Viewpoints: Flood board needs to address issue of access to our levees (SacBee 2012-11-10)
Freeport Blvd. will be altered to add bike lanes (SacBee 2012-11-10); Freeport Bike Lanes Prevail (Sacramento Press 2012-11-09)
Editorial: Sacramento River parkway can be real (SacBee, 2012-11-02)
Back-seat Driver: Sacramento railyard open house to show off historic paint shop (2012-11-02)
See the light (Sacramento News & Review, 2012-11-01; there doesn’t seem to be a link for this comment on riding RT light rail from editor Nick Miller)
Government officials champion Sacramento transit (Bus Ride, 2012-11-01)
Fight looms over Sacramento’s fenced-off levees (SacBee, 2012-11-01); Public access to levees would improve safety (SacBee, 2012-11-01); Restore public access to Pocket levees (SacBee, 2012-11-02)
Jury hears pointed final arguments in wrongful-death suit involving RT bus (SacBee, 2012-10-31)
Woman dies after being hit by SUV on Franklin Boulevard (SacBee, 2012-10-31); Coroner IDs pedestrian killed on Franklin Blvd. (SacBee 2012-11-01)
Bike rider dies after falling in Watt traffic lane (SacBee, 2012-10-30); Update: Man run over on Watt Avenue identified (SacBee, 2012-11-01)
Town hall meeting to look at levee access plan (SacBee, 2012-10-28)
Public invited to meeting on Sacramento levee access (2012-10-26)
Built too near the levee? (2012-09-23)
Pedestrian etiquette? (Limit Reached, 2012-10-23; I really don’t know what to make of this, but I guess it is news, or a sort)
Sacramento ranks fourth in U.S. for bicycle commuting (Sacramento Business Journal, 2010-01-17; this is old news, but I found it interesting and wanted to include it)
Pursuing nonsprawling city growth with major brownfield redevelopment: the Sacramento Railyards (NRDC Switchboard, 2012-10-19)
Sacramento bicyclists: Don’t get ‘Jerry Browned’ (Sacramento News & Review, 2012-10-18)
Pedestrian on I-5 downtown hit by 3 vehicles (SacBee, 2012-10-18)
Event raises $2,700 for family of boys struck by car (SacBee, 2012-10-18)
Cathie Anderson: Folsom could see housing south of Hwy. 50 in 2014 (SacBee, 2012-10-18) Yah! More sprawl! More traffic! More resource use! Yah!
Back-seat Driver: freeway revamps debut in Sacramento region (SacBee, 2012-10-12)
Promising a college, project seeks approval (SacBee, 2012-10-12); this is an example of yet more suburban sprawl, far from transit, that will increase driving and trap residents into having to drive everywhere
Fundraising car wash for brothers brings flock of volunteers, cars (SacBee, 2012-10-14); Boy, 6, remains in coma, older brother released after car struck both (SacBee, 2012-10-11)
Pedestrian dies after hit by vehicle in S. Sac (SacBee, 2012-10-08)
Long awaited Lincoln bypass to open Monday (SacBee, 2012-10-05); Seen this bad movie before (Systemic Failure, 2012-10-11)
Update: Citrus Heights police ID suspect in crash that injured two children (SacBee 2012-10-05)
More streets to go on ‘road diet’ (SacBee 2012-10-04); Bike lanes coming to downtown (City of Sacramento, 2012-08-30)
Search continues for driver connected to pedestrian fatally injured in Arden Arcade (SacBee 2012-10-02)
Cycle Helmets Debate Continues (SacBee 2012-10-05)
Sacramento firm racking up sales in bike docks (SacBee 2012-06-08)
A Better Shop Class, Bicycle Times, Volume 017, May 2012 (not available online, you must look at the print or iPad edition): a short article about the bike repair program at Met Sacramento, a local high school
Sacramento buses flash their location via the web (SacBee 2012-06-17)
Capitol corridor hums along (SacBee 2012-06-17)
News seems light this period, which may be a good thing. So far as I can determine, no pedestrians or bicyclists were killed, or injured badly enough for it to show up in the Sacramento Bee. The search page I look at is http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/type-of-crime/traffic-accidents/.
Three Strikes Bill Would Terminate Licenses of Serial Dangerous Drivers (Streetsblog 2012-05-30)
Congress raises a middle finger to young bicyclists (Grist 2012-05-24)
Sacramento bike parking experiment will continue for 3 weeks (SacBee 2012-05-30)
Bike Friendly? (Sac News & Review 2012-05-31)
Drive throughs drive up profits for more companies (USA today 2012-05-21; included here because it references Citrus Heights, and drive throughs are incompatible with the city’s greenhouse gas reduction goals)
Woman arrested for DUI after multiple Sacramento collisions (SacBee 2012-06-01)
Rider writes about Sacramento light-rail adventures (2012-05-22 SacBee)
Viewpoints: Bright future for rail yard (2012-05-27 SacBee)
National Coalition For Safer Roads Releases First-Ever Report Revealing Red-Light Running Data And Trends Across The U.S. (2012-05-25 SacBee)
Follow the rules of the road and stay safe when you’re on a bike (2012-05-23 SacBee)
The Streetsblog family of blogs (NYC, LA, SF, and Capitol Hill) has Daily News posts, and for the NYC, The Weekly Carnage. I find these useful for picking up interesting information I’d otherwise miss. Though I probably only average one click per list, it is still useful. Maybe this would be useful for Sacramento. Please let me know if it is useful, and please pass along articles that you think I might miss. The only news sources that I regularly follow are the Sacramento Bee and The Sacramento News & Review, but even there I sometimes miss things.
Bicycle advocates chalk up successes of Bike Month (2012-05-17 SacBee)
Dutchman completes an emotional win (2012-05-21 SacBee)
Pedestrian hit while crossing Arden Arcade street dies of injuries (2012-05-17 SacBee)
Viewpoints: Not just about highways (2012-05-20 SacBee)
Registration Opens for Annual ‘Rex Ride’ (2012-05-18 SacBee)
City might relax business parking requirements (2012-05-18 Sacramento Business Journal)
Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen Preparing Fourth Annual Scavenger Hunt (2012-05-15 Sacramento Press)
Minivan hits girl on bike in Antelope area (2012-05-14 News 10)
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