Carnage

• UPDATE: Pedestrian hit, killed by off-duty police officer in Rocklin (SacBee 2015-03-21)
• Coroner identifies bicyclist killed in Sacramento crash (SacBee 2015-03-18); Bicyclist killed in crash along Power Inn Road (SacBee 2016-03-16)

Transportation

• Elk Grove commuter question: To ride light rail or not? (SacBee 2015-03-22)
• Oak Park resident searches for stolen tricycle (SacBee 2015-03-22)
• Resurfaced freeway pavement cracking on Pioneer Bridge (SacBee 2015-03-20); also includes red light cameras and light rail
• Sacramento agency: Too many distracted pedestrians hit by trains (SacBee 2015-03-18)
• Roseville to take closer look at bridge plan (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-18)
• Rancho Cordova OKs Highway 50 interchange at Gold River (SacBee 2015-03-17); Rancho Cordova considers Highway 50 interchange, faces Gold River opposition (SacBee 2016-03-16); Highway 50 interchange in Rancho Cordova needs money (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-16)

Development

• Schools must be part of downtown revival (SacBee 2015-03-22)
• Affordable-housing project proposed for Sacramento rail yard (SacBee 2015-03-21)
• City lays out plan for Natomas development (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-20)
• Some builders looking for smaller homes, more walkability (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-19)
• Ice Blocks project moves ahead in midtown Sacramento (SacBee 2015-03-19)
• City approves $5 million for peforming arts hub (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-18)
• Survey: Young professionals may be drawn to live downtown once arena is finished (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-18)
• Don’t forget land use in drought debate (SacBee 2015-03-18)
• Don’t rush Natomas building as moratorium ends (SacBee 2015-03-18)
• First private development in railyard could begin next summer (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-17)
• Columnist comeback: Is Sacramento reaching ‘cool city’ status? (SacBee 2015-03-17); I suspect a large part of the change is that we’ve turned away from the suburbs and towards the central city, the problem being that this raises all sorts of equity issues

Carnage

• Sacramento pedestrian succumbs to crash injury (SacBee 2015-03-10); though this crash occurred last week, this is apparently the first mention in the SacBee

Other

• Back-Seat Driver: Expect more jams on I-80 (SacBee 2015-03-13); covers I-80, SacRT status information, and Waze
• Planners back away from strict building limits for post-moratorium Natomas (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-12); Natomas building activity poised to resume (SacBee 2015-03-12)
• Local leaders seek to reopen Washington Elementary in midtown Sacramento (SacBee 2015-03-11)
• Taking lead in city budget process, Sacramento mayor proposes new housing, rail yard buildup (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-10)
• We all have skin in the game in bicycle helmet bill (SacBee 2015-03-10)

• Houses to spill south of Highway 50 in Folsom (SacBee 2015-03-08)
• Elk Grove considers express bus connections to light rail (SacBee 2015-03-06)
• Steve Hansen fights to bring Washington Elementary back to the grid (Sacramento News & Review 2015-03-05)
• ‘Starbucks effect’ is said to give a jolt to home prices (SacBee 2015-03-04)
• Developers envision new life for 700 K (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-03-04); Building begins on blighted block of Sacramento’s K Street (SacBee 2015-03-06)

• A new lease on life for old Marshall School (SacBee 2015-02-28)
• Public Invited to Kammerer Road Project Meeting (Sacramento County 2015-02-27)
• L Street work downtown causing major traffic jams (SacBee 2015-02-27); L Street, never a pleasant bike route, is even more challenging with this construction which has moved at a snail’s pace
• RT investigating runaway light-rail train (SacBee 2015-02-27)
• RT’s historic moment: Can it improve service? (SacBee 2015-02-26); How to improve Sacramento’s light rail? The debate starts this week (SacBee 2015-02-23)
• Sacramento Gentrification Is Getting the Streetcar Boost (Next City 2015-02-25)
• Siemens promotes its Sacramento home base in bullet-train pitch (SacBee 2015-02-25)
• Re-use of Sleep Train Arena site faces big challenges (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-25); What’s being planned for Sleep Train Arena? (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-25); Natomas leaders want timeline for Sleep Train arena redevelopment (SacBee 2015-02-25); Kings, city can’t neglect Natomas (SacBee 2015-02-26)
• One day, we’ll wonder what all the fuss about high-speed rail was about (SacBee 2015-02-24)
• Warwick announcement of university doesn’t faze Cordova Hills developer (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-24)
• Artist lofts lead downtown renaissance (SacBee 2015-02-23)
• Streetcar Split (Comstock’s 2015-02-23)

• Plan to replace downtown’s Hotel Marshall moving forward (SacBee 2015-02-22)
• Keep the strong momentum going for streetcar line (SacBee 2015-02-19)
• State must spend smarter on roads and ‘fix it first’ (SacBee 2015-02-19)
• East Sacramento County expressway takes step forward (SacBee2015-02-19)
• Construction to improve Old Sacramento traffic access could begin this summer (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-19)
• Engineering work beginning for Capital Southeast Connector project (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-19)
• Property owners vote for Sacramento streetcars (SacBee 2015-02-19)
• McKinley Village gets approval for underpass (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-18)
• County to reduce sign clutter on American River Parkway (SacBee 2015-02-17)
• Placer County Subsidizes Bicycles To Get Cars Off The Road (CapRadio 2015-02-17)
• Helmet law isn’t only route to safety for bike riders (SacBee 2015-02-16)
• Sacramento overhauling vintage train station (SacBee 2015-02-16)
• An urban shift toward West Sacramento (SacBee 2015-02-16)

• Bill would require helmets for adults cycling in California (SacBee 2015-02-13)
• Streetcar line is a strong investment (SacBee 2015-02-11)
• Senator calls for mandatory helmets for California cyclists (SacBee 2015-02-11)
• Railyards, K Street redesign at core of Downtown Sacramento Partnership agenda (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-02-10)
• How about honesty and transparency on road fees? (SacBee 2015-02-10)
• Sacramento considering half-cent county transportation sales tax (SacBee 2015-02-09); New Light Rail Extension to Sacramento Airport Proposed, Comes at a Cost (Fox40 2015-02-10)
• Home on the Range (Comstock’s 2015-02-06)

• Brown seeks money for fixing roads as gas tax value plunges (SacBee 2015-02-08)
• Another View: Caltrans making progress, but funding lags (SacBee 2015-02-08)
• Opinion: California’s roads need costly repair (SacBee 2015-02-06)
• Should Sacramento’s streetcars be modern or vintage looking? (SacBee 2015-02-05)
• Road user fee drives California Assembly Speaker’s transportation plan (SacBee 2015-02-04)
• Sacramento police investigating possible hit-and-run after man found lying in street (SacBee 2015-02-03)
• Feds on board with Sacramento streetcar (SacBee 2015-02-02)

• Let’s take the train – all the way to the Sacramento Zoo (SacBee 2015-02-01)
• Opinion: A young man revives Sacramento’s old downtown (SacBee 2015-02-01)
• Another bait bike theft, another arrest, Sacramento police say (SacBee 2015-02-01)
• Risk and reward: Natomas building ban will be lifted soon, but flood danger remains (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-30)
• Back-seat DriverTug of war at Sacramento transit agency (SacBee 2015-01-29)
• Twin Rivers housing project vying for federal money to redevelop (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-29)
• Sacramento County approves controversial low-income apartments in Arden Arcade (SacBee 2015-01-28); County approves contentious Butano Apartments project in Arden-Arcade (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-28)
• Sacramento treasurer: Arena borrowing solid, but city near debt limit (SacBee 2015-01-27)
• Broadway Triangle developer working on another Oak Park project (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-27)
• What’s in store at McKinley Village? (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-26)
• Redfin: Curtis Park one of hottest neighborhoods in the country (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-26)
• Sacramento streetcar rolling fast, but financing questions unanswered (SacBee 2015-01-26)
• New App Latest Move in Sacramento, Calif.’s Parking Overhaul (GovTech 2015-01-22)

Carnage

• Sacramento authorities seek help in identifying hit-and-run driver (SacBee 2015-01-24)

Other

• Sacramento County rebating taxes to lure Macy’s distribution center (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-23); Sacramento County is stealing your tax money to pay off a corporation to leave Yolo County and move to Sacramento County, got to love it
• Construction companies to lobby for new road repair fees (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-23)
• Answering the big questions when it comes to Sacramento’s proposed $150 million streetcar line (Sacramento News & Review 2015-01-22)
• Parklet planned near Capital Dime (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-22)
• Edible Pedal opening second spot in West Sacramento (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-21)
• With historic designation, Sacramento Commons project gets more complicated (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-20)
• Regional Transit working on improvements, in response to business community (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-20)
• Pirate ship parklet planned near Blackbird (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-20)
• RT police report decrease in thefts on light-rail system in 2014 (SacBee 2015-01-20)
• City Beat: Curtis Park development sparks new fight over gas station plan (SacBee 2015-01-19)

Carnage

• North Highlands man hit, killed on Watt Avenue (SacBee 2015-01-16)
• Pedestrian killed on Freeport Boulevard in Meadowview area (SacBee 2015-01-13)
• Pedestrian crossing Roseville onramp hit and killed (SacBee 2015-01-13)

Other

• Watchdog report on streetcar disputed by city (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-16)
• Editorial: Arena provides spark for fixing Regional Transit (SacBee 2015-01-16)
• Designer of Fair Oaks project will discuss cohousing movement (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-15)
• Sacramento County seeks to control Highway 16 despite rural opposition (SacBee 2015-01-14)
• Auburn to sue Placer County over controversial Costco project (SacBee 2015-01-14); the city and county argue over sales tax while both supporting continued sprawl
• City Council Considers Sacramento Riverwalk Renovation (CapRadio 2015-01-13)
• Council advances streetcar system plan (SacBee 2015-01-13); City Beat: Sacramento streetcar plan faces key decisions Tuesday night (SacBee 2015-01-13); Property owners may soon be asked to vote on streetcar (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-13)
• Planned upscale apartment village stirs controversy in El Dorado Hills (SacBee 2015-01-13); El Dorado Hills apartments hit lawsuit roadblock (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-13)
• California school builders, others to gather signatures for November 2016 bond measure (SacBee 2015-01-13); Builders to gather signatures for $9 billion school bond (Sacramento Business Journal 2015-01-13); I will explain in a future post why this is a primary transportation issue
• Sacramento transit officials agree their light rail service needs improvement (SacBee 2015-01-13)