Tag: beg buttons

• What City of Sacramento ISN’T doing

  The City of Sacramento, that bastion of doing the least amount possible, has failed to notice that progressive cities in the US and worldwide are making changes to their environment to make is safer for people who walk and bicycle, and more efficient and welcoming for people outside of cars. What the city is NOT…

  Dan Allison

  2022/09/24

  bikeability, City of Sacramento, walkability

  beg buttons, crosswalks, daylighting, failure to yield, leading pedestrian interval, LPI, parking, sidewalks, traffic diverter

• whither Sacramento Vision Zero?

  The City of Sacramento adopted Vision Zero in 2017, and developed a Vision Zero Action Plan in 2018. The plan identified five high injury corridors for projects to slow traffic and increase safety for walkers and bicyclists. The city then developed a plan for these five corridors in 2021. The city has obtained grants for…

  Dan Allison

  2022/08/18

  Vision Zero

  beg buttons, City of Sacramento, crash investigation, high injury intersections, leading pedestrian interval, speed, Vision Zero, Vision Zero Action Plan

• beg button signs

  

  The Manual for Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), and the California equivalent, are standards for the design and placement of traffic control signs. They have the force of law for any federal or state funded roadways, but there is no enforcement mechanism, so signs that do not meet these standards can certainly be found, both…

  Dan Allison

  2020/04/04

  walkability

  audible signal, beg buttons, Don Kostelec, MUTCD

• Don’t touch that button!

  Here in the city of Sacramento, most signalized intersections have beg buttons, the button you press to get the pedestrian crossing. Some of these are on auto-recall, which is what it is called when the pedestrian crossing (the white walker symbol) comes on every cycle. Most of them are not; the pedestrian crossing will never…

  Dan Allison

  2020/03/20

  walkability

  beg buttons, corona virus, pedestrian signal

• Grid 2.0 pedestrian comments

  The City of Sacramento Grid 2.0 project is requesting specific input on ways to improve the pedestrian experience in midtown/downtown. I encourage you to go there and add your pins. Dropping pins on a map, however, doesn’t allow some more general comments that I think are very important, and perhaps just as important as any of…

  Dan Allison

  2015/07/23

  walkability

  beg buttons, City of Sacramento, crosswalks, Grid 2.0, pedestrian experience, recall, sidewalks, signals, three-lane