Carnage

• Little boy hit and killed by car in Woodland is identified (SacBee 2013-07-04); 2-year-old dies after being hit by car in Woodland (SacBee 2013-07-04)
• Woodland woman killed in hit and run is identified (SacBee 2013-07-03); Pedestrian in Woodland hit-and-run collision dies of injuries (SacBee 2013-07-03)

Other

• Sacramento sees housing opportunities in projects south of downtown (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-07-05; paywall)
• Another View: Region Builders supports Blueprint (SacBee 2013-07-05); coulda fooled me
• State eyes east Sacramento sites for possible new railyard, maintenance facility (SacBee 2013-07-05)
• Separation of oil and state: follow the money (Sacramento Press 2013-07-03)
• Dan Walters: California’s hefty fuel taxes buy poor roads (SacBee 2013-07-03); Letter: On a traffic basis, California spends the least on roads (SacBee 2013-07-09)
• California highways rank among nation’s worst (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-07-03; note that The Reason Foundation is a conservative/libertarian think tank)

• Davis rides to coolest California city designation (Sacramento Business Press 2013-06-28)
• Back-seat Driver: Pedestrians walk into trouble while texting or emailing (SacBee 2013-06-28)
• Editorial: Court ruling a blow to land use collaboration (SacBee 2013-06-28)
• Let’s talk about NIMBYs and beer in Sacramento (Sacramento News & Review 2013-06-27); Residents sue city over Midtown brewery plans (Sacramento Press 2013-06-28)
• Folsom police campaign aims to improve pedestrian safety (SacBee 2013-06-25)
• Viewpoints: California misses connection between railroads and airports (SacBee 2013-06-27)
• Sacramento’s ‘Claw’ lovers brace for its departure (SacBee 2013-06-26); the end of bike lane blocking yard waste, for nine months of the year, at least?
• West Sacramento taking bids for bridge over Barge Canal (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-24)
• City council to review handling money for railyard road (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-24)
• Q&A: UCD prof looks at transportation’s future (SacBee 2013-06-24)
• Editorial: Region reaffirms its support for Blueprint (SacBee 2013-06-24)

Carnage

• Man sentenced to eight years on hit-and-run death (SacBee 2013-06-21)
• Elderly Sacramento man dies two months after being hit by vehicle (SacBee 2013-06-17)

Development, infill and otherwise

• Watch Sacramento’s Sprawl Grow Through Decades In Five Seconds (ranSACked Media 2013-06-19)
• La Valentina project wins award from builders (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-19)
• Florin Road project and park near approval (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-19)
• Proposal on ‘big-box’ stores heads to Sacramento City Council for debate (SacBee 2013-06-19)
• Editorial: Region should rally behind SACOG Blueprint (SacBee 2013-06-19)
• Opinion: NIMBY vs. DIMBY (Sacramento Press 2013-06-17); note that I don’t agree with this article, but it is nevertheless news, or at least opinion

Other

• Conflicts increase on busy parkway (SacBee 2013-06-23)
• Two East Sacramento streets going on road diets (City of Sacramento press release 2013-06-21)
• Kaiser launches downtown walking club (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-19)

Carnage

• Bicyclist in fatal Elk Grove collision is identified (SacBee 2013-06-11); Bicyclist dies from injuries in Elk Grove collision (SacBee 2013-06-10)

Development, infill and otherwise

• Housing agency gets a reprieve (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-14)
• Township 9 construction underway (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-12)
• Curtis Park Village builder revises plan (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-12)
• Roseville will bankroll development infrastructure (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-11)
• 5 takeaways from the SOCA forum on McKinley Village (Sacramento Press 2013-06-10)
• Folsom rush is on to develop foothills south of Hwy. 50 (SacBee 2013-06-10)

Miscellaneous

• Back-seat Driver: Hazel Avenue houses torn down years ahead of road widening (SacBee 2013-06-14)
• Students, teachers say final goodbye as seven Sacramento schools close (SacBee 2013-06-14)
• Editorial: Can’t we all just get along on parkway? (SacBee 2013-06-12)
• Students sue to block Sacramento City Unified school closures (SacBee 2013-06-11)

• Upscale urban living sees new surge in demand (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-07 paywall)
• Witnesses report brutal attack on bicyclist near Howe and Arden (SacBee 2013-06-07); Coroner identifies cyclist slain in fight with driver (SacBee 2013-06-09)
• Slow down or risk ticket, Sacramento County tells parkway bicyclists (SacBee 2013-06-07)
• Editorial: State should use carbon funds to cut emissions (SacBee 2013-06-07)
• Do you take the Capitol Corridor? You probably will pay more (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-06-06)
• Sacramento Cyclefest offers BBQ in exchange for toy donations (Sacramento Press 2013-06-05)
• Driver in fatal hit-run faces maximum 8 years in prison (SacBee 2013-06-05)
• I hate bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians (Sacramento Press 2013-06-04)
• McKinley Village Fails to Impress Skeptical East Sacramento and Midtown Crowd (Sacramento Press 2013-06-06); McKinley Village forum at SOCA “Preservation Roundtable” Saturday June 8 (Sacramento Press 2013-06-04)

I’ve updated my legislation page. Though most of the bills I’m tracking made it to the other house by the May 31 deadline, several did not.

• First #BIKETAKEOVER is a success (Sacramento Press 2013-06-01)
• Police seek Mustang in hit-and-run that killed man in wheelchair (SacBee 2013-05-29)
• Housing projects resume in midtown Sacramento (SacBee 2013-05-27)

• Event to kick off work on Rancho Cordova-area roads (SacBee 2013-05-19)
• Future for undeveloped property downtown (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17); What a new arena means for downtown restaurants (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17); More on ripple effect on downtown property with arena in works (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17); What a downtown arena means for at least one business (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17); Next step in Kings deal: Securing land for arena (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17)
• City considers dumping economic analysis for big-box stores (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17)
• Pedestrian safety advocates to address city council regarding need for traffic light at 58th & Fruitridge (Sacramento Press 2013-05-17)
• America’s Most Bikeable Neighborhoods (The Atlantic Cities 2013-05-17); seven of the top twenty five – wow!
• McKinley Village: Sacramento Old City Association forum on McKinley Village (Sacramento Press 2013-05-16); RCI: McKinley Village will complement surrounding neighborhoods (Sacramento Press 2013-05-16); Angelides relaunches development for former Centrage site (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-17)
• Woman pleads no contest in DUI death of 6-year-old boy (SacBee 2013-05-15)
• Massive housing project in early planning for southeastern Sacramento County (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-13)
• Siemens gets first advanced electric locomotives for Amtrak rolling (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-13); good news, in some ways, but too bad they are going to the Northeast Corridor when we need them here in California
• Woodland teen sent to hospital after being knocked out by auto (SacBee 2013-05-13)

• Sacramento metal artist creates bicycle racks with flair (SacBee 2013-05-25)
• Pedestrian hit by car, seriously injured in Oak Park (SacBee 2013-05-23)
• Sacramento’s bar-hopping cyclists risk tickets, too (SacBee 2013-05-23)
• Poll suggests many residents support zoning, development changes (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-23)
• Man in wheelchair killed in hit-and-run crash in Midtown (Sacramento Press 2013-05-22); Update: Man in wheelchair killed in Sacramento hit and run (SacBee 2013-05-22)
• Smart-growth advocates cite cost savings (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-22)
• Proposal to make it easier for big-box megastores to open in Sacramento takes a step forward (Sacramento Press 2013-05-22)
• City: No stop light planed for once deadly crosswalk in South Sacramento (Sacramento Press 2013-05-21)
• County extends road to open up land around Mather (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-21)
• Prediction: Development could spread beyond downtown in wake of arena (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-21); Giving downtown new life with development (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-20)

• Danger: Our streets weren’t built for pedestrians (SacBee 2013-05-12)
• Danger: How many must die at risky intersection? (SacBee 2013-05-12)
• McKinley area may get new homes (SacBee 2013-05-12)
• I hate Sacramento (Sacramento Press 2013-05-10)
• Feds pour money into I Street bridge project (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-10)
• 58th & Fruitridge, the neglect in South Sacramento (Sacramento Press 2013-05-10)
• R Street project part of downtown trend (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-10)
• Woman convicted in 2008 El Dorado Hills DUI crash back in jail (SacBee 2013-05-09)
• Bicycles and Brew: Pedal to your next Beer (Sacramento Press 2013-05-09)
• Pedestrian struck on Arden Way, witnesses sought (SacBee 2013-05-08)
• Sacramento to start talking post-arena Natomas (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-07)
• Final leg of Auburn-Folsom Road expansion could get moving soon (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-07)
• Downtown arena will spur retail, housing development (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-05-06)
• Midtown neighborhood reacts to McKinley Village project (Sacramento Press 2013-05-06)
• Citrus Heights envisions 26-mile multi-use bike trail (SacBee 2013-05-06)

• Petrovich to break ground on long-planned Curtis Park Village (SacBee 2013-05-05)
• Pedal power (Sacramento News & Review 2013-05-02); Ride your bike with SN&R for May is Bike Month (Sacramento News & Review 2013-05-02)
• Back-seat Driver: May is a big month for Sacramento bicyclists (SacBee 2013-05-02)
• McKinley infill housing project revived, tweaked (Sacramento Business Press 2013-05-01)
• Oak Park bicyclist ends up on street after words with motorist (SacBee 2013-04-30)
• Interchange work marks drive to development (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-04-30)
• Examining American River crossing options in Natomas (Sacramento Business Journal 2013-04-29)
• Sacramento plans solar-powered ‘smart’ parking meters (SacBee 2013-04-29)