Tag: reallocation

• street design contexts

  People have commented on my series of street design posts, online and Twitter and in person, with many questions about how to fix existing streets. My focus so far has been on new and reconstructed streets. Obviously fixing existing streets is a critical issue, and I’m not wanting to neglect it, but part of my…

  Dan Allison

  2023/03/29

  Street Design Standards

  complete streets, mitigation, reallocation, reconstructed streets

• Restaurant space update

  There are now several more allocations of sidewalk and roadway space in Sacramento for restaurant outside dining, since my May 28 post (https://gettingaroundsac.blog/2020/05/28/restaurant-space/). I have created an album on Flickr of my photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/allisondan/albums/72157715113286843. I am not claiming that I have an exhaustive archive, there may well be other locations that I have not run…

  Dan Allison

  2020/07/15

  livability

  reallocation, restaurants, Sacramento

• restaurant space

  

  Sacramento has implemented changes to the streets along 18th Street and along Capitol Avenue and L Street near the intersection of the three. There may be other locations in Sacramento, but I’m not aware of them. The first example, along L Street at 18th Street, is for Aïoli | Bodega Española. The sidewalk has been…

  Dan Allison

  2020/05/28

  livability

  physical distancing, reallocation, restaurants, Sacramento

• non-essential driving

  The last month has brought an awareness to many people about what essential is. I doubt if you asked people in January who the essential workers are, you would have gotten an answer that matched who turned out to be essential. I probably would have missed most of them. It is not the rich, or…

  Dan Allison

  2020/04/20

  transportation

  Barcelona superblocks, essential, non-essential travel, parking, pricing, reallocation

• Sac Grid 2.0 additions

  The Sac Grid 2.0 plan is a good one which I mostly support, but I have had, and do, and will have, some suggestions that I think would improved it. Access to and from the Sacramento Valley Station (Amtrak) is of critical importance for walkers, bicyclists, and transit users. Bicycling and walking are handicapped by the one-way…

  Dan Allison

  2015/11/11

  transportation

  bicyclist, Chicago Complete Streets, pedestrian, reallocation, SacGrid, Sacramento Valley Station