Transit Transformation Task Force

Please see the post for today (2024-01-04) on Streetsblog California: Task Force Meets to Address the Future of California Transit. The post highlights three issues of critical importance to transit riders: revenue sources, which will be insufficient after the one-time SB 125 funding boost runs out workers, particularly operators, who are underpaid and increasing subject … Continue reading Transit Transformation Task Force →

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 finally announces new meeting time

SacRT has finally announced to the public new board meeting time, in the January 2024 Next Stop News. SacRT Board of Directors Meetings Start Time Changed to 4 p.mStarting in January 2024, all SacRT Board of Directors meetings will begin at 4 p.m. (the previous start time was 5:30 p.m.). The Board meeting end time … Continue reading SacRT finally announces new meeting time →

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 →

SacRT board meeting time and calendar

SacRT adopted in Decmber a board meeting calendar for the calendar year 2024. Monday …………………………………………. Regular Meeting …………………………………………… January 8, 2024Monday ………………………………………………………… NONE …………………………………………. January 22, 2024Monday ………………………………………………………… NONE …………………………………………February 12, 2024Monday ………………………………………….. Regular Meeting …………………………………………February 26, 2024Monday ………………………………………….. Regular Meeting …………………………………………… March 11, 2024Monday ………………………………………….. Regular Meeting ……………………………………………. March 25, 2024Monday ………………………………………….. Regular Meeting … Continue reading SacRT board meeting time and calendar →