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
Category: SacRT
Steinberg supports RydeFreeRT
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. A SacBee article (Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants to keep program that lets kids ride for free) about the Tuesday Sacramento City Council meeting states that Steinberg supports the SacRT RydeFreeRT program. He has proposed that the city will contribute $250K rather than $1M, SacRT … Continue reading Steinberg supports RydeFreeRT
RydeFree RT evaluation
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. Two researchers from University of Texas completed an evaluation of SacRT's RydeFree RT program in 2021, two years after the program started: RydeFreeRT Evaluation Study: User Demographics, Attitudes, and Impacts on Travel Behavior. Though the program is now in its fifth year, and much … Continue reading RydeFree RT evaluation
RydeFreeRT program details
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. SacRT has provided the program details table below for the RydeFreeRT program, which offers free transit for students in grades K-12. In the initial year, school districts provided part of the funding, but did not in later years. The City of Sacramento has proposed … Continue reading RydeFreeRT program details
What are budgets for?
SacRT has released its draft 2024-2025 budget (it is referred to by the ending date, therefore FY-2025). The budget was considered at the May 13 Board of Directors meeting and will be considered and adopted at the June 10 meeting. Looking at the budget documents, STAR has to wonder, what are budgets for? It seems … Continue reading What are budgets for?
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
background on RydeFreeRT
STAR remains concerned that if the City of Sacramento eliminates it contribution to the RydeFreeRT program, that other partners will too, and the program will fail. Some recent news articles have provide information about the program budget, though we have still not heard directly from SacRT about the budget. RydeFreeRT is perhaps the most successful … Continue reading background on 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?
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
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 