Category: transportation funding

calbike fact sheet on SB 1

California Bicycle Coalition (calbike) released a fact sheet on SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act, and more information is available on their SB 1 page. Both include a list of ten Guiding Principles that will improve the projects completed and equitability of the $5.1B per year in funds. Funding the ‘highest needs’ should … Continue reading calbike fact sheet on SB 1 →

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 →

Timing of transportation measure = 2020

Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) requests that the next transportation measure be on the November 2020 ballot, and not be on the 2018 ballot. We believe that a robust public engagement process, involving the Sacramento Transportation Authority along with the county, cities, and Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT), is absolutely critical to developing a transportation … Continue reading Timing of transportation measure = 2020 →

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”? →

STAR signs on to statewide transportation letter

STAR has signed on to a statewide transportation letter to the state Senate and Assembly, opposing the currently introduced transportation bills (SB 1 and AB 1) unless they are amended to provide more funding for transit, walking, and bicycling. SB 1 passed the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, and is going to the Environmental Quality … Continue reading STAR signs on to statewide transportation letter →