Category: SacRT light rail modernization

San Jose VTA light rail boarding

This is a follow-on to SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding, and Portland & Seattle light rail boarding. Dan has not been in San Jose recently, since the recent discussion of light rail board for SacRT, but I do have some old photos showing boarding for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency (VTA) light rail system … Continue reading San Jose VTA light rail boarding →

Portland & Seattle light rail boarding

This is a follow-on to SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding. Over the Memorial Day weekend, Dan traveled to the Pacific Northwest, and rode on both the Portland and Seattle light rail systems. The Portland system, MAX, has step-up boarding, but it is low, about three inches, less than the six inches that is … Continue reading Portland & Seattle light rail boarding →

SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding

The new light rail cars and the new platforms, initially for the Gold Line and eventually for the entire light rail network, will NOT be level boarding. STAR has been using the phrase low-floor, level-boarding ever since the project was first outlined, and have never heard anyone from SacRT offer a correction. We have heard … Continue reading SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding →