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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City Council Candidate Questionnaire
We asked candidates running for the Sacramento City Council 10 questions built around Strong Towns concepts like fiscal solvency and community resilience. See the responses below, categorized by district. District 1 Jennifer “Jenn” Chawla – No Response Lisa KaplanVenkat Mechineni District 3 Karina Talamantes – No Response District 5 Caity Maple – No ResponseHenry Harry…
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My City by the Bay
In April 2026, my bestie and I stayed in San Francisco for a few days; because driving and parking in the City is as close as you can get to hell on earth, we got to experience SF like a local: using Muni and our chevro-legs to get around. Plus the weather was perfect, so…
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Save the 6-Plex: Council Workshop This Tuesday (4/14)
Staff are proposing standards that would keep traditional 6-plexes banned in most of Sacramento. Let Council know this Tuesday that we need to save the 6-plex.
