The Sacramento City Council will consider approving a contract Tuesday for a project which aims to link bicycle and pedestrian traffic between Land Park and Curtis Park. The Sacramento City College Bicycle/Pedestrian Improvements Project will create a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly route on 12th Avenue between 23rd Street and Panther Parkway, according to a city staff report. The route will link with the light-rail station, and eventually, with Sacramento City College via a pedestrian bridge that will extend from the parking-garage area on the college campus, over the train tracks and into the proposed Curtis Park Village development, according to the report. A bike lane will also be

Sacramento City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday to discuss a proposed drive-through McDonald’s on the corner of Stockton Boulevard and 2nd Avenue in Oak Park. “This is unique site,” said Lindsey Alagozian, senior planner for the city. “It’s an infill lot that has been vacant for some time and both the city and the community want it revitalized.” The proposed McDonald’s is a long-running debate as community groups including Healthy Development for Oak Park, WALK Sacramento and Oak Park Neighborhood Association express concerns about safety, pedestrian and bike access, appropriate land use, proposed hours and quality of life. More than 1,700 residents signed a petiti

Downtown Sacramento is going to get more bicycle-friendly over the next year and a half, as the City Council gave the nod for the Department of Transportation to begin planning more bicycle lanes for downtown streets Tuesday night. “The intent of the project is to create bike lanes on some of the most traveled downtown streets,” said Ed Cox, the city’s pedestrian and bicycle coordinator. The project will be completed in two phases. The first phase involves painting bicycle lanes on a number of streets that are already wide enough to handle the bikeways without losing any lanes or parking spaces, Cox said Wednesday. “We’re looking at J Street, I Street, Ninth Street, Fifth Street, 10th S

Businesses in the heart of Sacramento still have time to order free capital city-inspired bike racks as National Bike Month winds down. The city's Department of Transportation has installed 81 racks since a pilot bicycle parking program launched last year. That means there are still another 19 left out of 100 rack installations planned to help build a bike-friendly downtown. Their unique appearance has earned them the nickname "Sac racks." Each green rack comes with a Capitol bicycle logo — an identifying symbol made from fusing the silhouette of a tiny two-wheeler inside the outline of a Capitol dome, said city Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Ed Cox, who designed the logo. The bike