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The Sacramento City Council passed the light rail Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ordinance on Tuesday evening. We will have more to say about that shortly, but in this post we will address the concern expressed by many opponents that their property (it was entirely property owners who were opposed) was in the 1/4 mile or … Continue reading Sac light rail TOD ordinance
Four open houses have been scheduled on the SacRT Forward Plan. We encourage you to attend one of these. Unfortunately, the draft network plan is not yet available online, so you will have to go in and view the plan maps and documents at the open house. Viewing the SacRT_2018-12-10_SacRT-Forward-proposed-presentation that was made at the … Continue reading SacRT Forward Open Houses
The draft proposal developed by the SacRT Forward process (route optimization study) will be presented to the SacRT Board of Directors this Monday, December 10. The staff recommendation is that the board forward it to the public for comment. The meeting starts at 5:30PM, but the item is #14 on the agenda so it will … Continue reading SacRT Forward Proposed Network presentation
In a recent action, the Folsom Stage Line bus, operated by the City of Folsom, will be merged into the SacRT service area and operated by SacRT. Though no initial changes to Folsom Stage are planned, it is hoped by SacRT, the city, and the citizens of Folsom that the annexation will result in better … Continue reading Folsom Stage now part of SacRT
Join us for a Community Open House Tuesday, November 13, 5–7 PM Based upon technical analysis, best practices in transit planning, and community input, the SacRT Forward team has developed two draft alternative transit networks for SacRT’s service area. These two alternatives are intentionally very different from one another: Learn about the two alternatives, … Continue reading SacRT Forward Community Open House, November 13
The agenda for the Monday, November 12 SacRT Board of Directors meeting has been published. The main items are: 3. Resolution: Conditionally Approving the Annexation of the City of Citrus Heights Transit Services into Sacramento Regional Transit District and the Associated Annexation Agreement (L. Ham) 4. Information: SacRT Forward Alternatives Report and Public Involvement (J. … Continue reading SacRT Board 2018-11-12
At our recent Action Team meeting, several people commented on the downtown maps, which we have not previously posted. So, here they are. Each graphic links to a pdf page which was extracted from Appendix A of the SacRT Forward Alternatives Report. The maps are not remarkably different, but there are differences if you study … Continue reading SacRT Forward downtown maps
The SacRT Forward website now opens to the splash page of the Virtual Community Workshop, which asks for public input to the process. We encourage you to answer the questions. And please comment here about what you had to say, and how the survey worked for you. Did it ask you what you wanted to … Continue reading SacRT Forward Virtual Community Workshop
The final post, before our meeting this Saturday, on the SacRT Forward process and documents is on the High Coverage Alternative and High Ridership Alternative route charts. At a glance, the High Ridership Alternative seems to have far less bus routes. However, some of these routes are longer, including some pieces of other existing routes. … Continue reading Coverage vs Ridership Charts
Note: The white paper below was provided by a STAR member, as a response to the ongoing SacRT Forward route optimization process. It is long and very detailed, and you'll probably need to read it more than once to glean all the important points. One point is that the current network, and both draft options, … Continue reading 30 Year Experiment
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 