Incremental & Mixed-Use Neighborhoods
Let neighborhoods grow incrementally with duplexes, cottage courts, and corner stores instead of freezing them in place.
Transparent Accounting
Sacramento’s budget hides the true cost of its infrastructure. We’re working to change that so residents can follow the money.
End Parking Subsidies
“Free” parking costs everyone through higher rents, taxes, and groceries — even those who don’t drive.
Safe & Productive Streets
Highway-style streets are killing pedestrians and business. We’re pushing for designs that naturally slow traffic and make walking safe.
End Highway Expansion
Widening highways doesn’t fix congestion — it makes it worse. Let’s invest in safer streets and stronger neighborhoods instead.
Street Design Standards →
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50 Years of Bicycle Policy in Davis, CA
I had the great pleasure of reading Theodore Buehler’s 2007 dissertation, Fifty Years of Bicycle Policy in Davis, CA. In this work, Buehler covers how Davis became the cycling capital that we know it as today, along with identifying what challenges were faced by the city since the 1990s due to the slowing of bicycle…
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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.
News →
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Our Letter on City Budget Transparency for FY26-27
On March 18, 2026, our Budget & Transparent Accounting Working Group submitted a letter to the City’s Budget and Audit Committee asking for the budgeting process to be clearer and more transparent for average people. Suggestions ranged from a mailer with city budget basics to an interactive “Build your own budget” dashboard.
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Sacramento’s Suburban Experiment
Since World War II, Sacramento has been running its most expensive experiment: build everything around the car, approve endless suburban subdivisions, and worry about the costs later. The bills are now due.
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Local Group Transforms Street Parking outside Midtown Farmers Market into Public Seating for Park(ing) Day
We transformed 4 parking spots into a pop-up community oasis at the Midtown Farmers Market for Parking Day 2025! We set out 8 homemade benches, shade tents, chairs, a table, and free water which were enjoyed by over 100 market-goers from 9am-1pm. Instead of customers buying their food and leaving the market, they could sit…
