Last minute, but perhaps you didn't have plans for Saturday, or you had plans but they were cancelled...A growing coalition of organizations are putting together a community conversation on Sacramento Region Transportation needs and wants at Sac City College - Student Center on Saturday, July 13th. It will involve the Transportation Measure in 2020.There will interactive presentations, food, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Transportation
Category: general
Regional Attitudes About Transportation
All year long people have been telling me that I should look at the Valley Vision paper "Regional Attitudes About Transportation" published in January 2018. Most of the people, transit and active transportation advocates, were pessimistic about the report, saying it indicates that suburban voters just want more roads and don't care much about other … Continue reading Regional Attitudes About Transportation
Envision Broadway in Oak Park
The City of Sacramento with other partners is undertaking public outreach for a complete streets project on Broadway in Oak Park, with a community meeting on Wednesday, November 7, 4:30 to 6:30. Envision Broadway will impact transit to some degree, since the SacRT Route 51 runs on this section, and Route 68 a small portion. … Continue reading Envision Broadway in Oak Park
Downtown Specific Plan open house Oct 9
The City of Sacramento is holding a community open house on the downtown Specific Plan this Monday, October 9, 5:30PM to 7:30PM, in the city hall lobby at 915 I St. The STAR Action Team talked about the abundance of meetings to attend, and projects to follow, and we are not sure which ones will … Continue reading Downtown Specific Plan open house Oct 9
Sacramento loses out on parking near transit
Friday the "March Madness" parking craters near transit contest started, with Sacramento matched against St. Louis. Unfortunately/fortunately, Sacramento was eliminated in the first round. Jim Adams submitted Sacramento, based on all the state parking lots around the Archives Plaza and 8th & O light rail stations. These parking lots are not dedicated to people using … Continue reading Sacramento loses out on parking near transit
evolving What We Want
The STAR Action Team, a group of about 10 members who form the core of STAR, met recently to update our What We Want document. This document summarizes our objectives for transit in our region. It is not just about SacRT, but about transit in a more general sense. This document is also a discussion … Continue reading evolving What We Want
A regional transit agency
STAR has developed a proposal for a regional transit development agency. This is not "Sacramento Regional Transit" which operates solely with a portion of Sacramento County, but regional in the sense of our region. The region includes Sacramento and Yolo counties, probably Placer county, and perhaps El Dorado, Yuba and Sutter counties. These six counties … Continue reading A regional transit agency
Transportation Convening this Saturday
Capitol Region Organizing Project (CROP) is hosting a Sacramento Transportation Convening this Saturday (January 28), 9:00AM to 12:30PM. STAR recommends to anyone interested in transit and transportation that they attend. We hope that the outcome both a better understanding of the transit/transportation needs of the specific communities and the region, and the start of a … Continue reading Transportation Convening this Saturday
Maps
STAR has collected maps created for this blog, and additional ones created by Getting Around Sacramento, onto one page. These were created in ArcGIS with data from a variety of sources. Check them out!
Transit 101 November: ballot measures
350 Sacramento Transportation Committee is hosting another in its series of Transit 101 events on November 30, on Measure B in Sacramento County and various measures in the East Bay. Measure B, the Sacramento County transportation sales tax, failed. The East Bay measures were: Measure C1, a parcel tax to fund AC Transit (AC = Alameda … Continue reading Transit 101 November: ballot measures
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 