Truxel Bridge stakeholder meeting

For earlier posts on Truxel Bridge, see category Truxel Bridge. The City of Sacramento hosted a meeting for stakeholders about the Truxel Bridge yesterday. The city on January 10, 2024 hosted a Community Conversation, and also offered an online questionnaire, which is now closed. City and consultant staff opened with and repeated that this meeting … Continue reading Truxel Bridge stakeholder meeting →

AB 1924 for SacRT annexation

Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (District 10) introduced AB 1924: Sacramento Regional Transit District, on January 25, and amended March 6. Co-authors include Assembly members Heath Flora (District 9), Josh Hoover (District 7), and Kevin McCarty (District 6), and Senate members Angelique Ashby (District 8) and Roger Niello (District 6). The legislation would amend Public Utilities Code … Continue reading AB 1924 for SacRT annexation →

SacRT Board meeting March 11

The SacRT Board of Directors meeting will be this coming Monday, March 11, 2024, starting at 4:30PM. The agenda does not appear to include anything earthshaking or controversial. The public can attend the meeting in person, at SacRT Headquarters, 1400 29th St, or view it online via YouTube during the meeting, or afterwards on cable. … Continue reading SacRT Board meeting March 11 →

SacRT Bus Stop Improvement Plan

SacRT's Bus Stop Improvement Plan was completed in February 2023, after considerable community outreach and research by partner Civic Thread. The plan did not cover all bus stops in the system (more than 3200), but focused on low-quality stops on routes in lower-income and communities of color. bus stop with no amenities, San Juan Ave … Continue reading SacRT Bus Stop Improvement Plan →

SacRT electric or hydrogen?

After being all-in on battery electric buses, SacRT is now considering hydrogen fuel cell buses as well. SacRT is hardly alone in this. Long transit routes, or operations challenged by weather extremes, may be better suited for hydrogen than battery electric. Though the quality of electric buses was low initially, it appears that most of … Continue reading SacRT electric or hydrogen? →

SacRT Board votes to reduce representation for Sac City and Sac County

Note: The table below, showing board members and voting percentage compared to population, was updated to include the City of Sacramento proposal by board member Rick Jennings, option 5. Though this proposal was described in the text, it was not included in the table. The city proposal chart, included in the board agenda item, is … Continue reading SacRT Board votes to reduce representation for Sac City and Sac County →

Civic Thread plan for SacRT mobility hubs

Civic Thread has obtained a $550K grant from California Air Resources Board (CARB) for study of mobility hub locations for SacRT. The grant is under the FY 2022-2023 Planning and Capacity Building (Planning), Clean Mobility in Schools (CMIS), and the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project (STEP) program. For the grant awards announcement: Lead Applicant: WALKSacramento, dba … Continue reading Civic Thread plan for SacRT mobility hubs →