Carnage

• Pedestrian killed by light rail train (SacBee 2014-02-08)
• Pedestrian dies of injuries suffered in Highway 99 collision in Sutter County (SacBee 2014-02-04)

Other

• Alkali Flat’s La Valentina building wins national EPA award
• Sacramento installing ‘smart’ parking meters (SacBee 2014-02-05)
• City Hopes To Create One Transportation Plan From Many (CapRadio 2014-02-04)
• Old Sacramento business leaders fear arena impacts (SacBee 2014-02-04)
• Smart parking meter revolution (City of Sacramento 2014-02-03)
• East Sacramento residents call for $20 million McKinley Village tunnel (SacBee 2014-02-04)
• Sacramento County celebrates completion of White Rock Road project (SacBee 2014-02-03); another taxpayer gift to developers
• Editorial: Kings payment toward streetcar line is only a small piece of cost (SacBee 2014-02-04); Kings expected to pay $500,000 to support streetcar line (SacBee 2014-02-03)

West Sac trail helps residents bypass busy roadway (SacBee 2014-01-31)

Slow news week!

Carnage

• Woman fatally struck by car trying to cross Florin Road (SacBee 2014-01-25); Woman killed by car while crossing Florin Road identified (SacBee 2014-01-26)

Other

• El Dorado County DA’s Office seeks woman accused of vehicular manslaughter (SacBee 2014-01-25); Woman sought on vehicular manslaughter warrant turns herself in to El Dorado authorities (SacBee 2014-01-26)
• Update: Fatal shooting aboard Sacramento light-rail train is first (SacBee 2014-01-24); Light rail train shooting not motivated by hate or bias, Sacramento police say (SacBee 2014-01-24); Light rail train shooter, victim appear to be strangers, police say (SacBee 2014-01-25)
• Caltrans warns: Major freeway construction ahead on W-X in Sacramento (SacBee 2014-01-23)
• Farmers fear expressway planned for Grant Line Road could squeeze them out of business (SacBee 2014-01-21)
• New CSUS housing development will bring more students to neighborhood (SacBee 2014-01-21)

• West Sacramento sees new bridge as catalyst to growth (SacBee 2014-01-19)
• Viewpoints: Modernize California’s freight transportation system to cut pollution (SacBee 2014-01-19); the viewpoint mentions shifting freight from trucks to rail, however, this is the most important thing we could do to reduce pollution and energy consumption, but we won’t ever get there unless we stop subsidizing trucks over rail
• Citrus Heights police operation targets habitual DUI offenders (SacBee 2014-01-17)
• Back-seat Driver: Major downtown freeway project to launch in May (SacBee 2014-01-17)
• [VIDEO] Bike donations to teach homeless kids bike safety (Sacramento Press 2014-01-16)
• Bike collectives serve Sacramento’s hipsters and homeless alike (SacBee 2014-01-16)
• Slow-growth ballot measure launched in El Dorado County (SacBee 2014-01-14)

Carnage

• UPDATE: Pedestrian killed on Highway 50 in West Sacramento identified as Davis man (SacBee 2014-01-06); I’m never quite sure whether to include these sorts of incidents, that don’t seem to be related to the normal flow of pedestrian and bicyclist traffic, but ignoring it doesn’t seem to make sense either

Other

• Construction begins on Highway 50 interchange in El Dorado County (SacBee 2014-01-07)
• Jerry Brown eyes cap-and-trade money for high-speed rail (SacBee 2014-01-06)
• Is development finally headed to Sacramento railyard? (SacBee 2014-01-06)

• Without funding, Sacramento River promenade plans stall (SacBee 2014-01-05)
• See where police made Sacramento New Year DUI arrests (SacBee 2014-01-02)
• Drunk driving crackdown nets 248 in the Sacramento region (SacBee 2014-01-01)
• Redefining Downtown Sacramento (Sacramento Press 2013-12-29)

Carnage

• Boy struck by vehicles on Bruceville Road dies of injuries (SacBee 2013-12-27); Sacramento police seek driver in hit-and-run that injured 11-year-old pedestrian; (SacBee 2013-12-24); Child struck, seriously hurt by vehicles in south Sacramento (SacBee 2013-12-23)

Other

• New year to bring new laws affecting motorists (SacBee 2013-12-29)
• Ask the County Law Librarian – Basketball hoops in the street (SacBee 2013-12-27)
• Sacramento suburban schools expect growth (SacBee 2013-12-26); since development pays only a fraction of the cost of new schools, the rest of us pay through taxes, and sprawl is subsidized
• Holiday DUI crackdown to continue Friday with sobriety checkpoint in Rocklin (SacBee 2013-12-26)
• Sacramento County prosecutor faces drunk driving charges after Highway 50 collision (SacBee 2013-12-26)
• Year in Review: Lack of redevelopment money stalls projects (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-24)
• Sacramento County officials on Watt Avenue backup: It’ll get better (SacBee 2013-12-24)

Carnage

• Citrus Heights driver killed, two pedestrians injured in Carmichael crash (SacBee 2013-12-20)
• Sacramento coroner identifies bicyclist killed in hit and run (SacBee 2013-12-16); Cyclist, 27, killed in hit-and-run on Fruitridge Road (SacBee 2013-12-15)

Entertainment & Sports Complex (aka, the arena)

• Midtown DUI checkpoint nets four (Sacramento Press 2013-12-21)
• Back-seat Driver: Why study doesn’t see arena gridlock (SacBee 2013-12-20)
• Study predicts I-5 logjam following arena construction (SacBee 2013-12-19)
• Light-rail officials: Trains could be key route to downtown arena (SacBee 2013-12-19)
• Sacramento officials presenting arena impact study tonight at City Hall (SacBee 2013-12-18)
• Editorial: Traffic study on downtown arena is positive, but no reason for complacency (SacBee 2013-12-18)
• New Sacramento arena would get Kings patrons off the road, report finds (SacBee 2013-12-17)
• Arena draft environmental impact report released (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-16)
• Sacramento officials release environmental study of downtown arena (SacBee 2013-12-16)

Other

• CADA director sees more housing ahead for midtown in ’14 (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-20)
• Siemens Sacramento to build 35 diesel-electric locomotives (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-20)
• County scrambles to unclog major Watt Avenue traffic tie-ups (SacBee 2013-12-19)
• Trolley car question: Who will pay? (SacBee 2013-12-18)
• Sacramento Commons would add new downtown housing (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-18)
• Year in Review: Urban infill continues to pick up steam (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-18)
• Bike Sharing Program In The Works (CapRadio 2013-12-13)
• Go Time (Comstock’s Magazine 2013-11)

Carnage

• Man arrested for DUI after car strikes pedestrians, killing Carmichael man (SacBee 2013-12-12)
• UPDATE: SUV crashes into Starbucks in Folsom, injuring 8 people (SacBee 2013-12-10)

Other

• Drunk driver crackdown nets 21 arrests in Sacramento County (SacBee 2013-12-15)
• Bike Friendly 50 Steering Committee (SABA Facebook 2013-12-13)
• Streetcar between Sacramento, West Sac could be a few years away (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-13)
• Passenger levels dropping, Sacramento airport looks at budget cuts (SacBee 2013-12-13) [Yes, I agree that it was hard to predict the depth of the downturn, however, this does point out the danger of massive transportation projects based on models from the past. I suspect air travel will never completely recover, and that is a good thing.]
• Back on track (Sacramento News & Review 2013-12-12)
• DMV releases draft rules for driverless cars (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-12-10)

• News Summary: Cargo bikes on a roll (SacBee 2013-12-07); not about Sacramento region, but the same is happening here
• Back-seat Driver: A case of mistaken identity (SacBee 2013-12-06)
• Editorial: A new tax is coming. The question is which one and when (SacBee 2013-12-06)
• Sacramento, police, SABA launch ’free and easy’ bike registry (Sacramento News & Review 2013-12-05)