Carnage

• Southside Park pedestrian dies from crash injuries (SacBee 2014-09-24)
• Pickup crashes into Cameron Park Taco Bell, injures two customers (SacBee 2014-09-24)

Other

• Marcos Breton: Sacramento cycling culture can be menacing (SacBee 2014-09-28)
• City launches downtown depot makeover (SacBee 2014-09-27)
• Sacramento goal: Pedestrian power (SacBee 2014-09-26)
• Greenlight: Affordable housing in Sacramento’s urban core (Sacramento News & Review 2014-09-25)
• Unmet Transit Needs (SacRT)
• Editorial: Red-light cameras contract reveal programs are more about making money than making roads safe (SacBee 2014-09-24); the Bee joins the know-nothing crowd that believes in the inalienable right to run red lights
• With help from city, artists plan to transform ugly 12th Street underpass (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-22); City Beat: Artists plan vibrant mural for Sacramento’s bleak 12th Street tunnel (SacBee 2014-09-22)

Carnage

• Pedestrian struck, killed while walking on sidewalk in south Sacramento County (SacBee 2014-09-18)
• Bicyclist dies after being struck on Freeport Boulevard (SacBee 2014-09-18)
• Pedestrian hit and killed by car in Orangevale (SacBee 2014-09-17); What does “outside of a marked crosswalk” mean? More victim-blaming by CHP officers who don’t know the law?
• Two injured when car crashes into Elk Grove preschool (SacBee 2014-09-16)

Other

• Details emerge on San Francisco contract for Siemens plant in Sacramento (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-19)
• RT security force improved, but still not adequate, review panel finds (SacBee 2014-09-18)
• Dan Walters: If bicyclists want respect and safety, they should act like they deserve it (SacBee 2014-09-15); Sorry Dan Walters, Everyone Already Deserves Safety — Even Cyclists (Streetsblog LA 2014-09-17)

Development

• Landscape architects and designers advocate for more rooftop gardens in city (SacBee 2014-09-21)
• Cutting-edge building in midtown Sacramento will use prefab units made at McClellan Park (SacBee 2014-09-20)
• Heller reveals vision for redeveloping Crystal Ice plant in midtown (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-19)
• High-profile developers speaking at conference are bullish on downtown Sacramento’s future (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-19)
• Township Nine planning 72 townhomes for sale on site (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-17)
• Republic FC signs letter of intent for railyard stadium; Larry Kelley joins ownership group (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-17)

Carnage

• Pedestrian struck by vehicle in Downtown Sacramento (KCRA 2014-09-12); Pedestrian hit, injured by car in downtown Sacramento (SacBee 2014-09-12)

Other

• Verdict in Sacramento civil DUI case likely to prompt suit against insurance company (SacBee 2014-09-12)
• Feds pledge $1.5M for planning of Broadway bridge (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-10); Feds to help fund Broadway Bridge planning (SacBee 2014-09-10)
• Sac State adds bike lanes, parking (SacBee 2014-09-09)
• North Sacramento public market plans official debut (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-09)

Carnage

• Bicyclist in serious condition after collision with car in West Sacramento (SacBee 2014-09-03)
• Sacramento woman fatally struck by car after trying to run across Madison Avenue (SacBee 2014-09-02); CHP seeks pickup driver connected to Madison Avenue pedestrian fatal (SacBee 2014-09-02)

Other

• The Public Eye: Repairs on Sacramento’s historic train depot prove costlier than expected (SacBee 2014-09-07)
• Improvements Make Campus Safer for Cyclists, Walkers (Sacramento State 2014-09-03); I’m doubtful about the benefit to bicyclist of routing them around campus, but I’ll reserve judgement until I’ve had time to check them out
• Caltrans issues warnings in crash-prone I-80 zone (SacBee 2014-09-05)
• Natomas building moratorium likely to remain until spring ’15 (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-04)
• New California cycling law goes into effect (SacBee 2014-09-03)
• Sacramento airport adds walking path from parking lot to terminals (SacBee 2014-09-02)
• What’s happening with railyard bridges, boulevard? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-09-02)
• Sacramento light rail headed off to college (SacBee 2014-09-01)

City of Sacramento 2035 General Plan Update; open house meetings on September 3, 4 and 8

Sacramento Bait Bike program leads to 50 arrests (SacBee 2014-08-29)

Back-seat Driver: Caltrans studying I-80 construction zone crashes (SacBee 2014-08-28)

New Day on Broadway (Comstock Magazine 2014-08)

Is riding your bike good for arthritis? (Sacramento News & Review 2014-08-28)

Editorial: An improved biking network is essential for Sacramento (SacBee 2014-08-24); Another View: What we can do about bikes on sidewalk (SacBee 2014-08-24); The Conversation feedback: On a mission to get bikes off sidewalks (SacBee 2014-08-24)

• The Conversation: On a mission to get bikes off sidewalks (SacBee 2014-08-17); A solution for bikes and pedestrians (SacBee 2014-08-17)
• Placerville considers its roundabout future (SacBee 2014-08-17)
• A look ahead: Sacramento’s five-year forecast (SacBee 2014-08-17)
• A glimpse of the future? Clean electric bus glides silently around Sacramento (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-08-15); Sacramento transit agency to put electric buses to the test (SacBee 2014-08-16)
• Should Sacramento limit or ban strip-mall chain stores? (Sacramento News & Review 2014-08-14)
• Taxis, Uber and Lyft battle for Sacramento cab fare (Sacramento News & Review 2014-08-14)
• Back-seat Driver: Sacramento soccer fans are also fans of light rail (SacBee 2014-08-14)
• Midrise construction dominates central Sacramento housing market (SacBee 2014-08-14)
• Speed limit to be lowered on several Sac streets (KCRA 2014-08-12)

• Bicyclists headed to Davis can get free train tickets back to Sacramento (SacBee 2014-08-08)
• It’s full throttle for downtown arena project; expect traffic delays (SacBee 2014-08-06)
• El Dorado County voters will see three growth measures (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-08-05)
• First look at Whole Foods (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-08-05); Drawing of Whole Foods in midtown Sacramento shows store, apartments above (SacBee 2014-08-05)
• Mayor praises Uber, comes out against regulations (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-08-04)
• Fearing higher fees, homebuilders rally around school bond measure (SacBee 2014-08-04); the homebuilders would rather citizens in established communities subsidize school construction so that the home buyers don’t have to pay the true cost of their home
• Sacramento police arrest man suspected of assault on bike trail rider (SacBee 2014-08-04)
• Too much room: Growing number of Sacramento “empty nesters” living in big houses (SacBee 2014-08-04)

Human speed bump: On bike and car collisions in Sacramento (Sacramento News & Review 2014-07-31)

Transportation

• Lincoln hopes local control of Old Highway 65 will spur downtown renaissance (SacBee 2014-08-03)
• The Aggie Express (sactown Magazine 2014-08)
• Connecting the dots: Sacramento’s newest roads, walk paths and train lines (SacBee 2014-07-31)
• State offers Tower Bridge to Sacramento (SacBee 2014-07-28)

Development

• Whole Foods plans new store in midtown Sacramento with 140 apartments on top (SacBee 2014-07-31); What does Whole Foods news mean for Sacramento co-op? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-31); Confirmed: Whole Foods is coming to midtown (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-30); three levels of parking? in a walkable neighborhood?
• Creamery infill housing project could get underway by year’s end (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-30)
• Five-story mixed-used building proposed for midtown (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-29)
• South Sacramento affordable housing could include rooftop farms (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-29)
• South Sacramento affordable housing could include rooftop farms (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-29)

Carnage

• Update: Sacramento coroner identifies elderly man hit by two vehicles (SacBee 2014-07-24)

Other

• Back-seat Driver: Caltrans allowing commercial trucks in fast lane on I-80 (SacBee 2014-07-25)
• Paperwork oversight delays Fair Oaks Boulevard sidewalk project (SacBee 2014-07-23)
• Highway 65 widening under consideration (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-22)
• Interstate 80 commuters in Sacramento run into congestion, but discover new ‘express’ lanes (SacBee 2014-07-22); maybe it should always be this way, allowing economically productive freight and long distance travel to flow freely, while local commuter traffic suffers from the congestion of its own making

Development

• Sacramento Commons opponents bemoan loss of trees, views (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-25)
• Planning commissioners take first look at plan for downtown apartment towers (SacBee 2014-07-25)
• Bruce Maiman: Building again in Natomas is too risky (SacBee 2014-07-22)
• Decision on 16th & N school property will be a while coming (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-21)
• Expansion begins on Old Soul in Oak Park (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-21)
• R Street property being eyed for development in midtown (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-21)
• State funds site for Sacramento courthouse (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-21)