walkability: LJUrban & Newton Booth: Sustainability in Motion
- 01/25/07 04:33 AM
"LJUrban & Newton Booth: Sustainability in Motion"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real Estate Sacramento has many walkable urbane neighborhoods, but in Midtown--the granddaddy of walkability in the region--the core issue becomes preserving local history and the fabric of the community while meeting the needs of growth, sustainability, and quality of life.More and more people are returning to some of Sacramento's oldest neighbors, choosing livability over square footage and lively variety over, well, shades of beige. Certainly the trend towards larger and larger homes over the past decades has been driven by market "wants", but we're now seeing a generation--my generation--that … (0 comments)
walkability: [Sacramento] Pedicabs--Coming to a Block Near You?
- 01/14/07 07:44 AM
Pedicabs--Coming to a Block Near You?by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real Estate From Julie Sontag with the City of Sacramento (by way of Brooks Truitt): As promised, the pedicab ordinance will go before the City Council's Law and Legislation Committee on Tuesday, January 16. The Committee will review the ordinance and make a recommendation to the City Council. The meeting starts at 12:30 p.m. and takes place in the Council Chamber, located on the first floor of the new City Hall at 915 I Street.This meeting is open to the public. If you have comments, questions, praise, or concerns, you're welcome … (2 comments)
walkability: Making Sacramento (more) walkable
- 01/10/07 12:39 PM
Released in September 2006, the City of Sacramento's Pedestrian Master Plan: Making Sacramento the Walking Capital was recently named the SACOG Salutes Project of the Year for 2006 by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) for outstanding and innovative efforts in the Sacramento region in the areas of transportation, smart growth planning and air quality.In it, the plan outlines ways in which pedestrian needs and walkability will be addressed at the planning stages for new projects and what can be done in existing neighborhoods to make these areas more pedestrian-friendly: wider sidewalks, better lighting, improved street-crossings.While this is a step … (4 comments)
"LJUrban & Newton Booth: Sustainability in Motion"by Rob McQuade, ABR, Sacramento REALTOR®Sacramento CA Real Estate
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