The City of Sacramento is holding a city council workshop on Tuesday, February 8, 5:00PM. The purpose of the workshop is to gather input to help the city realign its transportation policies and project with its climate change objectives (they are far, far from in alignment now). The workshop will focus on reducing VMT, not … Continue reading Sacramento transit enhancement
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Transit Equity Day February 4th
Transit Equity Day is coming up February 4th. The event is sponsored by the Labor Network for Sustainability. Sacramento Transit Riders Union (SacTRU) will use the day to kick off it's transit stop photo contest. Action: Sacramento Transit Stop “Good, Bad & Ugly” Photo ContestSite: Online event beginning on Feb. 4 Transit Equity Day and ending March … Continue reading Transit Equity Day February 4th
Transit Stop Visioning Survey
As a followup to the Transit Stop Visioning Workshop, SacTRU has posted a survey to gather input from a wider audience. If you are on Facebook, you can access the survey at https://www.facebook.com/events/447807053420977/?event_time_id=447807226754293. If not on Facebook, you can access the survey at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfOD8koNWzzocOOYQ6kRIkyA9RkcRtGrs2X8bJmyEB5AgyB4w/viewform. STAR members are encouraged to complete the survey. It will be … Continue reading Transit Stop Visioning Survey
red no-parking bus pads
A second innovative idea that came up at the Transit Stop Visioning Workshop (Transit Stop Visioning Workshop, October 30; Frequency on bus route signs) is painting bus pads red. Bus stops are supposed to have red curbs to define the no-parking zone, but some stops do not. Even when the curb is painted red, many people ignore … Continue reading red no-parking bus pads
Frequency on bus route signs
One of the innovative ideas suggested at the Transit Stop Visioning Workshop was that bus stop signs have information about frequency. For SacRT, there is some information about frequency if one knows the numbering system. 1-99 is frequencies ranging from 12 minutes to 60 minutes. 100 series are peak hour (commuter) routes. 200 series are … Continue reading Frequency on bus route signs
Transit Stop Visioning Workshop, October 30
SacTRU, in cooperation with other transit advocacy organizations, is hosting a Transit Stop Visioning Workshop on Saturday, October 30, at Organize Sacramento. We hope that STAR members and other transit advocates will join us this Saturday! The purpose of the workshop is to: Educate the community about transit stop amenitiesWhat makes a good transit stop?Gather … Continue reading Transit Stop Visioning Workshop, October 30
You are traffic
You are not stuck in traffic, you are traffic. The original source of this quote seems lost in time (Google doesn't reveal it), but it is a quote that becomes more relevant as more people in the Sacramento region choose to be traffic rather stepping back and thinking about the implications. We spent billions on … Continue reading You are traffic
Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
The City of Sacramento is developing an ordinance for Transit Oriented Development (TOD), in part due to negative publicity about approval of car-oriented development in close proximity to light rail transit stations. The process is in the early stages, and the draft proposal will be before the Planning & Design Commission on September 20, 6:00PM, … Continue reading Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
SACOG study of transit between Sacramento and Davis
SACOG is currently performing a study of transit alternatives between Sacramento and Davis. The project is described as follows: FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR EXPANDING DAVIS-SACRAMENTO RAIL SERVICE (Caltrans Planning Grant) Project #200-003-32 This project is a feasibility study for adding short-haul service in the Sacramento-Davis rail corridor to augment Capitol Corridor service and respond to regional … Continue reading SACOG study of transit between Sacramento and Davis
Transit Center National Ridership Map
Transit Center has released its National Ridership Map and graphs. See the press release at http://transitcenter.org/2017/12/18/a-new-ridership-map-to-explore-transit-trends-locally, and find the data at https://transitcenter.github.io/ridership/. On the map page, select Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade from the upper right drop-down. The data is for the metropolitan statistical area (MSA), which is basically the SACOG region, not specifically for SacRT, though as the … Continue reading Transit Center National Ridership Map
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 