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Sacramento Tweed Ride, December 4

The Sacramento Tweed group is hosting the annual Tweed Ride on Saturday, December 4, starting at 12:00 noon. The ride is “Winter Wonderland Ride and Picnic”. It meets at WAL Public Market at 1104 R St, at 11:30AM, and rolls about at noon. It is a ‘bring your own picnic’ event. The picnic occurs in a local park. There is sometimes an unofficial after-event visit to a drinking establishment.

There were a number of tweed riders on the SABA Mural ride on Sunday, distributing handbills and encouraging local bicyclists to join. Period clothing is appreciated and celebrated (roughly 1902-1920), but certainly not required. Period bicycles are also appreciated and celebrated, but certainly not required. Come as you are!

The handbill flier is below, and the event is on Facebook at Sacramento Tweed Ride 2.0, https://www.facebook.com/groups/534956886520489/.

And a photo from the 2014 Sacramento Tweed Ride picnic.

News summary 2016-07-02

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)

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)