• Proposed Trump budget slices needed federal funding for Sacramento streetcars, light rail (SacBee 2017-03-16)
• Sting snares 13 who misuse disabled parking placards near state Capitol (SacBee 2017-03-16)
• A parking meter by an empty lot? West Sacramento parking fee premature, some argue. (SacBee 2017-03-14)
• Sacramento RT partnership with advertising firm makes rolling billboards of area’s light-rail cars (SacBee 2017-03-13)
• CHP tickets Casa Roble students’ cars while they’re in class (SacBee 2017-03-13); also Bike and Trains
• Mayor says Old Sacramento needs more splash. Is it time for a new name, too? (SacBee 2017-03-12); also about access between Old Sac and rest of city

• Could Sacramento’s downtown get by with less parking? Some say yes (SacBee 2017-03-10)
• Light-rail service to Historic Folsom resumes after long disruption due to truck damage (SacBee 2017-03-08); Light-rail service to Historic Folsom to resume Wednesday (SacBee 2017-03-07)
• Can smarter bus routes help save Regional Transit? (SacBee 2017-03-07)
• Back-Seat Driver: California transit chiefs wonder: Will Trump ding them in his budget? (SacBee 2017-03-06)
• New GPS technology will help keep trains from crashing. Why is it taking so long to arrive? (SacBee 2017-03-06)

• Bike trail mostly reopens after water recedes along American River (SacBee 2017-03-02)
• Sacramento transit agency wants to shake up its bus routes (SacBee 2017-02-28)
• 30-day walking challenge: Readers share how they’ve kept walking (SacBee 2017-02-27)
• Taxes are on the table as push for California road funding intensifies (SacBee 2017-02-27)
• Back-Seat Driver: This winter has bashed the heck out of California roads (SacBee 2017-02-27)

• Walk This Way (SacTown Magazine 2017-Feb/Mar)
• Here’s how to see Northern California while keeping your carbon footprint minimal (SacBee 2017-02-24)
• Repairs to damaged light-rail equipment in Folsom nearly complete (SacBee 2017-02-23)
• Restored Sacramento train depot offers glimpse of past and future (SacBee 2017-02-23)
• Tahoe officials tackle congestion, say wider roads not part of the solution (SacBee 2017-02-22)

The news this week has been full of Oroville Dam and road closures due to flooding and mudslides. Despite all our spending on infrastructure, nature is still in charge.

• Democrats should find room in the car for Republicans (SacBee 2017-02-16)
• Rough weather puts rails at risk in Northern California (SacBee 2017-02-15)
• Think you didn’t deserve that parking ticket? Here’s why you may be right. (SacBee 2017-02-13); and other topics

Governor Brown pitches Sacramento’s streetcar to Trump (SacBee 2017-02-09)

• Reimagine a K Street pedestrian mall (SacBee 2017-02-05)
• Storms, equipment failures contribute to mounting delays on Capitol Corridor trains (SacBee 2017-02-03)
• At Sacramento Regional Transit, the glass is half-full, but so is the rain bucket (SacBee 2017-01-30)
• Soapbox: California’s transportation funding package must do more for public transit (SacBee 2017-01-30)
• Back=Seat Driver: Heavy rains sprout potholes; here’s where to call to get them fixed (SacBee 2017-01-30); also ConnectCard, bike share, and autonomous cars

• Region’s traditional malls surviving, some better than others (SacBee 2017-01-29); malls depend on greenfield development, with new, high income homes; without that they eventually fail
• Large Sacramento downtown property owners to vote on streetcar tax (SacBee 2017-01-25)
• Regional Transit caught off guard by crowds at women’s march (SacBee 2017-01-23)
• Why did Sacramento commuter train suddenly jolt? Amtrak isn’t saying (SacBee 2017-01-23)
• Pay more or move – tough choice faces UC Davis students in tight rental market (SacBee 2017-01-23); transportation and housing are intricately linked, and you can’t solve one in isolation
• Rockslide closes Lake Natoma bike trail (SacBee 2017-01-23)

• California drivers: Say goodbye to the Botts Dot, the bump that made your car go thump (SacBee 2017-01-21)
• McKinley Village development will add traffic, but city says that’s OK (SacBee 2017-01-20)
• Big Placer County development gets key approval. What’s coming next. (SacBee 2017-01-17)
• Those who use California roads should pay to fix them (SacBee 2017-01-17)
• Back-Seat Driver: RT debates beer ads on buses, Sacramento targets traffic-accident injuries, and Pioneer Bridge is peeling again (SacBee 2017-01-16)

A new neighborhood rises from the empty blocks of midtown’s southern edge (SacBee 2017-01-09)