Category: Measure B 2016

SacRT Forward and Measure B at ECOS TAQCC

Our friends at ECOS are hosting regular meeting of the Transportation, Air Quality and Climate Change Committee (TAQCC) on two prominent topics for STAR, the SacRT Forward (route optimization study) process, and the Measure B Coalition. We hope you can join them. Below is their email. ECOS TAQCC Committee, November 1st   Please join the … Continue reading SacRT Forward and Measure B at ECOS TAQCC →

A transit-only funding measure?

STAR has explored a number of ideas for transit funding. Geographically, we've looked at regional transit district (probably the same boundary as SACOG) with some funding to encourage projects of regional significance and ridership potential, and at the other end of the spectrum, a transit district focused on either the existing service area of SacRT, … Continue reading A transit-only funding measure? →

Will SB 1 fix your street? Not likely. 

The benefits of the recently passed SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, has been touted far and wide as the solution to our deferred road maintenance woes, and to some degree it is. But the bill allocates the most funds to the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP), $1.9B (billion) … Continue reading Will SB 1 fix your street? Not likely.  →

What the Measure B poll said

STAR member Steven Bourasa has spent time tracking down the information on polling that was done by a private company on behalf of Sacramento Transit Authority to judge support for the Measure B transportation sales tax. Some of his analysis is below. What seems surprising is that while polling indicated very high support for fixing … Continue reading What the Measure B poll said →

Whither “Son of Measure B”?

Whither “Son of Measure B”?

When the Measure B transportation sales tax failed, the staff and several board members of the Sacramento Transportation Authority (SacTA) suggested that all it needed to pass was better marketing. False! STAR and many others immediately starting working with SacRT for a better transit component, and Sacramento Transportation Choices formed to come up with a … Continue reading Whither “Son of Measure B”? →

Transit 101 November: ballot measures

Transit 101 November: ballot measures

350 Sacramento Transportation Committee is hosting another in its series of Transit 101 events on November 30, on Measure B in Sacramento County and various measures in the East Bay. Measure B, the Sacramento County transportation sales tax, failed. The East Bay measures were: Measure C1, a parcel tax to fund AC Transit (AC = Alameda … Continue reading Transit 101 November: ballot measures →