Item 2.20, 'Approving the Issuance of an Annual Student (TK-12) Pass to Students Without a Full Fare Subsidy, and Delegating Authority of the General Manager/CEO to Negotiate and Execute Student Pass Arrangements for the RydeFreeRT Progam' on the June 9, 2025 Board of Directors agenda is to continue the RydeFreeRT program which offers free transit … Continue reading RydeFreeRT is still at risk
Category: RydeFree RT
RydeFreeRT update
Additional update: The City of Sacramento adopted its FY 2024-2025 budget last night, with $250K allocated to RydeFreeRT. Mayor Darrell Steinberg said he had a letter of commitment from the three other district superintendents (Elk Grove, Twin Rivers, Natomas) to fulfill the remaining $250K funding gap. STAR does not have any independent confirmation of this. … Continue reading RydeFreeRT update
RydeFreeRT status
The City of Sacramento FY 2024-2025 budget, to be adopted at the June 11 council meeting, includes $250K for the RydeFreeRT program. The original proposal from City Manager Howard Chan was to withdraw from the program completely, but Mayor Darrel Steinberg requested that $250K be retained for the free student fares. Councilmember Mai Vang might … Continue reading RydeFreeRT status
Steinberg supports RydeFreeRT
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. A SacBee article (Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants to keep program that lets kids ride for free) about the Tuesday Sacramento City Council meeting states that Steinberg supports the SacRT RydeFreeRT program. He has proposed that the city will contribute $250K rather than $1M, SacRT … Continue reading Steinberg supports RydeFreeRT
RydeFree RT evaluation
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. Two researchers from University of Texas completed an evaluation of SacRT's RydeFree RT program in 2021, two years after the program started: RydeFreeRT Evaluation Study: User Demographics, Attitudes, and Impacts on Travel Behavior. Though the program is now in its fifth year, and much … Continue reading RydeFree RT evaluation
RydeFreeRT program details
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. SacRT has provided the program details table below for the RydeFreeRT program, which offers free transit for students in grades K-12. In the initial year, school districts provided part of the funding, but did not in later years. The City of Sacramento has proposed … Continue reading RydeFreeRT program details
next chance to support RydeFreeRT
The City of Sacramento Measure U Community Advisory Council will meet Monday, May 20, 5:30 PM. The city's funding for RydeFreeRT program, which the city manager has proposed for elimination, is part of Measure U, Youth: Citywide Support section of the budget, page 11 of agenda item 4: Overview of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Measure … Continue reading next chance to support RydeFreeRT
background on RydeFreeRT
STAR remains concerned that if the City of Sacramento eliminates it contribution to the RydeFreeRT program, that other partners will too, and the program will fail. Some recent news articles have provide information about the program budget, though we have still not heard directly from SacRT about the budget. RydeFreeRT is perhaps the most successful … Continue reading background on RydeFreeRT
SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan has proposed in the 2024-2025 budget to 'eliminate the free fare transit program' (RydeFree RT), under Citywide Strategies on page 52. The Budget and Audit Committee, and Sacramento City Council, had their initial discussion yesterday of the staff proposal of the reductions necessary to balance the budget's $66M deficit. STAR … Continue reading SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 