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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… Read more
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Parking Benefit Districts
Paid parking can solve congestion and fund neighborhood improvements. When revenue stays local and benefits are visible, paid parking can also be politically popular. Read more
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A first timer’s report about attending the 2025 Strong Towns National Gathering in Providence, Rhode Island
Written by Michael Bevens The National Gathering officially started on Monday morning, June 9th, with a workshop run by Incremental Development Alliance about becoming a small scale developer which I had taken back in Sacramento. In the morning, I met most of the other Strong SacTown attendees and we all enjoyed breakfast at a nice,… Read more
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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… Read more
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5th Street: A Cinderella Story
If you frequent downtown Sacramento, you’ve likely noticed the recent changes on 5th Street. Until September 2024, 5 th St. (aka the Street), was a two-lane, one-way street – widening to three lanes, north of N – that served to shuffle cars northbound through downtown, past the state capitol. A steady river of traffic raced past… Read more
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Bulk Controls
“Bulk controls” are an important type of planning and zoning regulation. But these regulations can go too far when they restrict or even ban some of our most cost-effective housing types. Read more