Below is a link to a July 20, 2025 video from Jason Slaughter's 'Not Just Bikes' YouTube channel. The video is ostensibly about trams and streetcars, but I also find it to be a nice encapsulation of many topics that our own advocacy groups address in their respective forums: Defining what factors are needed for … Continue reading NotJustBikes: “Trams are Great! So why are the Streetcars SO BAD!?”
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Public Comments | Indeed, Being Heard
A follow-on for my post on August 01, 2025: Public Comments | Being Heard (??) Today's post is to highlight very real progress made by SacRT Staff to be more inclusive and transparent with the public and to provide explicit responses to public comment. As of the July 28, 2025 board meeting, there is a … Continue reading Public Comments | Indeed, Being Heard
Public Comments | Being Heard (??)
Chair Jennings has expressed a couple of times in recent meetings that the board hears the concerns of the public and regards them as important input for the betterment of SacRT. I appreciate that sentiment, and that it was expressed. Active hearing and straightforward responses foster trust in both directions. I am privileged to have … Continue reading Public Comments | Being Heard (??)
SacRT 2025-2026 Budget | Capital Budget
My general concerns about the Capital portion of the SacRT budget document as presented to the public to date: Generally, I feel the document reads too much like an accounting of funding procurements, with not enough details as to: Time-bounded $ allocations. When is an allocation intended to be used – Either a date or … Continue reading SacRT 2025-2026 Budget | Capital Budget
Mobility Challenges | Siemens Low-Floor Cars
STAR members are hearing from mobility-challenged patrons the same issues raised again-and-again related to the Siemens low-floor light rail cars. The overall silence from SacRT implies either a lack of action related to the observations or a lack of effective communication with those who are raising the concerns. The issues can be divided generally into … Continue reading Mobility Challenges | Siemens Low-Floor Cars
STAR PARTNERSHIP | Amalgamated Transit Union
STAR has recently become acquainted with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 256 members and has opened communication channels and dialog. STAR is hoping to foster a partnership with ATU in order to yield strengthened transit-oriented voices that can come to the table as a coalition and pursue like-minded goals. During the past month a STAR action … Continue reading STAR PARTNERSHIP | Amalgamated Transit Union
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 