Category: SacRT

Transit Equity Day, February 5

February 5, Monday, is Transit Equity Day. The day, organized by Labor Network for Sustainability, is a celebration of Rosa Parks birthday (actually February 4), and the power of transit and transit workers in our lives. Transit Equity Day Principles (from the Transit Equity Day website) Public Transit provides basic mobility for many in our … Continue reading Transit Equity Day, February 5 →

Truxel Bridge and bus transit

Note: Other Truxel Bridge posts are available under category ‘Truxel Bridge‘. The area north of the American River, which the Truxel Bridge would serve with light rail and perhaps bus service, is currently served by four bus routes. Route 11 Natomas/Land Park (45 minute frequency) serves south and north Natomas, mostly along Truxel Road. Route … Continue reading Truxel Bridge and bus transit →

Truxel Bridge

Note: Other Truxel Bridge posts are available under category 'Truxel Bridge'. Update: Photos of boards from the community meeting added below. Another post shortly will cover information from the meeting. The presentation from the meeting is available. Not very useful, but have at it. The City of Sacramento is proposing a multi-modal bridge over the … Continue reading Truxel Bridge →

SacRT SmartRide & high frequency routes update

We obtained the dataset necessary to create half mile walking distance travel areas for bus the high frequency bus routes, and the map presented in SacRT SmartRide and high frequency routes has been updated, below (pdf). Updated explanation: The light blue crosshatched areas are the service zones for SmartRide. These are sketched, so similar to the … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide & high frequency routes update →

is SmartRide sustainable or well designed?

For all STAR posts on SmartRide, see the category ‘SacRT SmaRT Ride‘. The recent series of posts on SacRT SmartRide, the on-demand micro-transit service, was provoked by a December 19, 2023 article on Bloomberg City Lab, On-Demand Microtransit Can’t Escape This Big Problem, by David Zipper. The most recent (2019) post on micro-transit (which he calls flexible … Continue reading is SmartRide sustainable or well designed? →

SacRT finally announces new meeting time

SacRT has finally announced to the public new board meeting time, in the January 2024 Next Stop News. SacRT Board of Directors Meetings Start Time Changed to 4 p.mStarting in January 2024, all SacRT Board of Directors meetings will begin at 4 p.m. (the previous start time was 5:30 p.m.). The Board meeting end time … Continue reading SacRT finally announces new meeting time →

SacRT SmartRide and disadvantaged communities

For all STAR posts on SmartRide, see the category 'SacRT SmaRT Ride'. The SacRT application to Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) for SmartRide funding includes page 11 on disadvantaged communities (pdf). We have not seen this presented elsewhere, so are using the application and map. The text from this page is: "SmaRT Ride, like most transit … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide and disadvantaged communities →

SacRT SmartRide costs

Note: SacRT refers to its on-demand micro-mobility service as both SmartRide and SmaRT Ride; I'm using SmartRide in these posts. SmartRide is still considered a pilot program, though it has been in operation for almost six years. Operations Expenses The SacRT board received an update on the SmartRide program in July 2023, including changes to … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide costs →