Tag: Street Design Standards
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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!
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Local Street Typology
Local Streets are where motor vehicles are guests, safety for people outside of cars is prioritized, and economic and social vibrancy are promoted.
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Modal Filters
Traffic violence was not a defining issue of Sacramento until cars entered the equation. Modal filters hold the key to re-defining the purpose of neighborhood streets by eliminating through-traffic, supporting local businesses, reversing the suburban experiment, and saving lives.
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Street Typologies Overview
To fulfill the city’s Streets for People goal and the 2040 General Plan, streets must be designed and redesigned in a way that sets a different vision for the purpose of streets.
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Lane Widths
Over 80% of the fatalities and serious injuries on Sacramento roadways happen on streets signed between 30 and 45 mph. Taking a serious approach to Vision Zero will mean addressing these higher-speed, higher-volume roads. Managing street lane widths is one important tool in the toolbox of street (re)design.
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The Importance of Street Design
What is the purpose of the public right of way? In what ways can we transform our communities by redesigning our streets?
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Streets for People – Street Design Standards
We are Strong SacTown — Streets for People Design Group, a group of Sacramentans advocating for updated street designs that will rank safety, livability, and economic vitality above vehicle throughput or speed; where congestion relief will not be the goal in street design.
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Virtual Community Meeting on the City Street Design Standards Amendment!
Join Strong SacTown in having a big presence at the City of Sacramento’s Community Meeting on the Street Design Standards amendment. Share your values and goals for how the City designs its streets.
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Leckdowns: Nature’s Tracing Paper
Every fall season, leaves blanket the street, and cars cut paths through them. The remaining patches of leaves effectively “neck down” the street and represent areas that cars do not fully utilize.