Take a look at the Mobility Advisory Council (MAC) webpage. Agendas are posted for every meeting. But minutes of those meetings? Never. It must be that SacRT does not want the public to know what was said or decided at the meetings. The agendas are set by SacRT staff, not by the council. We have … Continue reading Does SacRT listen to its Mobility Advisory Council? Who knows.
Category: SacRT
more on SacRT vehicle wraps
We wrote earlier on transit vehicle wraps. In response to a letter, SacRT said that the current bus wrap advertising contract limits coverage of windows to 50%, and that the next light rail wrap advertising contract would have the same limit. This is progress, but not sufficient. The existing wraps on light rail vehicles, some … Continue reading more on SacRT vehicle wraps
AB-1052 SacRT property tax
AB-1052 (McCarty) Sacramento Regional Transit District: taxes. (2023-2024) has been introduced to the legislature. It has been referred to the Committee on Local Government, but has so far not been scheduled for a hearing. The bill would change Public Utilities Code to allow SacRT to offer a property tax measure which includes only part of … Continue reading AB-1052 SacRT property tax
SacRT board structure on the agenda again
Last year the SacRT board voted to change its board structure, primarily to allocate a second seat to Elk Grove, which has about double the population of the other smaller cities which have one member. But SacRT board structure is largely defined in Public Utilities Code (PUC), and legislation to change that code was not … Continue reading SacRT board structure on the agenda again
Stockton Blvd Bus Stop Survey
SacRT is running a survey to gather community input on bus stops on Stockton Blvd. You can read up and take the survey at Stockton Boulevard Implementation Plan. Stockton Blvd hosts the major portion of bus Route 51, the highest ridership route in the entire system, and portions of other routes. STAR encourages members and … Continue reading Stockton Blvd Bus Stop Survey
overhead wire poles constrain sidewalk width on 14th St
The overhead wire (catenary) poles installed on 14th Street and the light rail tracks between P Street and R Street narrows the sidewalk below that required by building code. The 2022 California Building Code, Chapter 11B, Division 4, Accessible Routes, says: "The clear width for sidewalks and walks shall be 48 inches minimum". Of course, … Continue reading overhead wire poles constrain sidewalk width on 14th St
SacRT board members
With the November 2022 elections, and appointments to the SacRT Board of Directors, there are both old and new faces. SacRT posted about the new members: New Faces Bring Added Diversity and Ideas to SacRT Board. Five are new, six are continuing, though Pat Hume, who did represent Elk Grove now represents Sacramento County. Current … Continue reading SacRT board members
transit access to community colleges
A recent post on Streetsblog USA, ‘One Flat Tire Away From Dropping Out’: Why Transit to Community Colleges Matters, is a reminder that transit to higher education campuses is critical to student success. If a car is required, education becomes a struggle at best, and impossible at worst. We look at four community college campuses … Continue reading transit access to community colleges
bicyclist crashes on light rail tracks
Katie Hanzlik tweeted today on her crash on light rail tracks on K Street, while using an e-bike (a bike-share bike?). She used the term "Midtowners Who Have Crashed an e-Bike on the Light Rail Tracks” Club. These crashes were very common when bike share first came to Sacramento, and seem less common now, but … Continue reading bicyclist crashes on light rail tracks
SacRT system and LIHM
The map below includes SacRT fixed bus routes and light rail, overlain on disadvantaged community information. The low-income high-minority map layer is the SACOG Environmental Justice 2020 data, which is also referred to as low-income high-minority (LIHM). This dataset is only one of many that could be used, but it was selected because it is … Continue reading SacRT system and LIHM
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 