Incremental Housing and Mixed-Use Zoning
Let’s face it, housing has been static for decades due to arbitrary zoning laws. This is one of the major causes of the homelessness crisis and skyrocketing housing costs in our city. Housing is not an investment commodity – it’s essential for our community.
Transparent Accounting
You can’t fix what you don’t see. Like many cities, Sacramento’s budget is complicated. Because it includes so many projects, and is funded by many different revenue sources, it’s impossible for most people to understand. This type of budgeting hides the true cost of deferred maintenance and the city’s ability to pay for basic services.
Ending Parking Subsidies
Land is valuable in our city, and we need to make sure it’s used productively and provides value. Free storage for privately owned vehicles wastes an average of 162 sq. ft. per spot, worth around $64,800. Do you think this is a good use of our land?
Street Design Standards →
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Things That Work: Traffic Posts
You don’t often hear news about the crashes that didn’t happen. Today we’d like to highlight something already making real-world safety impacts in Sacramento: traffic posts (aka. delineators) on 15th & 16th Streets in Downtown. These traffic posts reduce the speed of cars (and severity of injuries) as well as channelize traffic – stopping cars […]
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Active Street Typology
Active streets form the backbone of the active transportation network.
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The Next Smallest Step – Clean Air Day Event in Tallac Village
Join us for a neighborhood outreach event in South Sacramento for Clean Air Day to show how we can clear the air by reclaiming streets from vehicle traffic for people walking, rolling, and biking!
News →
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Things That Work: Traffic Posts
You don’t often hear news about the crashes that didn’t happen. Today we’d like to highlight something already making real-world safety impacts in Sacramento: traffic posts (aka. delineators) on 15th & 16th Streets in Downtown. These traffic posts reduce the speed of cars (and severity of injuries) as well as channelize traffic – stopping cars […]
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Escaping the Housing Trap Book Club, Part 3
Join us in reading the latest Strong Towns book, Escaping the Housing Trap, and let’s discuss the Strong Towns approach to housing development and how we can work to heal our housing market.
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November 2024 Monthly Meeting
Our November monthly meeting will hear from Jennifer Donlon-Wyant, City of Sacramento’s Transportation Planning Manager and Strong SacTown member Matt Anderson, both speaking on safe and productive street design.
