacramento’s jaywalking tickets tell us about justice or lack of it (SacBee 2017-04-18)
- Jack Ohman: Sacramento jaywalking and the dream… (SacBee 2017-04-17)
- Video of police officer punching jaywalker brings unexpected sentiment: Hope (SacBee 2017-04-15)
- ‘Racial profiling’? Jaywalking tickets disproportionately given to black people in Sacramento (SacBee 2017-04-14)
- The jaywalker brutalized by Sacramento police was stopped for nothing at all (Streetsblog 2017-03-13)
- Video sparks probe of Sacramento officer’s takedown of man crossing street (SacBee 2017-04-11)
- California officer seen on video punching jaywalker in face (SacBee 2017-04-11)
Other
- Concrete sidewalks to replace worn-out wooden boardwalk in Old Sacramento (SacBee 2017-04-23)
- Need a ride? Bike-share coming to Sacramento, West Sacramento and Davis (SacBee 2017-04-21)
- RT wants residents to tell them what they want from light rail, buses (SacBee 2017-04-20)
- Sacramento leaders offer city streets as testing ground for driverless cars (SacBee 2017-04-20)
- Disabled placards for thousands of dead Californians part of program abuse (SacBee2017-04-19)
- Could ‘micro-apartments’ be downtown Sacramento’s answer to high rents? (SacBee 2017-04-17)
- What happens when you temporarily close a city street to cars and open it up to the community? (City of Sacramento 2017-04-11)