Category: SacRT SmaRT Ride

STAR position on voucher program

Please note that this was developed before SacRT decided to scrap its Uber-based rideshare voucher program, so some parts will be irrelevant. However, it is useful to see our thoughts about services that were provided under the existing Smart Ride program (though unsustainable), and that might be provided under a revised Smart Ride program (hopefully … Continue reading STAR position on voucher program →

SacRT SmartRide & high frequency routes update

We obtained the dataset necessary to create half mile walking distance travel areas for bus the high frequency bus routes, and the map presented in SacRT SmartRide and high frequency routes has been updated, below (pdf). Updated explanation: The light blue crosshatched areas are the service zones for SmartRide. These are sketched, so similar to the … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide & high frequency routes update →

is SmartRide sustainable or well designed?

For all STAR posts on SmartRide, see the category ‘SacRT SmaRT Ride‘. The recent series of posts on SacRT SmartRide, the on-demand micro-transit service, was provoked by a December 19, 2023 article on Bloomberg City Lab, On-Demand Microtransit Can’t Escape This Big Problem, by David Zipper. The most recent (2019) post on micro-transit (which he calls flexible … Continue reading is SmartRide sustainable or well designed? →

SacRT SmartRide and disadvantaged communities

For all STAR posts on SmartRide, see the category 'SacRT SmaRT Ride'. The SacRT application to Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) for SmartRide funding includes page 11 on disadvantaged communities (pdf). We have not seen this presented elsewhere, so are using the application and map. The text from this page is: "SmaRT Ride, like most transit … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide and disadvantaged communities →

SacRT SmartRide costs

Note: SacRT refers to its on-demand micro-mobility service as both SmartRide and SmaRT Ride; I'm using SmartRide in these posts. SmartRide is still considered a pilot program, though it has been in operation for almost six years. Operations Expenses The SacRT board received an update on the SmartRide program in July 2023, including changes to … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide costs →

SacRT SmartRide and high frequency routes

SmartRide is an on-demand micro-transit point-to-point service currently billed as "Shuttle service that comes to you". SmartRide was established in February 2018, with door-to-door service in the City of Citrus Heights. Citrus Heights had an earlier, less flexible service. The Citrus Heights zone became more important when Route 24 Madison-Greenback was discontinued with SacRT Forward … Continue reading SacRT SmartRide and high frequency routes →

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 →