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  On Thursday, April 19, WALKSacramento and partner Ubuntu Green led a community walk around The Avenues neighborhood (roughly northeast of the Highway 99 and 47th Avenue intersection, as well as MLK Jr Way) to document challenges to transportation, access to healthy food and other services and, and safety.  15 parents and five youth from […]

WALKSacramento recently sent a letter to the Sacramento County Planning and Community Development Department commenting on the Davis Property project proposal.  We recommended the site plan be redesigned to include more homes that could take better advantage of the site’s closeness to Fair Oaks Village. Davis Property, a residential project proposed for a seven acre

On Thursday, March 8, community members and stakeholders gathered at the Colonial Heights Library community room to review ways to address the safety conditions along Fruitridge Road from Stockton Blvd east to 65th.  High speed and other conditions led to the tragic death of Michelle Murigi in January 2012 and spurred calls to improve road

Sacramento has seen significant improvements for people who walk and bike thanks to an established Complete Streets policy in the city’s General Plan.  Yet in the past six weeks, two pedestrians have been struck and killed while walking in marked crosswalks in the Fruitridge neighborhood of Sacramento. That’s why WALKSacramento and friends gathered with Congresswoman

Registration is now open for Pedestrians Count! 2012: Successes, Challenges and Data. WALKSacramento and a host of other great partners are helping California WALKS put together this workshop on current pedestrian planning strategies and advocacy. Session topics will include walkability to transit and TOD, Sustainable Communities Strategies, health equity, and pedestrian data collection. Statewide professionals,