SacRT’s Transit Academy is a free five-class course designed to educate and engage residents, business and community leaders about our planning process and how public transit shapes our communities. Classes will be held once a week, on Wednesday evenings, over a five-week period. The 2023 Citizens Transit Academy will be held between September 27 to … Continue reading SacRT Transit Academy
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AB 354 two SacRT seats for Elk Grove passes
AB 354 (Nguyen) ‘Sacramento Regional Transit District: board of directors: membership.’ has been signed by the governor and is now part of Public Utilities code. It expands the SacRT board by one seat, and allows Elk Grove to appoint a second member. AB 1052 (McCarty) ‘Sacramento Regional Transit District: taxes.’ is in the Senate, and … Continue reading AB 354 two SacRT seats for Elk Grove passes
light rail modernization platforms
Though our members have stopped at all of the light rail stations on the Blue Line to Cosumnes River College (CRC) extension (even the currently unused Morrison Creek station), we had not noticed that all of these new platforms, except the terminal platform at CRC, were built to the current standard of eight inches above … Continue reading light rail modernization platforms
let’s be careful about TOD
Transit Oriented Development (TOD) is a great concept. Place the development where it can benefit from transit service rather than being in a transit desert, remote from functional transit. I (Dan Allison) have been re-reading/reading Walkable City by Jeff Speck. Step 4: Let Transit Work (page 139 of the 10th anniversary edition) has a section … Continue reading let’s be careful about TOD
are SacRT low floor rail cars ADA compliant?
At the May 22 SacRT board meeting, Dan Allison spoke for STAR during public comment on the issues in our status post: STAR Update, one of which was continuing concerns about the deployable ramps that are offered for access from the new platforms to the new cars. The difference is about six inches. Jeffery Tardaguila … Continue reading are SacRT low floor rail cars ADA compliant?
SacRT more platform flaws
Following on to the post SacRT light rail platform flaws, here are some more examples of issues. The use of embedded rocks as a 'detectable' warning strip seemed to be an occasional practice, but it has become clear that it is part of the standard design. As the 8th & O station, the rocks end the … Continue reading SacRT more platform flaws
SacRT light rail platform flaws
SacRT is in the process of installing new higher platforms, extending half the length of the stations, to accommodate the new low-floor rail cars on stations that serve the Gold Line. There are several flaws in these platforms that must be fixed before they are safe. The lack of attention to detail on the platforms … Continue reading SacRT light rail platform flaws
SacRT light rail weekday boardings
The two table below show the average weekday boardings for the light rail Blue Line and Gold Line, in March 2021. The data is from the SacRT 'Monthly' Quarterly Ridership Report for June 2021, The tables are sorted by boardings. This is the last report for which SacRT included such data in its reports, so … Continue reading SacRT light rail weekday boardings
SacRT ridership update 2022Q4
An update to the previous 2022Q2 post on SacRT ridership trends. The chart shows on-demand (grey), bus (blue), light rail (red) and total (green) ridership. Total ridership is now 1.1M, but still considerably below the pre-pandemic ridership of 1.76M, so 62%. The third quarter ridership numbers are alway above the other three quarters, perhaps due … Continue reading SacRT ridership update 2022Q4
STAR Update
STAR does not have the resources (people) to keep up with all the happenings in transit, let alone the general transportation world. We have been working closely with SacTRU (transit riders union) and Ridership of the Masses (RFTM) in order to be more effective, and have submitted some joint letters and requests to SacRT. We … Continue reading STAR Update
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 