The two table below show the average weekday boardings for the light rail Blue Line and Gold Line, in March 2021. The data is from the SacRT 'Monthly' Quarterly Ridership Report for June 2021, The tables are sorted by boardings. This is the last report for which SacRT included such data in its reports, so … Continue reading SacRT light rail weekday boardings
SacRT ridership update 2022Q4
An update to the previous 2022Q2 post on SacRT ridership trends. The chart shows on-demand (grey), bus (blue), light rail (red) and total (green) ridership. Total ridership is now 1.1M, but still considerably below the pre-pandemic ridership of 1.76M, so 62%. The third quarter ridership numbers are alway above the other three quarters, perhaps due … Continue reading SacRT ridership update 2022Q4
STAR Update
STAR does not have the resources (people) to keep up with all the happenings in transit, let alone the general transportation world. We have been working closely with SacTRU (transit riders union) and Ridership of the Masses (RFTM) in order to be more effective, and have submitted some joint letters and requests to SacRT. We … Continue reading STAR Update
Does SacRT listen to its Mobility Advisory Council? Who knows.
Take a look at the Mobility Advisory Council (MAC) webpage. Agendas are posted for every meeting. But minutes of those meetings? Never. It must be that SacRT does not want the public to know what was said or decided at the meetings. The agendas are set by SacRT staff, not by the council. We have … Continue reading Does SacRT listen to its Mobility Advisory Council? Who knows.
more on SacRT vehicle wraps
We wrote earlier on transit vehicle wraps. In response to a letter, SacRT said that the current bus wrap advertising contract limits coverage of windows to 50%, and that the next light rail wrap advertising contract would have the same limit. This is progress, but not sufficient. The existing wraps on light rail vehicles, some … Continue reading more on SacRT vehicle wraps
AB-1052 SacRT property tax
AB-1052 (McCarty) Sacramento Regional Transit District: taxes. (2023-2024) has been introduced to the legislature. It has been referred to the Committee on Local Government, but has so far not been scheduled for a hearing. The bill would change Public Utilities Code to allow SacRT to offer a property tax measure which includes only part of … Continue reading AB-1052 SacRT property tax
SacRT board structure on the agenda again
Last year the SacRT board voted to change its board structure, primarily to allocate a second seat to Elk Grove, which has about double the population of the other smaller cities which have one member. But SacRT board structure is largely defined in Public Utilities Code (PUC), and legislation to change that code was not … Continue reading SacRT board structure on the agenda again
Stockton Blvd Bus Stop Survey
SacRT is running a survey to gather community input on bus stops on Stockton Blvd. You can read up and take the survey at Stockton Boulevard Implementation Plan. Stockton Blvd hosts the major portion of bus Route 51, the highest ridership route in the entire system, and portions of other routes. STAR encourages members and … Continue reading Stockton Blvd Bus Stop Survey
overhead wire poles constrain sidewalk width on 14th St
The overhead wire (catenary) poles installed on 14th Street and the light rail tracks between P Street and R Street narrows the sidewalk below that required by building code. The 2022 California Building Code, Chapter 11B, Division 4, Accessible Routes, says: "The clear width for sidewalks and walks shall be 48 inches minimum". Of course, … Continue reading overhead wire poles constrain sidewalk width on 14th St
emerging transit thoughts
The following thoughts are not the position of STAR, though some might become so over time. Instead, they are the things that transit advocates are talking about, particularly in the wake of the failed Measure A transportation sales tax. We don't need a better Measure A. We need something completely different. Right after the failure, … Continue reading emerging transit thoughts
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 