Category: City of Sacramento
RydeFreeRT status
The City of Sacramento FY 2024-2025 budget, to be adopted at the June 11 council meeting, includes $250K for the RydeFreeRT program. The original proposal from City Manager Howard Chan was to withdraw from the program completely, but Mayor Darrel Steinberg requested that $250K be retained for the free student fares. Councilmember Mai Vang might … Continue reading RydeFreeRT status
high quality bus stops
The City of Sacramento is reconstructing a number of roadways. In most cases the bus stop facilities on those roads is very much less than optimal. The city is prioritizing other uses of streets, even on streets with high-frequency bus routes, such as SacRT route 51 on Broadway. These low quality bus stops lessen convenience … Continue reading high quality bus stops
next chance to support RydeFreeRT
The City of Sacramento Measure U Community Advisory Council will meet Monday, May 20, 5:30 PM. The city's funding for RydeFreeRT program, which the city manager has proposed for elimination, is part of Measure U, Youth: Citywide Support section of the budget, page 11 of agenda item 4: Overview of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Measure … Continue reading next chance to support RydeFreeRT
SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan has proposed in the 2024-2025 budget to 'eliminate the free fare transit program' (RydeFree RT), under Citywide Strategies on page 52. The Budget and Audit Committee, and Sacramento City Council, had their initial discussion yesterday of the staff proposal of the reductions necessary to balance the budget's $66M deficit. STAR … Continue reading SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
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
Broadway bus stops #3
We have added a column for sidewalk width at bus stops to the bus stop table, below, and created a map of stops between 5th Street and 18th Street, at end. The reason for collecting sidewalk width is to determine if the sidewalk space is already sufficient for bus stop amenities, such as benches, shelter, … Continue reading Broadway bus stops #3
Broadway bus stops #2
More detail on each bus stop has been compiled and added to the table in the previous post. The 'shared b/b' column indicates the width of the shared bus stop and bike lane at these stops. The area will be painted with dashed green bike lane markings. You may need to scroll right to view … Continue reading Broadway bus stops #2
Broadway bus stops
The Broadway Complete Streets project affects SacRT bus service, Route 51 Stockton/Broadway, and Route 11 Natomas/Land Park, along the section of Broadway between 3rd Street and 24th Street. An earlier post talked about the effects on bus service: Broadway and Route 51, but this one is specifically about bus stops. At a single location within the … Continue reading Broadway bus stops
Broadway and Route 51
The SacRT Route 51 Stockton/Broadway bus runs along Broadway between 8th/9th streets (8th Street for northbound buses and 9th Street for southbound buses), and Stockton Blvd to the east. Route 51 is one of the few high-frequency routes in the SacRT network, at 15 minutes. Route 11 Natomas/Land Park also runs on Broadway between 3rd-5th … Continue reading Broadway and Route 51
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 