Category: SacRT Budget

a different approach to the SacRT budget

STAR has criticized the SacRT FY-2026 (July 2025 to June 2026) 'abridged' budget as missing critical information that the SacRT board, the public, and transit advocacy organizations need to analyze SacRT operations and capital, and provide input to the budget. It turns out that important information we noticed was missed was in fact available and … Continue reading a different approach to the SacRT budget →

Update: SacRT FY 2026 operating budget expenses

This is an update to STAR's May 11 post 'SacRT FY 2026 operating budget expenses'. In that post, STAR commented that without any breakout into the various major operating programs, it would be impossible for anyone to determine how operating funds were allocated to the programs, whether these funds were being most efficiently used, and … Continue reading Update: SacRT FY 2026 operating budget expenses →

Update: SacRT FY 2026 operating budget revenue

This is an update to STAR's May 11 post 'SacRT FY 2026 operating budget revenue'. Though the 'abridged' budget did not identify or separate out the Measure A revenue, that information was available, and was in the staff presentation on the budget at the May 12 SacRT Board meeting. The chart is below, which should … Continue reading Update: SacRT FY 2026 operating budget revenue →

SacRT budget document fluff, and staff report

The SacRT FY 2026 (2025-2026) budget is arranged strangely. In the document, actual budget information does not show up until page 17, and includes only 36 pages total. The pages before that are about the agency, not about the budget. If SacRT wants this information to be in the budget document, it should follow the … Continue reading SacRT budget document fluff, and staff report →

SacRT FY 2026 operating budget expenses

The Operating Expenses subsection of the FY 2026 Operating Budget Summary is even less useful to transit advocates and the public than the revenue subsection. What STAR, and other transit advocacy organizations, and the public want to know, is how much does each of the major components of the SacRT transit system cost: fixed route … Continue reading SacRT FY 2026 operating budget expenses →

SacRT FY 2026 operating budget revenue

The SacRT FY 2026 budget is separated into Operating Budget Summary (starting page 17) and Capital Budget Summary (starting page 26) sections. For those of you not familiar with budgets, the budget period covers July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, and is called FY (fiscal year) 2026. Operating means running the transit system, while … Continue reading SacRT FY 2026 operating budget revenue →