high quality bus stops
The City of Sacramento is reconstructing a number of roadways. In most cases the bus stop facilities on those roads is very much less than optimal. The city is prioritizing other uses of streets, even on streets with high-frequency bus routes, such as SacRT route 51 on Broadway. These low quality bus stops lessen convenience … Continue reading high quality bus stops
Steinberg supports RydeFreeRT
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. A SacBee article (Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg wants to keep program that lets kids ride for free) about the Tuesday Sacramento City Council meeting states that Steinberg supports the SacRT RydeFreeRT program. He has proposed that the city will contribute $250K rather than $1M, SacRT … Continue reading Steinberg supports RydeFreeRT
RydeFree RT evaluation
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. Two researchers from University of Texas completed an evaluation of SacRT's RydeFree RT program in 2021, two years after the program started: RydeFreeRT Evaluation Study: User Demographics, Attitudes, and Impacts on Travel Behavior. Though the program is now in its fifth year, and much … Continue reading RydeFree RT evaluation
RydeFreeRT program details
For other posts on the RydeFreeRT program, see category RydeFree RT. SacRT has provided the program details table below for the RydeFreeRT program, which offers free transit for students in grades K-12. In the initial year, school districts provided part of the funding, but did not in later years. The City of Sacramento has proposed … Continue reading RydeFreeRT program details
What are budgets for?
SacRT has released its draft 2024-2025 budget (it is referred to by the ending date, therefore FY-2025). The budget was considered at the May 13 Board of Directors meeting and will be considered and adopted at the June 10 meeting. Looking at the budget documents, STAR has to wonder, what are budgets for? It seems … Continue reading What are budgets for?
next chance to support RydeFreeRT
The City of Sacramento Measure U Community Advisory Council will meet Monday, May 20, 5:30 PM. The city's funding for RydeFreeRT program, which the city manager has proposed for elimination, is part of Measure U, Youth: Citywide Support section of the budget, page 11 of agenda item 4: Overview of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Measure … Continue reading next chance to support RydeFreeRT
background on RydeFreeRT
STAR remains concerned that if the City of Sacramento eliminates it contribution to the RydeFreeRT program, that other partners will too, and the program will fail. Some recent news articles have provide information about the program budget, though we have still not heard directly from SacRT about the budget. RydeFreeRT is perhaps the most successful … Continue reading background on RydeFreeRT
SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan has proposed in the 2024-2025 budget to 'eliminate the free fare transit program' (RydeFree RT), under Citywide Strategies on page 52. The Budget and Audit Committee, and Sacramento City Council, had their initial discussion yesterday of the staff proposal of the reductions necessary to balance the budget's $66M deficit. STAR … Continue reading SacCity to kill RydeFree RT?
Truxel Bridge stakeholder meeting
For earlier posts on Truxel Bridge, see category Truxel Bridge. The City of Sacramento hosted a meeting for stakeholders about the Truxel Bridge yesterday. The city on January 10, 2024 hosted a Community Conversation, and also offered an online questionnaire, which is now closed. City and consultant staff opened with and repeated that this meeting … Continue reading Truxel Bridge stakeholder meeting
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 