Tag: City of Sacramento

Truxel Bridge online community questionnaire

The City of Sacrament opened an online community questionnaire on the Truxel Bridge project. The video on the questionnaire page reiterates that the city is not seeking comments on the need for the bridge, but just the details of the alignment and cross-section. If you haven't, please read the city's Truxel Bridge Concept and Feasibility … Continue reading Truxel Bridge online community questionnaire →

Sac General Plan update supports transit

City of Sacramento is updating its general plan to 2040. Several changes to the draft have improved support for transit. Between guidance provided by city council for the General Plan update and the current draft, there was a swing to less progressive and impactful language in the General Plan, but with the latest draft, there … Continue reading Sac General Plan update supports transit →

comments on Sac CAAP

The City of Sacramento has released the preliminary draft (whatever that means) of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. The adaptation chapter is missing, promised for later. The plan's transit section is in Chapter 6, Transportation section, Measure TR-2: Support Public Transit Improvements to Achieve 11% Public Transit Mode Share by 2030 and Maintain Through … Continue reading comments on Sac CAAP →

STAR letter on Sac City Transportation & Climate Workshop

STAR has sent a letter to Sacramento City Council, for consideration in the Transportation & Climate Workshop upcoming on February 8, 2022 (council meeting starts 5:00PM, this agenda item is 19). The letter is below and in pdf. STAR's comments are related to recommendation #7, which we introduced in Sacramento transit enhancement. The agenda item … Continue reading STAR letter on Sac City Transportation & Climate Workshop →

Sacramento transit enhancement

The City of Sacramento is holding a city council workshop on Tuesday, February 8, 5:00PM. The purpose of the workshop is to gather input to help the city realign its transportation policies and project with its climate change objectives (they are far, far from in alignment now). The workshop will focus on reducing VMT, not … Continue reading Sacramento transit enhancement →

Sacramento Valley Station presentation May 9

SacTRU and STAR are hosting a presentation on Sacramento Valley Station by Chris Flores of SacRT and Greg Taylor of the City of Sacramento on Saturday, May 9. The STAR meeting scheduled for this Saturday, April 25, has been cancelled, see more information below. The meeting (1:00PM on Saturday, May 9) will be held by … Continue reading Sacramento Valley Station presentation May 9 →

Sac Council workshop on transportation

The Sacramento City Council will be meeting on Tuesday, October 29 for a ‘Transportation Funding and Priorities Workshop’. The meeting announcement and agenda is at http://sacramento.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=21&event_id=3561. From 5:00PM to 7:00PM, the council will discuss the staff document, and the public may comment, with the usual two minute limit. At first glance, the list of projects … Continue reading Sac Council workshop on transportation →

Sac light rail TOD ordinance

Sac light rail TOD ordinance

The Sacramento City Council passed the light rail Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ordinance on Tuesday evening. We will have more to say about that shortly, but in this post we will address the concern expressed by many opponents that their property (it was entirely property owners who were opposed) was in the 1/4 mile or … Continue reading Sac light rail TOD ordinance →

Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

The City of Sacramento is developing an ordinance for Transit Oriented Development (TOD), in part due to negative publicity about approval of car-oriented development in close proximity to light rail transit stations. The process is in the early stages, and the draft proposal will be before the Planning & Design Commission on September 20, 6:00PM, … Continue reading Transit Oriented Development (TOD) →