Category: SacRT

Measure 2022: transit requirements

The proposed transportation sales tax measure imposes some very specific requirements on SacRT for transit expenditures and reporting, in Chapter II: Measure Revenue Percentage Allocations by Spending Category, section B: Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) Maintenance, Operations, and Transformative System Improvements. Specifically: During this period the following performance metrics shall also be met:1. SacRT will … Continue reading Measure 2022: transit requirements →

Measure 2022: transit allocation

A group calling themselves A Committee for a Better Sacramento is sponsoring a citizen-initiated ballot measure for the November election, titled “Sacramento County Transportation Maintenance, Safety, and Congestion Relief Act of 2022—Retail Transactions and Use Tax”. (Note: Some people are referring to this as Measure A, but measure letters are assigned by county elections, not by the … Continue reading Measure 2022: transit allocation →

STAR requests General Manager’s Report in agenda

STAR sent the following letter (pdf) to Steve Miller, Board Chair and Henry Li, General Manager: Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) requests that the General Manager's Report provided at board meetings be in text and/or presentation, as appropriate, and be included in the agenda. The General Manager’s Report is often the agenda item of … Continue reading STAR requests General Manager’s Report in agenda →

concerns about SacRT SmaRT Ride

SacRT's SmaRT Ride is an on-demand microtransit service offered in parts of the SacRT system service area. "Shuttle Service that Comes to You" is the tagline. In Citrus Heights, it is a curb-to-curb service, in the other areas, it is corner to corner. Though the service in intended to bring riders into the fixed route … Continue reading concerns about SacRT SmaRT Ride →

SacRT Short Range Transportation Plan concerns

The second virtual public meeting is TODAY, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 5:30 p.m., https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89978856653. Added: The Five Year Service Plan table, below and pdf. As is typical of government reports, the SacRT Short Range Transportation Plan (SRTP) includes pages of background information before it gets to the part most people would be interested in. Unless … Continue reading SacRT Short Range Transportation Plan concerns →

SacRT board composition motion passes

At the SacRT board meeting on Monday night (2022-02-14), the following motion was adopted. The County of Sacramento will have an additional seat (four total) and the City of Elk Grove will have an additional seat (two total) on the SacRT Board of Directors.  Any member jurisdiction that would have alternates, the members of those … Continue reading SacRT board composition motion passes →

SacRT service changes (reductions) for April 2022

Update: The four slides on service changes which were part of the Short Range Transit Plan presentation to the board, are now available as pdf, and below. Look for a separate post soon about the SRTP. In the SacRT board meeting tonight (2022-02-14), agenda item 7.2 on the Short Range Transit Plan also included service … Continue reading SacRT service changes (reductions) for April 2022 →

SacRT rider survey

SacRT is soliciting input from the public on the future of SacRT. The survey is linked from the Help SacRT Plan for Future System Priorities page. We encourage you to take the survey. In case you want to know ahead of time, the survey questions are here.