A recent SacBee opinion article by Yousef Baig on the Measure A 2022 transportation sales tax measure being proposed quotes Henri Li, General Manage of SacRT, that there is $3.3B in funds for transit in the measure. That is an interesting amount, but is it real? The measure's Transportation Expenditure Plan, in section "II. Measure … Continue reading Measure A: how much for transit?
bus stop transformations
A recent episode of the Talking Headways podcast by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire highlighted bus stop transformations in the St. Louis area. It is well worth a listen, and exploring the related materials online, included a feature on the Maplewood transformation. The important messages of the podcast and effort led by an organization … Continue reading bus stop transformations
light rail as streetcar?
This is a speculative idea, not in any way policy or position of STAR. What if we ran the core downtown light rail system as though it were a streetcar? The downtown area could have 5 to 10 minute headways (or 7.5 minute), making it like an effective streetcar system (which the current proposed streetcar/light … Continue reading light rail as streetcar?
bus stops open house
SacRT and Civic Thread are undertaking an outreach to gather community input on bus stop improvements. The first session is for North Sacramento, to be held September 1, 5:30PM, at Robertson Community Center, 3525 Norwood Ave. A flier is available. If this is your area, please participate! If not, keep your eye open for future … Continue reading bus stops open house
support AB 1919 free student transit
California Assembly Bill AB 1919 (Holden) is in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, August 1, starting at 10:00AM. It would establish at pilot program offering grants to transit agencies and educational partners for free transit passes for students of those educational institutions. STAR supports this bill. It is unknown whether SacRT, which has a … Continue reading support AB 1919 free student transit
comments on Sac CAAP
The City of Sacramento has released the preliminary draft (whatever that means) of the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. The adaptation chapter is missing, promised for later. The plan's transit section is in Chapter 6, Transportation section, Measure TR-2: Support Public Transit Improvements to Achieve 11% Public Transit Mode Share by 2030 and Maintain Through … Continue reading comments on Sac CAAP
SacRT slow buses
Caltrans, through the CalITP (California Integrated Transit Project) has made Transit Speed Maps available, showing bus speed for many transit agencies, including SacRT. The data is from a single date, February 8, 2022, but is probably representative of weekdays. In the morning, several routes are listed as slow, but the most important are 51 Stockton/Broadway … Continue reading SacRT slow buses
Transit Center on bus operator crisis
Transit Center has published Bus Operators in Crisis: The Steady Deterioration of One of Transit’s Most Essential Jobs, and How Agencies Can Turn Things Around, as well as blog posts and tweets on the topic. The document offers a table of starting salaries for seven transit agencies, all of which are much larger than SacRT. … Continue reading Transit Center on bus operator crisis
SacRT light rail boarding solution
As described in a previous post, SacRT light rail will NOT be level boarding, SacRT is intending on created a low-floor with step-up railcar and platform system throughout the network. The floor of the new Siemens S700 railcars will be six inches above platform height, requiring riders to make a small step up to board. Riders … Continue reading SacRT light rail boarding solution
TIRCP grants for Sac region
Cross-posted from Getting Around Sacramento, grants for rail and bus realignment at Sacramento Valley Station, and eight additional low floor light rail cars.
Sacramento Transit Advocates and Riders (STAR) 