Scott Ford

Reminder! If you’re working on, or just interested in, HOW DOWNTOWNS CAN BE more successful, strong & strategic, especially post-pandemic, explore the Downtown Sacramento Livability Strategy @scottford.bsky.social & I co-authored for the Downtown Sacramento Parnership this past year.

Game-changer!

26.05.2025 00:01 — 👍 53    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 1

Sacramento leads the nation with first-ever bus-mounted technology for automated bike lane enforcement - Sacramento City Express Automated bike lane enforcement is launching in Sacramento, making it the first city in California — and in the United States — to enforce bike lanes using technology installed on transit buses, throu...

Prioritizing obstruction-free bicycle lanes enhances road safety for all users, sending a clear message that saving lives is more important than enabling speed.

Dynamic curb management strategies help build and sustain strong neighborhood fundamentals.

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18.04.2025 03:31 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Traffic congestion is alleviated through investment in quality, high frequency transit service, not by widening highways. Inspiring to see so many daily users on Sacramento Regional Transit, many of them representing the next generation of mobility champions and community leaders.

30.01.2025 18:37 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you — endless ways to help advance smart growth initiatives. Attending public meetings, communicating to local, state, and federal representatives that healthy downtown neighborhoods, multimodal streets, and reducing self-imposed barriers to housing production are very helpful in advancement.

29.01.2025 14:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Building upon key recommendations from 2024’s ULI Technical Advisory Panel, @downtownsac.bsky.social partnered with Capitol Mall stakeholders & the City of Sacramento to enhance a GREEN linear parkway connecting Capitol Park to the Sacramento Riverfront. www.downtownsac.org/wp-content/u...

28.01.2025 04:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Delivering housing types at ALL levels of affordability, not just “affordable” housing, is a critical component of a healthy downtown neighborhood and serves as a natural rent stabilizer — even in high-demand areas.
Read more here: www.downtownsac.org/about/report... @brenttoderian.bsky.social

19.01.2025 15:31 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Adding to the growing body of evidence showing that OPENING STREETS and PRIORITIZING PEOPLE over cars helps to create a destination worth arriving at —last year, our historic district saw an 8% increase in pedestrian activity in places designed to facilitate social interactions over vehicle storage.

18.01.2025 18:06 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Q&A with Scott Ford of Downtown Sacramento Partnership Downtown Sacramento Partnership deputy director Scott Ford talks urban housing, how to build a more walkable and bike-friendly environment, and more.

Always an inspiring dialogue with Rob Turner and the @sactownmagazine.bsky.social team on ways to improve our built environment, concentrate investments at location-efficient sites, and facilitate enhanced community development in our regional nucleus. www.sactownmag.com/qa-with-scot...

22.12.2024 17:59 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Honored to collaborate with @brenttoderian.bsky.social as we help to recalibrate out-dated, single-dimensional development patterns into mixed-use and stronger urban mosaics 🏙️

22.12.2024 16:18 — 👍 22    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Great to have urbanist @scottford.bsky.social join us on Bluesky, my collaborator & client in the recently released (and game-changing) Downtown Sacramento Livability Strategy we co-wrote. Watch Scott’s new series of videos on the Strategy, & follow him here! #UrbanistShoutOut youtu.be/lpI2z37Q8KE

22.12.2024 15:58 — 👍 43    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 0

Office-to-Hotel Conversion for 700 J Street in Downtown Sacramento - San Francisco YIMBY New renderings have been released following the property sale of the historic Bank building at 700 J Street in Downtown Sacramento. The plans first...

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22.12.2024 14:58 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Great example of a STRATEGIC office conversion — historic building eligible for incentives, reasonably small floor plate with natural light bays, and a prime location. The Eleanor Hotel project will remove obsolete office supply, activate a key corner, and deliver much-needed hotel room inventory.

22.12.2024 14:58 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1