Eyes on the Street: Sacramento’s First Cycle Track Appears Near Amtrak
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Sacramento's first protected bikeway turns out to be a hint of many good things to come in terms of bike infrastructure in the city.
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Bike Month: What’s Happening in the Sacramento Region
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We know that putting together a comprehensive compendium of every Bike Month activity in California is probably impossible, but we're going to make an effort to highlight some of the fun being planned in various areas. First stop: the state capital, Sacramento.
What Will It Take for Sacramento to Make Walking Safer in Poor Neighborhoods?
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Police and city planners in Sacramento have come under scrutiny in the weeks since police were caught on tape assaulting Nandi Cain, Jr., a black man, during a jaywalking stop. Cain, who was legally using an unmarked crosswalk, has since filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city. Now, reporters are looking into why there are so few marked crosswalks in one of Sacramento's poorest areas.
Transportation Sales Tax Measures on the Ballot: Sacramento’s Measure B
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Sales taxes may not the best way to fund transportation, but there are fifteen new sales tax measures on November ballots in California. Streetsblog has already written about similar measures in Los Angeles and the Central Valley, and will be covering Bay Area ones in the coming days. Here, we take a look at one […]
City of Sacramento Gets a New Active Transportation Planner
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After two national searches, Sacramento recently hired Jennifer Donlon Wyant, formerly of Alta Planning, as its Active Transportation Program Specialist within the Department of Public Works. She is one of only two transportation planners in the department. The new hire comes just as Sacramento has elected a new mayor (Former Senate leader Darrell Steinberg), its […]